Calypso Flowers - Weddings

Calypso Flowers - Studio, Bond Street, Abbotsford Victoria, 3122

Approx. $100.00 Bracelets or arm corsages
I made this arm corsage of pale creamy-pink mini-roses for a wedding. They were bound onto a wire covered in an offcut of fabric from the bride's dress. These corsages definitely need about 5 days' notice to get the ingredients together !

Buttonholes and Corsages
A selection of lapel corsages for the women, and buttonholes for the men. Click 'More' to see the blackberry and rose corsage. See also 'Wrist corsages' in this 'Wedding' section.

C for Colour ...and more colour !
These two went crazy for colour ! One had a passion for purple (the hair is a dead give-away) and orange, the other a passion for hot pink. The posies featured a few shades of orange, hot pink and lavender. The bridesmaids all wore black, and carried orange roses.

Calla Lily Bouquet
An elegant, modern bouquet of pink calla lilies surrounded by tropical leaves. The dodda vine woven through the flowers provides textural contrast with the smoothness of the blooms. The cake flowers (also illustrated) are for the same wedding.

Caroline's Bouquet
The bridesmaids' dresses were a burgundy /purple colour, and so we chose 'antique' coloured roses in mauves and pinks, as well as cream 'Advance' roses. We also put a few lisianthus flowers, unripe blackberries and lavender throughout.

Cascades of lilies and roses
These 'cascades' were used to decorate the gazebo at the Amora Riverwalk Hotel in Richmond. They are an effective way to picturesquely frame the bride and groom during the wedding ceremony, and can be moved later to the reception if required.

Coral Colours
This was a variation on the 'orange posy'. The colours were softer. Three different coloured roses were used.

Approx $30.00 incl. presentation box Corsages - wrist
Wrist corsages are very popular now for formals as well as weddings. They are packaged in an clear acetate box. Please try to give at least 24 hours notice so that we can obtain the most appropriate coloured flower for you.

David Austin Roses
If you have ever breathed-in the heavenly perfume of a David Austin rose, you will understand why they are so popular ! This is a sample posy, made so that we could try out the colours against the creamy-coloured dress fabric. The little David Austin rose is called 'Evelyn'. Other roses include pale pink Sweet Avalanche,as well as freesias.

Dramatic Roses
Don't these pink roses make a dramatic impact! The older bridesmaids had mid-pink, the younger ones a very pale pink, and the bride had a mixture of 3 shades. Click through to see them all packed and ready for delivery.

Exquisite Peonies
If you are getting married in November/December, you might want to consider the exquisite peony as your signature flower. As peonies are only available during these months, your flowers would be quite different from, say, a spring or autumn wedding.

Georgina's Roses & Gerberas
Georgina chose a posy of red roses, soft terracotta Leonidas roses, orange hypericum berries, and burgundy leucadendrons for her bouquet. Her husband has a buttonhole of a rose with the berries. The original idea of a man's buttonhole was that the lady would give the man a flower plucked from her bouquet.

Heart of roses
This bride chose a fully wired bouquet of roses,with a liberal sprinkling of diamantes to catch the light during her sunset wedding. Unfortunately she had rain,hail...but very little sun! Click through to see the bridesmaids.

Jane's Wedding
Jane had always wanted David Austin roses for her wedding, but unfortunately that hot week of summer with temperatures over 40 deg. killed off the delicate flowers when they were growing. The good news is that we had a 'Plan B' and were able to find roses that gave the soft, fluffy look that Jane wanted.

Lavender and roses
A posy of creamy white roses (approx 40 roses here), with fragrant lavender scattered through. Perfect for a spring wedding.

Lime and latte bouquet
The theme colours of this wedding were chocolate, lime and latte, and the bride and her bridesmaids carried posies of roses in these colours.(Location - Botanic Gardens, Melbourne)

Orange Rose Posy
If you have a favourite colour, then you can combine 2 or 3 different shades of that colour to give depth to the bouquet.

Peaches and Cream Bouquet
A fully-wired bouquet in delicate peach shades using heavenly-scented Sahara roses and soft-peach mini-roses, together with asparagus fern and trailing ivy. Click through to see the cutest flower girl and the bridesmaid's posy !

Phalenopsis and Roses
A petite teardrop of half-open creamy white roses, with phalenopsis orchids. Measures about 30cm in length.

Pretty little peppercorns
This bride chose to have white freesias, white roses and a few pink ones, and her bridesmaid had the opposite - mainly pink with a few white ones. The little berries are young peppercorns. In autumn they turn pink.

Roses and snowberries
This posy has several different types of white flowers, as well as snowberries. Floating above the bouquet are individually wired Singapore orchids, green with a burgundy throat. You could also have frangipani blooms in summer.

Roses and sweetpeas
White, pink and pink-rimmed roses are combined with fluffy cream coloured sweetpeas for a pretty spring posy.

Texture and colour.
The bride wanted texture in her bouquet, and wanted colour for the bridesmaids. Because there were a few different types of flowers, it was easy to get some texture.In Sandra's bouquet we used roses, sedum, various berries (including unripe blackberries), green cockscomb amaranthus, and silver foliage.

Throw away bouquet
I prefer to think of them as 'throw' bouquets, rather than 'throw away' ones ! Seems a bit cruel for such sweet little things ! We usually make this posy our gift to you, unless the flower/s you have chosen are rare and expensive, or if they are, say, tulips, which are rarely imperfect, and we use them all in the bride's bouquet.

White Lotus Wedding
This is the style of arrangement that you could have at both the ceremony venue and the reception. It features lilies, gerberas, roses, molucca balm, chrysanthemums and gymea leaves. You could choose flowers and colours to carry through your theme.The container is decorated with dried lotus leaves.