Whilst we know that many of you are highly creative and cannot wait to get your hands on our lovely products, we do appreciate that sometimes a few ideas are required, particularly with colour themes! So, we have given you some popular colour themes and indicated which items are available within that colour. Not all available items are always included as sometimes it nice to find them yourself, but we’ve tried to give you a good cross section. We’ve also included some ideas on how to use our products for other special occasions, such as a Christening.

Sample Service

We also offer a Sample Service, which you can find on both our freeze-dried rose petals and freeze-dried hydrangea petals pages. Please do not hesitate to contact us on 0845 362 7723 to discuss any other samples that we may have, to help you choose your colour theme

Colour themes

White/cream
Use cream desire from our freeze-dried rose petals, snowy white from our freeze-dried hydrangea petals, cream delphinium petals, white or cream cone paper, petal envelopes, transparent envelopes, cream organza bags , cream ruched petal bags, sweetheart confetti box, cream freeze-dried rosebud, daisy, white delphinium or white hydrangea pressed flower, daisy pressed flower sticker, white butterfly garland ……

Add a subtle sprinkling of gold or silver using skeleton leaves and gold or silver butterfly clips......

Pink
Use blush, pink! or hot pink from our freeze-dried rose petals, pink/lilac from our freeze-dried hydrangea petals, freeze-dried peony petals , raspberry pink delphinium petals, pale pink or raspberry cone paper, dusky pink ruched petal bags, pink freeze-dried rosebud, pink delphinium , pink rose or pink hydrangea pressed flower, pink delphinium pressed flower sticker, pink butterfly clip, pink butterfly garland , pink blossom wedding car ribbon …..

Red
Use red passion from our freeze-dried rose petals, true red freeze-dried carnation petals , red cone paper, red freeze-dried rosebud, red rose or red rosebud pressed flower, red rose pressed flower sticker, red butterfly garland , red rose flower lights , red maribou feathers …..

Burgundy/wine/claret
Use ruby kiss or burgundy touch from our freeze-dried rose petals, burgundy rose pressed flower, burgundy spiked feathers/pink crystal bead candle rings …..

…add highlights of cream or gold as above to add contrast to the dark burgundies.

Blue/lilac
Use lavender peace from our freeze-dried rose petals, blue/lilac from our freeze-dried hydrangea petals, blue delphinium petals ,blue or lilac cone paper, lilac delphinium or blue hydrangea pressed flower, lilac delphinium pressed flower sticker , pale blue butterfly garland , lilac/purple butterfly clip , lavender grains or lavender bunches….

Green
Use green freeze-dried hydrangea petals, green cone paper, green ivy pressed flower, green 4-leaf clover pressed flower sticker, green butterfly clip, iced ivy/clear crystal beads candle rings, green maribou feathers ….

1] A Winter wedding or a Christmas Table

Using a theme of Burgundy and gold , we have used the following items to create an opulent table featuring rich colours and flickering candlelight:-

Gold skeleton leaves placed in glasses, under the heart design tealights and under the storm lanterns. Gold clip on butterflies on the edge of the platters/plates and on the chairbacks. Burgundy touch freeze-dried rose petals in the storm lanterns , sprinkled along the length of the table and on a large gold rimmed dish with a large pillar candle as a table centrepiece. Dark fuchsia freeze-dried peony heads on the chairbacks and nestling in a glass bowl with a string of white fairy lights.Whole freeze-dried roseheads placed in a glass for each place setting,attached by ribbon to the cake slice and displayed en masse in an old french liquour dispenser. White litecubes placed in the champagne cooler. Burgundy spiked feather candle rings around the base of the storm lanterns. Pressed [flowers] ivy leaves used as name placecards with names written in gold pen and displayed with cream freeze-dried rose buds. Burgundy pressed [flowers] roses used on the name cards. Iced ivy candle rings used as table centrepieces.

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2] A Summer wedding reception or a Summer garden party

Shades of pink and white combined with masses of old fashioned garden roses and peonies make this theme truly feminine, nostalgic and romantic.Add your best linen and wafer-thin china to set the scene for a memorable, sunlit afternoon and then light the candles to take you well into the small hours of the evening.

We used our freeze-dried peony heads in different shades of pink arranged on an enamelled cakestand and laid on each side plate. Glasses were filled with cava and our rose petal syrup. We filled the centrepiece vase with our freeze-dried rose petals [put a small vase inside a larger one and fill the gap between them with petals, then add water to the inside vase and fill with fresh blooms] and we also put them in the storm lanterns. We used our decorated sugar cubes and Belgian chocolate favours to decorate the saucers.The clip on butterflies were added to the storm lanterns and the crystal flower jewels added a twinkle to the name placecards and were scattered on the table. The heart design tealights had pink tealights added. The sweetheart confetti boxes were filled with the freeze-dried rose petals and laid on each place setting. Our flowergirl Katy had her own [overly large!] basket of freeze-dried rose petals in blush, her bridesmaid's wand and was accompanied by Holly the dog in her very own Wedding doggie t-shirt . Finally - just in case the weather didnt behave , we had our rose decorated umbrellas handy!

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3] Afternoon tea for two or a late summer intimate reception

Take blue and white combined with a splash of green , add wire work furniture , delicate teacups and individual cakes and you have a magical setting for any kind of afternoon celebration.

We used freeze-dried hydrangea petals in blue and green in the storm lanterns and to fill the d.i.y confetti cones, decorated with the blue crystal flower jewels . Freeze-dried delphinium heads decorated a cake stand , and pressed [flower] hydrangeas in blue were placed around the rims of the plates and filled our petal envelopes. White pressed [flower] hydrangeas were used on the name cards. Blue butterfly garlands were wound through the backs of the chairs. Finally, lavender grains were scattered over the floor so that as guests walked on them , they released their perfume into the air.

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With grateful thanks for the beautiful cakes to www.peggyporschen.com , the Serenity tablewear from Royal Doulton www.royaldoulton.co.uk , the enamel cake stand from Plumo www.plumo.com and the chair cover and gold sash from www.theweddinglounge.com .

A baby’s Christening

Following requests from many people we have put together a “pink” and a “blue” Christening picture using one of the very versatile iced fruit cakes from M&S. We’ve added narrow satin ribbon, pressed flowers pinned into place with pearl headed pins, butterflies, scattered rose petals, hydrangea petals or freeze-dried delphinium heads , used more pressed flowers on the namecards and used butterflies from the butterfly garlands around napkins……

Of course, any items from the relevant colour themes above can be incorporated easily.

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