A Day in the Life of Designer Daisies The Wedding Florist

Just as though it was a wedding I was going to photograph, I headed out excited to see what the day would bring with my last visit to Designer Daisies. (See parts 1 to 3 also on the blog.) Today was the big day for Katie’s couple and the culmination of many days of work for her personally that had commenced several months ago.

The sight of everything ready to go when I reached the shops was stunning. I could already imagine what this wedding was going to be like. A vast array of lilac, purple and cream stood, or lay in rows. Katie was finishing the additional touches that make her commitment so special. Even the delivery box had a card and chocolates in.

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The first call was to the wedding venue for Katie to set up all the floral arrangements for the day. Each item had been designed to work perfectly with the set up. Katie was explaining how the main piece is designed so that it can fit on the width of the fireplace for the ceremony, but also be used for the top table. The table decorations are arranged stage by stage carefully. The mirror plates checked for smudges or fingerprints, the candelabra placed centrally, each little glass has the bubble wrap removed to be placed on the mirror plates and the overall display checked for visual appearance.

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With the venue looking stunning, Katie took us off to the bride’s home to deliver her personal flowers. The bridesmaids opened the door eager to see what was arriving and the bride was thrilled. For me, it was nice to see the flowers arriving from a different point of view.

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Well Katie’s job was complete and I can understand why florists like to receive photographs of the wedding day, because I definitely wanted to see how gorgeous those flowers were going to look with the bride and groom later that day. I can honestly say, that wedding flowers involve so much more work than I ever imagined and I will continue to make sure they are captured when I photograph a wedding and that the florist gets a copy.

Katie’s commitment to her craft is so inspiring and the whole team at Designer Daisies are an absolute pleasure to be around. They all care abut what they do and their passion for creating with flowers is just beautiful.

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  • Barbara2nd July 2014 - 4:11 pm

    I’ve worked along side florists in the past, they are such amazing people. You’ve really captured some of the hard work and attention to detail that a good florist shows in their work. And of course, purple being my favourite colour, I love these images!! Lovely xReplyCancel

    • Joanne Withers2nd July 2014 - 4:25 pm

      It is great to be able to work with a florist isn’t it Barbara. So pleased you have enjoyed the blog posts.ReplyCancel

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