Today we’re throwing it back to pre-COVID times and last September when we found ourselves 34 floors up overlooking the stunning London skyline for Stacey and Matt’s wedding at one of our all-time favourite venues - The Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard. A space we know well plus a bride with a clear vision and who’s in the wedding industry herself meant this was a match made in heaven!
Our gorgeous couple - who also got engaged at The Shard on New Year’s Eve back in 2015 - selected the intimate Li Room for their special day. Holding up to 30 guests, the room’s floor-to-ceiling windows with views of London Bridge, St. Paul’s Cathedral and more make it feel much bigger and brighter, and only enhanced the styling choices for this celebration.
As a wedding stationer and founder of The Bridal Paperie, Stacey has an amazing eye for detail and knew her theme well. She wanted everything crisp in almond and blush pink; even sending us snippets of her ribbons so that we could match her colour palette exactly! We worked with her and Matt to create a moon gate, a welcome sign, centrepieces, a bridal bouquet, a bridesmaid’s bouquet, flower girl posies and a buttonhole featuring full blooms and fresh foliage which complemented the room and outfits perfectly.
The moon gate was wonderful to make and provided such a fabulous backdrop for the couple’s nuptials. For this, we used romantic sandy-blush Quicksand Roses, Westminster Abbey Roses, traditional yet pure, soft pink White O’Hara Roses, small cream Majolika Spray Roses, intoxicating ivory Margaret Merril Roses, Astrantia and white star-shaped Phlox all to add depth and glamour to the design. Westminster Abbey roses - a relatively new rose on the market - couldn’t have been a better match to Stacey and Matt’s colour palette. The rose is named after the abbey as it has the same colour as the building’s exterior - brown-beige but it changes to a delightful greyish/creamy pale pink as it blooms. It’s a large flower, elegantly packed with pretty, ruffled petals.
We carried these flowers through the other arrangements by using them for the centrepieces, bridal bouquet, bridesmaid’s bouquet and the welcome sign. The compact clusters of firework-shaped Astrantia florets also had their spot amongst the creamy, multi-layered Avalanche Roses in the flower girl posies which are always SO cute to see in use!
To differ the two bouquets, we used graceful Stocks with their sweet and spicy scent and tall leafy stalks in the bridesmaid’s bouquet and gentian-like delicate Lisianthus in the bridal bouquet. But of course, we also wanted Matt’s buttonhole to reflect Stacey’s bouquet, so we made this with Lisianthus petals and its dark green, oval-shaped leaves too.
Two other picks to make the floral creations unique were the abundant, aromatic pom-poms of white Hydrangea in the centrepieces and the classic trailing stems of shiny, rich green Soft Ruscus foliage for the welcome sign. Both playing an important part in forming full compositions and show-stopping pieces that look as beautiful on camera as they do in real life. Sadly the only thing we couldn’t capture was the incredible, sweet and fruity fragrances that came from all of these combinations!
We were absolutely overjoyed to work with Stacey and Matt for their big day and to do so in the breathtaking Shangri-La again. If you or someone you know are planning a wedding or event in or around London, we’d love to invite you to get in touch with us. You can also click here to learn more about our process or follow us on Instagram / Pinterest for more ideas and inspiration.
Images: Amanda Karen Photography and Emma Pilkington Photography | Venue: Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard | Venue Styling: Alexandra Rose Weddings | Chair Hire: Rosetone | Flowers: Miriam Faith | Silk Ribbon: Pompom Blossom | Stationery: The Bridal Paperie | Cake: Monannie | Dress: Wed2B | Shoes: Bella Belle | Veil: Britten Weddings | Hair and Makeup: Spence and Oliver | Groomswear: French Connection
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As seen in Wedding Ideas Magazine:
“The space was filled with vases, gold lanterns, candles and flowers. Florist Miriam Faith sourced roses to match the couple’s colour scheme, which were paired with dark green and silvery foliage. And every detail – from the gold cutlery and beaded chargers to the gold-rimmed chairs and hand-dyed silk ribbon around the bouquets – was intricately sourced”.
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