Recently I was asked by a good friend to help with the planning of a hen night for her good friend!! Well – I didn’t need to be asked twice!!
We all travelled to Waterford to the Marina Hotel where I booked a function room and the Powder Room Girls to come down to 16 of us Hens (me included!!!) En-route to Waterford I picked up gorgeous cupcakes from Niamh at Cupcake Queenie and we made our way down! So, we set up our “Afternoon Tea” in the function room – cupcakes, prosecco and chips and dips – where could you go wrong!! This was all a surprise for our Bride!! The music got going and we tucked in and started to be beautified!! The atmosphere was really great – especially for such a big group of girls! This was the 4th time that I had had my hair and make up done by the PRG team and yet again, I was not disappointed!!
Myself and another hen got our hair and make up done one of the first in the group and we sneaked out to decorate the Private Room I had reserved in LaPalma Restaurant on the Mall in Waterford. I assembled the FairyLight Backdrop behind the long table, then placed 2 large black martini glasses and filled them with white, pink and black ostrich feathers, white chair covers with black sashes for the hens and a black chair cover with a black sash for the Bride!! (the wedding theme was black and white!!). I have to thank Darius in LaPalma for being so helpful and accomodating!
We all gathered in the foyer of hotel for the next surprise – 2 limos to take us all to LaPalma! I used All Events Limos and they sent one stretch hummer and one strech silver limo! We set off from the Hotel and were taken for a drive around Waterford City – with 2 bottles of Cava provided per limo to help us on our “Merry” way!! Arriving at LaPalma we had a pre-dinner cocktail! I had arranged a set-menu with lots of choices and the food it was agreed by all was fab!! We left LaPalma a few hours later and headed off to dance the night away and there were a few sore heads the next morning but a great night was had by all!!
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Lisianthus was the feature flower for Sandra’s wedding celebration in Tinakilly House on 16th July! She opted for purple lisianthus posies for her 5 bridesmaids and an elegant teardrop bouquet for herself.
The bridesmaids bouquets were made using a bridal holder and individual blooms of lisianthus positioned in each to create a full, vibrant and unusual posy! We also added a cute butterfly detail to each – butterflies being the theme of the day and featured on Sandra’s Table Name Cards and decoration.
Sandra’s own bouquet was an elegant teardrop creation using white Akito Roses, Crystal Blush miniature white calla lillies and white bouvardia, the foliage used was french soft ruscus and hard ruscus, to create a nice contrast of the dark green framing the white flowers. As is usual with my teardrop bouquets, it is hand-tied and finished with ivory satin surrounding the stems, and a sparkling Butterfly!
We were also asked to decorate the ballroom in Tinakilly. We provided our 90cm Silver Candelabra, with mirror bases and tealights for each table, and silver organza sashes for each chair (chair covers provided by the hotel, RosieDays do also provide Chair covers!)
We finished each candelabra centrepiece with tealights and lisianthus blooms. The weather was gorgeous and the surroundings at Tinakilly are fabulous with a seaview which really adds to the old-world charm of this country house Hotel
On 10th July, Suzanne married Richard in Clontibret, Co. Monaghan. As with most weekends this summer, it rained, heavily, all day!! Lorraine and I loaded up the trusty van and headed on a road trip via Blanchardstown for Bouquet Delivery!
Suzanne chose to have something a little different for her bouquet, though we used one of our most popular combinations of flowers this season, calla lillies, avalanche roses and freesia. Suzanne opted for a structured, modern appearance, finished with variagated pittosporum foliage.
Suzanne’s 3 bridesmaids wore beautiful teal blue satin dresses (a very popular choice this year!) and carried posies of akito and avalanche roses mixed through with freesia and collared with pittosporum foliage. The two gorgeous flowergirls carried traditional baskets of flowers.
We made elegant corsages for the ladies of delicate dendrodium orchids and the lads wore akito rose buttonholes, the groom sported a calla lily!
In the Church, we provided our “Candlelight Package” – 10 Wrought Iron Aisle Stands dressed with natural Ivy, 2 Grand Candelabra - dramatic 7ft tall wrought iron candelabra that stand either side of Alter, with 5 pillar candles and dressed with natural ivy, pew ends decorated on this occasion with a single avalance rose bloom and trailing ivy. Finally Bay Trees guarded the front entrance!
Lorraine and I took the “scenic route” to Monaghan, via the N3, not the M1 as we were supposed to!! It took us 2 hours from Blanchardstown to get there, and 1 hour to get home!! Luckily as we always allow plenty of time we arrived with time to spare! This was the day that we decided we needed official RosieDays Raincoats!! We were drenched through several times that day – including our run from the carpark in Monaghan town to the hotel where we had lunch!!
On 1st July Tara and Eric were married in Laytown Church, Co. Meath. I’ve blogged about the view behind the alter in this particular church before, on this day the sun was shining and the sea was just amazing!!
Tara chose Gerbera’s in mixed pink tones for both her own bouquet and the Bridesmaids and Flowergirl. Tara’s own bouquet had deeper shades of pink while the girls carried paler pink tones which complimented the turquoise dresses perfectly!!
In the Church, we provided 2 Large Pedestal Arrangements either side of the alter and decorated the pew ends with ivory shimmering organza and 2 gerberas with a folded aspidistra leaf.
Dear Readers..I must apologise for the lack of posts lately! I was without my right arm (aka Laptop) for two weeks while it was being repaired and upgraded, and I got it back wiped clean!!! So, thankfully photos had all been backed up and I now have the lovely task of re-sorting 1000’s of photos and emails – joy!
So, bear with us and we will get back up and running asap with our blog posts – we have a lot to catch up on as we have been very busy this wedding season, with 6 weddings last week and 3 this week! Enjoying every minute of it!
Sinead & Lorraine
