How I Spent Easter Sunday.

I love my family. I know this is a pretty obvious statement, but I really do. With SCC being full time (and the rest!) I like to make sure I spend as much of my spare time with them as I can.

My Mum, Dad and Nan are my world and now we have my cousins daughter Sadie in our lives (my best friend is 18 months, so what ;) ), family occasions are always something to look forward to. I've always been creative and I've noticed more and more over the past couple of years that I get this from my Mum. She loves any excuse to have people over, be the perfect host and make her house look amazing when they do. Together we need zero excuse to get the dining table fully dressed, filled with flowers and looking varied every time. So of course, Easter Sunday was no different.

Here are some of my favourite parts of the day. Including the home made decorations, spray painted decanters and the most amazing cheeseboard from Liverpool Cheese Company.

How did you spend Easter? Do you use your spare time to socialise with family? I'd love to know!

Also, if you are a fan of our coloured decanters, we are going to be doing a tutorial soon showing you how to create them yourself.

Flower Power at The Custard Factory

We adore being a part of the alternative wedding industry. Being surrounded by people who think outside the box, create wedding dresses covered in tattoos and photograph your day in heelys, makes us smile on a daily basis. So as you can imagine, there were smiles all round when the fabulous Jay Emme Photography tagged us in the following photos earlier this month.

Photos via @sarahdoowopdos instagram and @cosmicgirlie instagram.

It featured our very bright paper flowers being used for a very impromtpu photo shoot with Rachael of Marry Me Ink. The flowers where in Birmingham with Jo at The Couture Company for a shoot she had done previously with Emma Case. So seeing them being used again, with another awesome photographer made us very happy indeed.

Taking place in and around the Custard Factory, Jay photographed Rachael wearing the most incredible dresses by The Couture Company, (that lining, those flowers! *swoon*) and Rachael's hair and make up where styled to perfection by Sarah's Doo-Wop Dos.

We loved seeing our rainbow coloured flowers being used in such an awesome way. If you are interested in ordering some for your big day or event, send an email or get in touch to find out more. We can send our flowers anywhere in the UK and prices start from £10.00 per flower for the large varieties. To see more paper flower examples, check out our website.

The full set of photos have been featured over on the Marry Me Ink blog, so do go and check it out, but here are our favourite images from the day.

Credits:

Photography - Jay Emme Photography

Model - Rachael of Marry Me Ink

Dresses - The Couture Company

Hair and Make Up - Sarah's Doo Wop Do's.

Paper Flowers - Strange Case Collective

http://www.strangecasecollective.com/paper-flowers.html

Our Love Affair With Paper Flowers

In the beginning of 2013, our very first bride Karen sent us this picture. The utterly beautiful Chanel 2009, fashion show backdrop, accompanied by this caption.

"If only the staircase for my wedding could look like that."

Photo via Apartment Therapy

 She was joking and genuinely not expecting our reply.

"Yes, yes, yes. Let's do it!"

As soon as we saw this image we instantly fell in love. What would look more stunning in a wedding than a staircase of paper flowers?

Karen's venue was The Atheneum in Liverpool. If you aren't aware of it, check it out, just behind Primark you will find this amazing hidden gem. Inside it has the most beautiful cast iron, spiral staircase spinning up the whole of the building.

After seeing the staircase and with Chanel as our inspiration, that was that, we were in! We set to work and four weeks later with the help of our assistant Emily, we created 300 small flowers and over 100 large ones.

Then the day came. On the first Saturday of June, we dressed the wedding of Karen and Lee. It has been one of our career highlights and we still receive amazing feedback about the day now. In fact, you can read about the whole thing on Rock My Wedding.

As you can imagine, we took hundreds of photos, but when Claire Penn, photographer extraordinaire is around, you really do leave it to the experts.

Photography by Claire Penn Photography

Photography by Claire Penn Photography

Since that day, we have had a lot of flower bookings and experimented with paper styles and size. Every flower we make is completely hand crafted by us and we can create them using a wide range of materials and colours.

If you would like to order some for your own celebration, do not hesitate to get in touch. We love any excuse to get our scissors out and create something beautiful.

Photography by Rivington Photography - See more images from this shoot on Love My Dress

Photography by Lucy Greenhill Photography - See more images from this shoot on Bespoke Bride

Flowers for Vanessa I'Anson Bride

Eclectic Wedding Extravaganza