West Didsbury Wedding Event

The 'Wedding Event' is being held to showcase what the many creative and unique West Didsbury businesses can offer to discerning brides to be and civil partners...

This event will be a departure from the usual hard sell and pressurised environment of a wedding fayre. It will be a relaxed and informal affair, where you have the chance to speak to our wedding experts one to one and sample what they have to offer.

We have a fantastic line up of West Didsbury wedding experts including....

RHUBARB RESTAURANT

THE WHITE CLOSET

AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON

SILVER APPLES

MACLEODBRADLEY

PEARLS AND LACE FILMS

JONNY DRAPER PHOTOGRAPHY

EMMA DRAPER BRIDAL MAKE-UP

BELLY BUTTON DESIGNS

SILVER SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE

ZOE CHIOTIS

AND OF COURSE YOURS TRULY

SATURDAY 19 MARCH 11.00AM - 3.00PM

RHUBARB RESTAURANT

167 BURTON ROAD

WEST DIDSBURY

M20 2LN

Can I take a moment to say a massive 'Thank you' to both Pete and Helen at Didsbury Life for their continued support and taking the time to design the website x

Red roses on Valentine's...the story behind the tradition

Have you ever wondered why Red Roses are sent on Valentine's Day? 

The red rose carries the universal symbol of love and affection. This flower's long, eventful history shows its significance. The red rose has been incorporated into many works of art from classical poetry to paintings. Shakespeare used a red rose in Romeo and Juliet, and the poet Robert Burns created a poem on the beauty of the red rose. 

The red rose as we know it today was brought to Europe from China in 1800's, though the language of flowers and the meanings people associate with them date back far longer than that. Early cultures across the globe used these red flowers for their traditional wedding attire and to decorate the wedding ceremony itself.

Because of these traditions, the red rose soon became known as the symbol for deep love and fidelity. As the practice of exchanging roses and other flowers as signs of affection grew more popular, the red rose became the flower of choice for lovers because it sends the strongest message of love.

Sending someone a bouquet of red roses is still the most popular way to say "I love you." Even a single, long-stemmed red rose can evoke a powerful response from its recipient. This is a trait no other flower can convey.

This valentine's Day we will be using the beautiful Red Naomi rose. Only the best will do.

The Red Naomi rose is an exquisite large velvet-red rose accompanied by a lovely scent which is a rarity these days. This large headed rose has a high petal count giving it a gorgeous, luxurious appearance. It has a very good vase life, giving you longer to appreciate them. 

To order your Valentine's flowers order online or call 0161 446 2556

Valentines day flowers and cupcakes delivered in Didsbury and beyond

As you are aware Valentine's day is fast approaching. Let's make this one to remember...

To add to our gorgeous range of Valentines flowers we have teamed up with Airy Fairy Cupcakes to deliver a gift that is truly memorable. Show somebody that you truly care by sending them a gift of both flowers and cupcakes. What more could a girl (or guy) want??

Introducing the range....

'Sweet Rose'

A beautiful large headed 'Naomi' rose which has a light fragrance that comes with 4 delicious cupcakes presented in a 'handbag' style gift box

 £15.00

'Sweet Romance'

A romantic hand tied bouquet including a red 'Naomi' rose that comes with 4 delicious cupcakes presented in a 'handbag' style gift box

£35.00

'Sweet Luxury'

Question: What  better way to say 'I Love You' than a dozen red roses?

Answer: A dozen red roses and a dozen cupcakes

A truly gorgeous bouquet of a dozen red 'Naomi' roses hand tied with lavish foliage's, presented in a long handled presentation bag. Along side this we have a gift box of 12 beautiful cupcakes decorated with love...literally! if this doesn't melt somebody's heart then I don't now what will...

£85.00

To order simply call 0161 446 2556, email, call in to our shop at 98 Barlow Moor Rd, Didsbury,

 M20 2PN or on our online shop

Last but not least, a massive thank you to Jonny Draper of Jonny Draper photography for the great images

Happy New Year

To all of our lovely friends and customers.

Thank you for your support in 2010. We're looking forward to working on many more lovey weddings, parties and events in 2011.

Happy New Year

from Sian and The Flower Lounge Team

xxx

Christmas Open Evening

On 1st December we held our Christmas Open Evening. It was a gorgeous snowy night...perfect for a festive themed evening. The evening was captured by the fantasic skills of Jonny Draper

Great selection of fresh flowers and plants stocked regularly here at The Flower Lounge.

