When choosing wedding flowers for a Chuppah, you will need the dimensions to work out the size of the flower arrangements needed. There are many different styles of chuppah and the flower arrangements chosen should be in proportion to the overall structure of the chuppah.
Making the Chuppah
Nicks Dad kindly offered to make the chuppah for Karen and Nick’s wedding but I’m guessing he probably didn’t realise what he was letting himself in for. Suffice to say, after version three plus quite a lot of expense and work later, Nick’s mum finally got to work on the drapes which were made locally from fine chiffon.
A chuppah (meaning canopy or covering) symbolises the home you and your partner will build together during your marriage. Traditionally part of Jewish wedding ceremonies, it symbolizes the openness of the couple’s home. Wedding flowers for a Chuppah can be as extravagant or as minimal as you like and the structure can be made of wood, metal or even glass.
Nick stomped on the traditional glass (breaking the glass) right before everyone yelled ‘Mazel Tov’ signalling the end of the ceremony. We also lit a ‘unity candle’ during the ceremony to represent Nick’s Christian faith, as they wanted to incorporate his religious upbringing as well as that of the brides.
The Flowers
We decorated the chuppah with a hanginging decorations of white hydrangea, roses, calla lilies and white lissianthus. We included twisted willow, olive and eucalyptus and the sides of the chuppah were also decorated with the same flowers and foliage.
Karen chose white calla lilies, roses and ranunculus flowers with pale greenery for her wedding bouquet. Pale pink roses with white calla lilies and ranunculus were chosen for the bridesmaid’s bouquets.
For the reception centrepieces we made tall arrangements of white hydrangea and stocks with plenty of mixed pale green foliage. After the wedding breakfast, the couple danced the Horah, which is the traditional Jewish dance where everyone dances in circles around the bride, groom and their immediate families and then are raised up and down in chairs by the wedding guests – a lot of fun was had by all!
The Dress, Cake and Hair/Make up
We decorated the cake made by Ann Egan of Ann’s Designer Cakes https://www.annsdesignercakes.com/. Karen said it was honestly the most delicious cake she’d ever had. The cake comprised four layers, of Chocolate Fudge, Red Velvet, Salted Caramel and Victoria Sponge. We used white roses and fronds of jasmine to decorate the cake. This is one of my favourite looks but is very dependent on keeping the jasmine looking good over what turned out to be the hottest days leading up to the wedding. Still, I was pleased with the end result and now grow clematis in my garden which serves as a great substitute for jasmine if I need fine trailing fronds.
The Bride’s hair and make-up was done by Shahnaz Walford, owner of The Makeup Girl. http://themakeupgirl.co.uk/ She was amazing and Karen said she felt beautiful and very taken care of on her wedding day!
The bride’s dress was made by Pronovias and was purchased at Mirror Mirror, https://mirrormirror.uk.com/ a boutique wedding dress shop in Angel.
Karen and Nick’s wedding was in April 2018 and they now have a beautiful daughter. We wish you all a very happy new year and thank you for sharing your special day with us.
Time does fly for me and I’m very busy with weddings year round. So getting around to writing blogs always fall to the bottom of my to do list. I’m so glad to have finally finished this – one of my favourite weddings and favourite families to write about.