'tis the season at Fleur Boutique

T'is the Season

At Fleur Boutique, we are pleased to announce our new catalogue of Festive and Christmas designs has now been launched and in offer to our customers.

We have an exciting range of festive designs, tables arrangements, festive wreaths, gifts and Christmas trees now in stock.   You are most welcome to come down to the Shop and view the items on display.

Alternatively, ask one of our talented florists to show you our new Christmas Design book, which is jammed packs of exciting designs - some we have displayed below.

 We have an excite range of festive designs , which you can view our online shop to see . Remembering ordering on line is easy and quick , and we give you message to tell you when the item has been delivered too !   You can view all our designs online by clicking on the link

If you are wanting something different for the festive season, please remember our florist team are pleased to help and make suitable suggestions and work with you to design that perfect table centerpiece, hall or reception arrangement or gift for your loved ones.

At Fleur Boutique - we have Christmas all wrapped up !

Opal Breeze

Fleur Boutique is please to share with you our Bouquet of the month

Opal Breeze – a handtied arrangement of cool cream , greens and blues makes this aqua pack bouquet full of texture. Cream Roses, white Lisianthus, green Hydrangeas and Carnations, combined with silvery blue Eryngiums form this exquisite arrangement. 

This flower arrangement is aqua packed delivered in water for instant display

Opal stone meaning foster love, passion, loyalty, faithfulness,emotional expressiveness, warmth, spontaneity and dramatic ability. Opal also associated with peace, and consciousness. Opal meaning sometimes considered unlucky, but this is only because modern people fear their emotional side. Its a very emotionally responsive stone.


Opal meaning is birthstone for October. Opal symbolism of loyalty. It will make people who born on October faithful to couples, friends. So they are easy to adapt to the people around them.

So whether it celebrating a birthday, an anniversary or just something really special, why not order this stunning Opal Breeze bouquet -  enough to set any heart racing.

AUTUMN FLOWERS

With  days getting shorter and the chiller nights, you can order from our Autumn flowers online anytime or telephone the shop during opening hours.

For more information visit www.fleurmottingham.com

We think the flowers are a wonderful idea. Do you? Let us know on our Facebook page, the link can be found on our homepage.

Fleur Boutique at the Tudor Barn Eltham

On Sunday 6th September, Fleur Boutique attended the Wedding Faye at the Tudor Barn, Eltham.

We had a great day ! We had an opportunity to meet and talk to a large number of people who are interested in getting married locally and using our wedding flower service at Fleur Boutique.

We were also very fortunate to have on our stand an up and coming fashion designer, from Liverpool, who created a stunning bridal gown which we featured. Jen, from Willows Call, also receive many expression of interest in her unique designs.  Visit her website at  willowscall.bigcartel.com

We were delighted to be among a number of other local business who exhibited at the Tudor Barn event, and it was a great opportunity for us to network with them.

Thank you to the whole team at Tudor Barn for their help and support and congratulation in running a professional event

A truly romantic wedding venue and OUR flower !

On Saturday 15th August, it was the greatest of pleasure to help two friends of mine celebrate their wedding at the beautiful Tudor Barn in Eltham.

I have been working with Mark and John for the past year now , planning the flowers for their wedding and the different styles and colour schemes they wanted.

The had chosen to have the main colours of Lilac and Silver, with a hint of dark purple.  A dream colours scheme for any florist.  With them being from Australia, the silver was no problem and we made sure that the silver grey foliage of the eucalyptus featured throughout the floral designs.

They had both the wedding ceremony and the reception at the Tutor Barn, which is a truly unique venue - it is the perfect location for weddings, parties and corporate events, and holds the distinction of being the only existing Tudor Barn in London. Surrounded by thirteen acres of parkland and a medieval moat, Tudor Barn Eltham dates back to the 16th century.  With its connections to royalty and as the location of some of history’s most celebrated marriages, including The Railway Children’s author Edith Nesbit and Hubert Bland, it is a place steeped in history and tradition.

Both Mark and John had very clear ideas about what they wanted regarding the floral designs on the day.  On the wooden stairs leading up to the croft of the barn, they wanted a pedestal of flowers to wow their guests.  At the front of the hall they wanted two similar
pedestals to really set the scene.  I was exceptional fortunate to get some large dark blue hydrangea to be a strong point in the designs. Using a wonderful lilac ( Dancing clouds) and white  (Avalanche) roses, gave the designs the true romantic feel for the pedestals.   The other flowers which I included was lilac lissianthus, white oriental lily and lilac phelonopsis orchids.

 

For the ceremony, the gentleman asked for four modern designs of silver eucalyptus and which oriental lily.  These designs where done by creating some large handtied bouquets and by using large monsteria leaves at the base, the bouquets sat firmly into large glass conical vases.   We had filled the vases with clear cellophane and then with coloured water. Having set the vases on wrought iron stands the gave height and a sense of grandeur.

 

The table centre pieces again where handtied bouquets and pleased into cylinder glass containers and placed on mirror bases.  

