Weddings at Powerscourt House: January 2014

Thursday, 23 January 2014

Spring Flowers

The promise of Spring brings new life all around us. Spring flowers are truly beautiful and refreshing after the stark colours of Winter. There are so many fabulous blooms and I have handpicked but a few!

I personally love the blousy blooms of the Peony and think that these flowers on their own just take your breath away. The peony also symbolizes bashfulness. In Victorian times it was believed that mischievous nymphs hid in its magnificent petals. Symbolizing beauty and romance, the peony is often chosen for weddings. The same generous petals that earn them the symbolic meaning of happy marriage also earn them the symbolic meaning of compassion.

http://allmyweddingflowers.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-10-wedding-flowers-peony.html

Anemones are another favourite Spring flower and now come in a number of varieties. According to Greek mythology, the anemone sprang from Aphrodite’s tears as she mourned the death of Adonis. Thought to bring luck and protect against evil, legend has it that when the anemone closes its petals, it’s a signal that rain is approaching.

Still other mythology connects the anemone to magical fairies, who were believed to sleep under the petals after they closed at sunset.

Perhaps it’s because of this magical and prophetic tales that today in the language of flowers, anemones represent anticipation.

http://asweetstart.com/blog/2013/9/17/wedding-trend-anemone-flower-bouquets.html

Feverfew is a small daisy like flower that is used along with other Spring flowers in wedding bouquets or they look lovely as table centrepieces. They look fantastic for a rustic or woodland wedding theme.

http://www.weddingchicks.com/2012/09/10/loose-and-lovely-wedding-bouquets/

http://southernweddings.com/2012/05/09/southern-weddings-v4-beautiful-bouquets/

Muscari adds a vibrant splash of colour! Muscari has purple, spike-like bunch of urn shaped flowers. The blossoms bloom just like bunches of grapes perched upside down. The extraordinary shapes make this one of the prettiest purple flowers to use at wedding. Meaning Mutual Love!

http://memorablewedding.blogspot.ie/2013/12/spring-wedding-bouquets-in-every-color.html

http://alicew.typepad.com/.a/6a010536b2c084970b013480049fbf970c-500wi

Spring isn't quite Spring without Tulips. Tulips are symbolic of fame and perfect love. The symbolic meanings also change with the color of the tulips. Red tulips mean "believe me" and are a declaration of true love. Variegated tulips mean "you have beautiful eyes." Yellow tulips mean "there's sunshine in your smile" and cheerful thoughts. Cream colored tulips mean "I will love you forever." White tulips symbolize heaven, newness and purity. Purple tulips symbolize royalty. Pink tulips mean affection and caring. Orange tulips mean energy, enthusiasm, desire, and passion.

http://www.revel-blog.com/post/lavender_peach_wedding_inspiration/1961

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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

An Autumn Wedding 2013

September Wedding at Powerscourt House

I am a real romantic at heart and I think the season that evokes it more than any other is Autumn! The crisp clear days, the frost kissed grass and the fantastic patchwork of colour!

Gillian and Alan Carroll were married at Powerscourt in September 2013 - here's what they had to say;

Firstly I would like to thank you for everything you did to make our wedding day go as smoothly as it did.

I can't praise you enough for all of your help. From when both Gillian and I went to view Powerscourt as a possible venue for our wedding reception to the day itself. From the very start you made us feel welcome and that anything was possible with this dream location and venue.

From the number of meetings we had you were always accommodating to our wishes and made us feel at ease throughout the whole process which took a lot a pressure off both of us.

From giving us options to where to put the band to what the room would look like on the day, you painted a very clear picture of what we would see upon our arrival on our wedding day. We would like to thank you for our tasting day as well, the food and options you gave us were amazing and you exceeded all of our expectations. You helped us come up with a fantastic menu with delicious food that we have received so many compliments about, but this is something we cannot take the credit for, it was however amazing and we were delighted to have all the various components that we wanted, including our extra dessert!

Upon arrival to Powerscourt Annette was waiting there to instruct the driver of our car where to park the car. Once we stepped out of the car she was there waiting with two glasses of champagne. The rest of the Feast staff were at hand to serve the rest of our guests.

Our photographer brought the both of us off for our first session of photographs but once we were finished Annette was waiting there with our favorite canapé.

As the dinner bell rang the Feast staff ushered our guests into the dining hall but Annette took us to one side and brought us to our own private room to have a few moments to ourself before our introduction. Inside the room was a bottle of champagne and again, our favorite canapé. Nice touch. Annette came to tell us that it was time to enter the hall but before she opened the door she told us exactly how to reach our table through all of the people. Throughout the meal Annette kept a close eye on us and checked every so often that we were ok. She arrived with the microphone each time we wished to make a speech so we didn't need to worry about timing.

When it was time to go the staff were nice enough to contact our hotel to arrange a car to pick us up.

We have received nothing but compliments about the venue, the service and especially the quality of the food.

It was the attention to detail and the small things that added such special touches to the service we received from Annette and the staff at Feast on our wedding day. I could not recommend them enough.