We were very excited to attend this fair/fayre a couple of weekends ago – although I’m not sure which spelling is appropriate, as ‘fayre’ sounds far too olde worlde for a venue as stunning as The Belle Epoque in Knutsford.

We hadn’t done a wedding fair for a while, so weren’t sure what to expect from the day, but it was non-stop and we got to meet some lovely brides and grooms (and bridesmaids and mothers of brides), and hear about their exciting wedding plans.

We decided to reflect the amazing decor of the venue in the colours for our display – a rich mix of purple, aubergine and cerise pink.

Here’s a collection of our black glassware for different table centre ideas – glorious massed purple carnations (yes, carnations!) topped with a stunning single ‘Violet Beauty’ vanda orchid head, a simple, single stem of the aforementioned orchid, and a beautiful autumn antique hydrangea head finished with dark rolled cordyline leaves and bullion wire.

Here’s our large black glass urn topped with a mossed ball, embellished with a weave of lily grass, bullion wire, carnation petals and vanda orchids.

And here’s a bridal bouquet to match – rolled dark cordyline leaves, velvety ‘Black Baccara’ roses, antique hydrangea, silver-grey brunia, black calla lilies, cerise pink celosia and more of the stunning ‘Violet Beauty’ vanda orchids.

Not to forget the chaps, here’s Green Earth Flowers’ web designer extraordinaire and part-time delivery driver Derren, modelling a snazzy black calla lily buttonhole, finished with brunia to match the bridal bouquet.

For the purists, we also made a few pieces in a classic colour palette of white, cream and green, an elegant choice suitable for any season or venue.

A hand-tied seasonal bridal bouquet of classic ivory ‘Avalanche’ roses, white dahlias, leucadendron, astilbe, poppy seedheads, fountain grass and lime green cymbidium orchid heads, all finished with a collar of delicate umbrella fern.

And here’s the matching table centre – a mirrored cube vase filled with the same flowers, displayed on a circular table mirror with simple clear glass tealight holders.

Finally, a slightly more vintage-style bouquet – a hand-tied shower of a beautiful new variety of rose called ‘Green Fashion’, peachy spray roses, snowberry, astilbe, fountain grass and berried eucalyptus.

I’ve already had meetings with a couple of the brides we met on the day, so hopefully The Belle Epoque will be seeing much more of us in the next year. Head over to our facebook page to see some sneaky images of a real-life wedding we did here a couple of weeks ago – full blog post to come soon…