  

We where truly delighted to have been 
part of Marks and John's special day, and from the whole team at Fleur Boutique, we wish them the very best for the future with their new life back in Australia.

Remember is you are thinking about getting married in Southeast London, and you are looking for some help and assistance in planning your wedding flowers, please contact us at Fleur Boutique, where we are always pleased to help you.

An extremely productive week in all

What a week it has been !!!  I think myself and the whole team at Fleur Boutique need a long deserved holiday after this week.

This week has been of the busiest weeks I have know in the shop for funerals.  We where set some real challenges this week, the making a cross word for one of our customers - see the pictures below.


We also did some wonder pieces using yellow roses.  The Yellow and Orange heart is one of my favorites this week.   The Casket spray was also quite stunning with Cuba Yellow roses and complimented with small yellow spray roses.  We finished the whole design with green hypericuim berry.

The Vacant Chair was also a first for us this week, although my colleague Jo felt it was a never ending task ! However, I think the finished design was quite beautiful.

 It was a week where everyone ordered crosses - 6 in total.  Lynn did a fabulous job on this 4ft Cross, which was in the pastel colours of  lilacs and lemons.  Very restful and soothing.

 Overall the work we produced this week was truly fantastic and I was delighted with everything that everyone was involved in.  However, the small white massed posy really stood out for me this week.  Sometimes is the simplest of things that the most effective.

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If you have any comments, we would love to hear them.  Your can leave a comment on our blog pages, alternatively, you can leave us a message on our website directly.

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The WOW Factor

Well what does one do on these long summer evenings?  I have been spending my time taking inspiration from the recent demonstration given by Gregor Lerch, on his recent trip to the UK.

This stunning design certainly has the Wow factor and now takes pride of place on the main counter in the shop.  The structure is made entirely out of heavy gauge florist’s wire and a paper covered wire.  By using various techniques of wrapping and binding the wire together, I have created the free standing structure with two fan shaped wings.  Once the structure is made, I have added on pieces of thin bleached reeds, cut into pieces of about 10 and 15cm lengths.  By weaving and interlocking them together, they create a strong and impressive structure.  The Gloriosia lily in then feed through the centre of the design and the ends of the stems are placed into water in glass test tubes.

At Fleur Boutique, we all think this is going to be a huge taking point for the many customers that come into the shop.  What do you think?  Would love to hear your comments too.

Red Hot Summers and Ruby Reds

The glowing ruby shall adorn,

Those who in July are born;

Then they'll be exempt and free

From love's doubts and anxiety.

Fleur Boutique is please to share with you our Bouquet of the month

Ruby Red – a handtied arrangement of Ruby red Roses, Gerberas and Carnations simply zing against the glorious green Spray Chrysanthemums. With a touch of Hypericum and a flourish of Palm, this bouquet really does stand out from the crowd.

A ruby is a pink to blood-red coloured gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). The red colour is caused mainly by the presence of the element chromium. Its name comes from ruber, Latin for red.  The brightest and most valuable "red" called blood-red or "pigeon blood", commands a large premium over other rubies of similar quality. Ruby is the traditional birthstone for July and is always lighter red or pink than garnet. The world's most expensive ruby is the Sunrise Ruby.

So whether it celebrating a birthday, an anniversary or just something really special, why not order this stunning Ruby bouquet -  enough to set any heart racing.

SUMMER FLOWERS

With Longer days and shorter nights, you can order from our Summer flowers online anytime or telephone the shop during opening hours.

For more information visit www.fleurmottingham.com

We think the flowers are a wonderful idea. Do you? Let us know on our Facebook page, the link can be found on our homepage.

An unusual funeral tribute

We had a really unusual request this week. A funeral tribute in the shape of a bone. Well done to my team member Jo - she did a really great job - What do you think ? Just had a phone call this afternoon from the customer to say she was over the moon with it and everyone commented on the beautiful work .

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Our New range of Birthstone bouquets

We have designed the Bouquet of the Month around the Birthstone of each month. We have carefully matched our freshest flowers to that of the colours that can be found in these gemstones.

Our Bouquets of the Month are made up of our best and freshest seasonal flowers, put together so colours and flowers complement each other to create a beautiful bouquet. They are presented with a water bubble in a bag, pre-arranged and will only require putting into a vase after 48 hours. Our Bouquet of the Month start at £29.95 and we have three different size bouquet for each designs. 

Although we have designed our bouquets around the birthstone of each month (which is a great gift for anyone celebrating a birthday), the bouquets can also be sent to those who are celebrating an anniversary or a special time in their lives.  The news gets even better. If you’re in a rush, you don’t need to panic. You can simply order online today at our online shop.  Don’t forget you can make the gift just that little more special, so why not add a balloon or box of chocolates, which we stock at Fleur Boutique.

We are delighted to offer a stunning bouquet for June  - PEARLY QUEEN .An absolutely beautiful  bouquet of beautiful white Rose, Germini and green Carnation, and decorated with pretty pearl pins. 

For more information visit www.fleurmottingham.com 

We think the flowers are a wonderful idea. Do you? Let us know on our Facebook page, the link can be found on our homepage.