Fantastic cupcakes with our logo on courtesy of Airy Fairy Cupcakes based in didsbury. They went down a treat!

On the evening we did a couple of demonstartions-this was a hurrcane vase table centre in silvers, whites and greens with gorgeous snowy roses in.

We were joined by lots of familiar faces on the evening. Above we have Nikki from The White Closet bridal boutique in West Didsbury along with Emma Draper. Below we have Tom Harrington with Special guest star of the evening Hugo

I would like to say a massive thank you to everbody that braved the snow to come along and enjoy the evening with us.

We wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2011.

Sian and the Flower Lounge Team

xxx

Christmas Open Evening at The Flower Lounge

On Wednesday 1st december we will be hosting our Christmas open evening. Our evening of chritmas inspiration will take place between 6pm and 9pm at our shop on Barlow Moor Rd, Didsbury.

Throughout the evening our staff will be demonstrating Christmas table centres and door wreaths, giving you inspiration for the festive period. We can advise you about what works with your colour theme and style and give you a fews tips along the way.

On the night there will be complimentary wines carefully selected by Reserve Wines of Didsbury http://www.reservewines.co.uk/ and christmas cupcakes by Laura at Airyfairy Cupcakes http://www.airyfairycupcakes.co.uk/

We would love it if you popped along for a glass of wine with us.

Bring a friend-the more the merrier

Rose Cottage filmed for ITV...watch this space!!

Recently we were asked to contribute some of the finishing touches for Rose Cottage, an interior project worked on by Sian at Moregeous www.moregeous.com/wordpress

The cottage was being filmed for a ITV show called 'May the Best House Win' which is due for broadcast in Spring 2011. It's along the idea of Come Dine With Me but for houses.

To suit the look of the cottage we opted for English summer flowers such as Hydrangea, Phlox, Campanula in containers supplied by Sian to compliment the cottage's interior.

We think the interior looks great so fingers crossed for Sian at Moregeous!!!

We will post the results once we know them!!!

Nikki and Rich's hot pink wild wedding

On 26th June 2010 it was a pleaseure to do the flowers for NIkki's and Rich's wedding from The White Closet bridal boutique, Burton Rd Didsbury.

www.thewhitecloset.co.uk

The look of the wedding was dramatic, wild and vibrant.

Nikki's bouquet had pale pink peonies, hot pink roses, trailing green amaranthus, trailing gloriosa and a variety of ferns and foliages to emphasise the long, flowing look to the bouquet.

Rich had a buttonhole of Gloriosa with a small detail of hydrangea to compliment Nikki's bouquet.

Rich's best man and ushers had a simple buttonhole of hot pink rose with foliages.

At the entrance to St Cross Church, Mobberley Rd, Knutsford we used two bay trees interspersed with gloriosa to welcome guests.

Inside the church we dressed two large candleabra with lots of foliages and dramatic flowers.

Kate and Rohit

As promised here are the photos of Kate and Rohit's wedding back in March this year. Kate looked fabulous with her 5 bridesmaids in gold.


Kate and Rohit outside Manchester Town Hall. Great photo with the wind catching Kate's long veil.

Images courtesy of www.andywardle.com

Knowsley Hall Wedding

On Saturday 8th May we did Saif and Christine's wedding at Knowsley Hall. It was a gorgeous sunny day and everybody was in good spirits.

To greet the guests there was a red carpet finished off with 2 bay trees with white roses interspersed in them.

On either side of the registrars table there were floor standing candleabra decorated with a chunky collar of white and green flowers including roses, stocks, phlox, lilies, peonies and hanging amaranthus to name a few.

The aisle was lines with perspex plinths with flower heads threaded on to wire with white and green arrangements on the top complete with a chunky pillar candle. It looked gorgeous-very fairy tale.


The registrars table with floor standing candleabra on either side.



The dining room was brimming with flowers with candleabra table centres on each table, fireplace designs and arrangements on side tables.

Candleabra table centres with chunky collars of flowers around the arms and base of the design, linked with foliage. Here we have used a variety of white flowers including roses, stocks, phlox, peonies, lilies and lots of different foliage's to give a nice textured design.

The fireplaces were decorated with chunky garlands of flowers interspersed with candles.

I will update with photos of the bridal party very soon. Everybody had a fantastic day and it was fantastic to work with such a lovely couple. I wish them all the very best x