A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sometimes the most beautiful things come in small packages, this weeks wedding was an excellent example of this. Just twenty very special people were invited to join Susie and Chris at their intimate wedding on Midsummer's Eve. The date provided the perfect theme; the bride looked breathtaking in an ethereal sage green dress, the groom very dapper in a green tweed shooting jacket, voluminous jewel coloured flowers and a table setting fit for feast.  There were lots of little details which really added a personal touch, I loved their 'Save the Date' which was a packet of forget-me-not seeds with a note attached asking guests to grow the flowers and use as confetti. On the day before the wedding we made individual intials for each place setting using florists wire and Rosemary from the garden. The cheese course took the form of an old Rigaud barn door mounted on two wine barrels and dressed with fruit, succulents, flowers and the brides very own homemade chilli jam driven all the way from the north of England, simply put it was a Midsummer Night's Dream.

Gorgeous graphics and ingenious 'save the date'

Susie's bouquet of peony, rose, delphinium, astibille and nigella

Buttonhole with succulent, lavender, rose and rosemary

Buttonhole with succulent, lavender, rosemary and lisianthus

Buttonhole with the vintage books used as props on the table setting

Initials made from wire and rosemary

Outside dining

Table set with hessian runners, flowers, fruit, trailing ivy and vines

The Midsummer inspired tablescape

The cheese door, dressed with succulents, flowers, fruit and home-made chilli jam

Succulents are the new must have wedding accessory according to Justin Alexander

Susie's home-made chilli jam, the perfect accompaniment

Brown kraft paper was used to label the French cheeses