Summa & Adam | a romantic, floral filled wedding in the Southern Highlands
Hey everyone!
Well, it’s been a bit of a wild and weird time over the past few weeks with everything that's been happening with the Coronavirus pandemic!
With event cancellations and many, many things thrown out the window for quite some time (which, I absolutely understand and agree with), it’s been a very difficult time for a lot of people, especially small business. Feeling slightly deflated and unmotivated through all this I’m trying hard to stick to my usual work routine, filling my days with working on the BTS of the business, our websites (this one and our store, ohflorastore.com), blog, my writing and creating and exploring new skills to better myself and my business to better serve my couples, students and customers in the future; for when we’re back in ‘social’ action!
So today, after actually uploading these photos to this post over a year ago(!), I’m finally sharing the beautiful wedding of Summa & Adam. Celebrated a little over a year ago in late spring and hosted at the timeless estate of Hopewood House in Bowral, NSW.
(well, I guess that's about 18 months ago now - wow, how!?).
Summa was the dream bride to work with giving us full trust and allowing lots of room for creativity. The idea of a spring ‘secret garden’ affair filled with feminine colour and tonnes of untamed florals was our starting point for this design.
We transformed the staircase into an arching forest of florals to lead guests into a dreamy and romantically lit dining room. Each table abundantly filled with centrepieces, fruits, bud vases of peonies, silk runners and dusty pink dinner candles. Place settings were layered with detailed ceramic charger plates, fine glassware, linen napkins, beautiful custom menus and classic silver cutlery.
Each and every detail was thoroughly considered - essential for a ‘effortless’ yet polished look.
[design notes]
You’ll notice when studying these gorgeous images captured by Lana Nova Photo that we used a large variety of florals (mostly locally sourced) for texture filled compositions.
Its’s important to use a variety of textures, shapes and sizes when arranging flowers gives each design a more romantic, painterly and natural finish.
Another important practice of event design for us (and ‘our style’) is layering and creating depth through all floral and non designs. We do this by thoughtfully “building” elements and quite literally layering decor and flowers along the middle of dining tables, at place settings, up staircases, bars and mantels. This layering of different shapes, sizes and textures creates visual interest and allows guests to explore each corner and every little visual detail of the wedding.
This is one of my favourite weddings to date!
Leave a comment below and tell us what you love about this wedding or what you’re up to during this time.
I hope you’re all staying safe, staying home and enjoying all the little things in life.
Enjoy,
Tanya xo
