Our New Website...

We are so excited!!! Its here!!!

We are so proud to share and announce the launch of our brand new website...

www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk



www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk



 

So whats our fantastic new website all about?

 

www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk , our brand new website acts as Fusion Flowers Birmingham Hub where you can find all the information you need about us, The Flower School, buy online, Fairytale Dreams and see lots of pictures of our work too!!!

 

 

Here's our guide to the Home of Fusion Flowers Birmingham. From the Home Page you can click on any of the Links at the top of the screen to see our Portfolio, Location or even Shop for Special Occasions.



http://www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk/

 

 

PORTFOLIO

http://www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk/portfolio.php

 



 In our Portfolio section you can find all the information you need on Weddings, Funeral Tributes, Corporate, All Occasion and Balloon Design...
 
Click on the section that you want to find out more about from the pink bar or simply click on the rotating picture. You will then be redirected to that area...
 


http://www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk/occasions.php

  
You will now be able to read all the information that you need! For example on the all occasion page you can see that our Bouquets start from £15.00, that we deliver and can also add chocolates, balloons and cards to your order...
 
Follow the pink link on the page to view our gallery, and you will be able to enlarge and scroll through different designs created at Fusion Flowers Birmingham...
 

http://www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk/gallery/index.php#occasions

 
 
 

SHOP and THE FLOWER SCHOOL

Click on www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk/shop to be redirected to our on line shop where you can choose from lots of designs for all occasions. You can pay on line at our eFlorist Shop!
 
 
 


www.theflowerschool.org

 
The Flower School provides exciting workshops and programmes aimed at those of you who are interested in flowers and enthusiastic florists...
 
Click on The Flower School link to be redirected to our school page. We are currently updating our workshops and courses but if you are interested in learning more about floristry please follow the link from our website and feel free to contact us (info@theflowerschool.org) ...
 
 

CONTACT US

 
 

Please feel free to use our Contact Page with any of your questions, queries, testimonials or requirements and we promise to answer your email within 48 hours...

 

Remember to include your name, your email and a brief description of what you would like. Choose from the drop down bar to show what you are interested in...

 

Alternatively call our shop phone numbers (which you can press from the web page on your phones and save direct to your phone book!!!!) or send us an email to enquiries@fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk

 

http://www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk/contactus.php

 

 

LINKS

 

At Fusion Flowers Birmingham we only recommend suppliers who we would use ourselves, so we have put together a list of our Highly Recommended Suppliers List. Also on this page you can find our designated wedding area! Follow the link to Fairytale Dreams to find our new website coming soon!

www.fairytaledreamweddings.co.uk



SOCIAL MEDIA

Well our brand new website wouldn't be complete without being able to find us on Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and of course our Blog!!!
 
On the bottom of every page you can find our little pink logos for social media...
 


www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk

Please feel free to follow add our website www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk to your Favourites. Have a browse and if you cant find what your looking for then please feel free to contact me at enquiries@fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk

I hope you like our new site and i would love to hear your comments

Kris @fusionflowers01

 
 

Summer Of Love Styled Photo Shoot...

Well on this cold and snowy day in March!!! I thought I would finally get round to sharing with you an amazing styled photo shoot i was involved in 2012...

  Summer Of Love

 

 This shoot was organised by Luxe Bridal who supplied the beautiful dresswear worn by the models on the day

 

 

The inspiration was the late ‘60s/early 70s  vintage hippy feel. Louise Holgate, the fabulous photographer who captured the shoot used natural light whilst capturing a summer feel to the shoot

 

It had rained every day leading up to the shoot, but from these fantastic snaps you can see we were lucky to enjoy some sunshine!

 

 

The talented Sarah Russell of SGR Vintage Hair and Make Up was also part of the team that made this shoot so beautiful..

 

 

 

and it was a pleasure to be asked to create the flowers for this amazing shoot. Makes m smile everytime i have a peek!

 

Flowers i used to create the designs include Million Stars Gypsophila, Sweet Avalanche Roses, White September Flower, Scabious, Memory Lane Roses and Antirrhinum in subtle shades of creams, pale pinks and lilacs, tied together with natural raffia, to create a hair circlet and comb, bridal bouquet and groom’s buttonhole

 

 

Summer of Love was captured in June 2012. We had to keep the shoot under lock and key and Louise and Shelley did not let us see until finally in September 2012, the shoot was featured in Boho Weddings Blog and it was well worth waiting for...

 

Then a few days later i recieved a message from the Summer of Love team saying that the shoot was being featured in Unique Bride Magazine! Front Cover and Four page feature i was over the moon for everyone! I cannot wait to see what we come up this year in our next photo shoot..

Although i love every picture, my favourite picture from the shoot is this one...

 

 

I love the beauty of this picture with the bride peering over the natural bouquet of flowers! I use this image on all our business posters and leaflets but it seems this picture is also loved by many more people as we made the front cover of Bridal Suite Magazine Issue too!

 

 

So this styled shoot has been a winner in more than one way and it was an absoloute pleasure to be invited to be part of this special shoot!

 

I hope this has made you smile as much as it make me smile!!!

 

 

 

 Kris @FusionFlowers01

 

 

The suppliers who were involved:

 

Photography – Louise Holgate – Louise Holgate Photography www.louiseholgate.com

Venue: Forhill, Kings Norton, near Birmingham

Hair and Make-up – Sarah Russell – SGR Vintage Hair and Make-up www.sarahrussell.co.uk

Wardrobe and Styling – Luxe Bridal Exclusive Vintage Wedding Dresses www.luxebridal.co.uk

Flowers – Kris Henderson at Fusion Flowers Birmingham  www.fusionflowersbirmingham.co.uk

Models – Nathan Bennett, Megan Howard

Vintage campervan supplied by Kathryn Marsh @VWPumpkin 

 

 

Who You Ordering a Buttonhole for?...

Wedding Season is truly underway at Fusion Flowers Birmingham...

Along with delivering beautiful wedding flowers to early brides in 2013 we have been meeting new brides for the rest of 2013, brides with weddings planned for 2014 and even been talking to brides who are getting married in 2015!!!

At our wedding consultations, I take on board everything and every specific requirement that our excited brides-to-be say and answer many questions and advise as much as i can. The main question i keep getting asked is who do i buy buttonholes and corsages for?

 

So here is my guide and advice on buttonholes and corsages...

Grooms Buttonhole and Mums Wrist Corsage

Where to begin?...

So lets break it down and write and list...

Lets start with the main Bridal Party-

Groom

Best Man

Ushers

Dads

Grandads

Page Boy

Moms

Nans



Grooms Buttonhole

Groom and Dads Buttonhole

I think its important for the buttonholes to represent and show the bridal party accordingly. Here is how i would recommend buttonholes and show the bridal party of men, through flowers using the very popular Roses...

Grooms Buttonhole...

Choose something to reflect the bridal design. For example you are having a design consisting of Big headed White Avalanche Rose, Beargrass Loops and Diamante Crystal (very elegant!) so i would suggest your groom to have a double rose buttonhole, Beargrass loops and diamante crystal with silver wire binding the stem. Add something a little different like folded skeleton leaves, medalino sticks, pussy willow, twig, twisted wire or berry. The grooms buttonhole is as important as the bridal design!



Cymbidium Orchid Buttonhole

Best Man...

Always good to use the same flower throughout all your buttonholes, so for your best man i would suggest a single rose, with beargrass loops, silver wire binding the stem but leave out the diamante as that touch of bling represents the bride and groom!

 

 

Ushers, Dads, Grandads and Page Boys...

Ushers, Dads, Grandads and Pageboys are still very important members of the Bridal Party. Including your bridal flower, in this case the beautiful Avalanche Rose, includes them in your party too. By presenting them with a simple Rose buttonhole with silver wire binding the stem, a small touch of ivy leaf or dark green soft ruscus leaf, but leaving out the beargrass loops and diamante, you are still showing importance but also showing the bridal party structure. This design can be used for all Ushers, Dads and Grandads buttonholes. Using a smaller rose in the same shade of your design but on a safety pin badge brings in your page boys buttonhole, not only making them feel part of the bridal party but also matching your theme and making sure they are safe using a safety pin.

 

Safety Pin Badge

Mom and Nans Corsage...

Moms and Nans are so important to our bridal party and we need to make sure that their corsages not only match the bridal party but their outfits too! Keeping within the cream shades is always a good idea. Not only will this match your colour scheme, but match their outfits too!!!! Use smaller Spray Roses in their Corsage, or even a double or triple rose corsage using more foliage's so its different to your grooms buttonhole too!

 

Spray Rose Corsage

 

Alternatively, a wrist corsage can look so elegant and a nice keepsake of the wedding. Using Ivory or white pearls, diamante crystal or a colour to match your theme!...

 

 

Pearl Band

After the Bridal Party, then come the guests!

I always advise my brides-to-be to be careful when ordering for the bridal guest party. Of course we can supply you with hundreds of carnation buttonholes but nobody knows your guests better than you. Ive been to weddings where guests haven't used the buttonholes and i have personally stood with baskets full of buttonholes still at the end of the ceremony. I'll always advise you to think ahead and maybe use your budget more wisely, if you are sure all your guests will wear them they do look fabulous on photographs! then go order for all but then be careful of the wedding politics! its difficult when you buy for one and not another! At Fusion Flowers Birmingham we do discount on big buys on buttonholes to help save and help you with your budget.

 

Carnation Buttonholes ideal for your guests!

 

I hope this post has helped you understand buttonholes a little more! For a free no obligation consultation then please contact me, Kris Henderson, at Fusion Flowers Birmingham and ill be happy to advice and assist you as much as i can...

 

 

 

As quoted from Bridal Suite Magazine"west midlands leading floral design company"

 

Fusion Flowers Birmingham

 

where floral designs come to life

 

Kris Henderson

Director