The Stunning Sinead O' Brien gives a new meaning to "Thrash the Dress" for our Brooch Bouquet Shoot

Deciding to do something a little different to show case our Brooch Bouquets recently and with the help of the amazing photographer Ger Dunne from Fantastic Photography and our beautiful cousin Sinead O'Brien in the gorgeous setting of Bushy Park we decided we would "thrash" a wedding dress in a more elegant manner.

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Thankfully it was such a beautiful day and Sinead was as usual up for fun, the water from the waterfall in Bushy park just didn't seem that cold :) or did it ?????

On hand on the day was the fabulous Make Up Artist Tanya Pepper whose makeup skills are second to none and specialises in Bridal Make Ups.

Sinead feels the chill of the water 

 A close up of the Pearl & Crystal Bridal Bouquet, this bouquet is similar to the one that can be designed using our distant learning kit for more detail of these brooch Bouquet Kits that contain 30 Brooches and step by step DVD  see our web site http://www.kaysschool.com/broochbouquetdiy.html

For more detail on Brooch Bouquets for sale or Brooch Bouquet Kits or Workshops email us on info@kaysschool.com 

Bridal Bouquet with Brooches

Wedding Bouquets with Brooches 

These Heirloom Bridal Bouquets are taking the wedding industry by storm at the moment,  We have seen the demand for our all Brooch Bouquets grow steadily over the past few months and 2013 looks like the year of the Brooch Bouquet,

With many brides traveling away to get married many are choosing to bring their brooch bouquet with them.
But generally it is the sentiment of these Brooch Heirloom Bouquets that have seen them become so popular.

Many Brides coming on our 1-2-1 Brooch Bouquet workshops are now bringing their Mum, Sisters, or Brides maids with them to help in the assembly of the Bouquet, with one bride bringing her teenage daughter to help her make her bouquet that someday will be her heirloom bouquet to use herself.

Creating a Teardrop Shape Brooch Bouquet

Carla Creates her own Wedding brooch Bouquet 

Brides are also including their own mementos into their bouquet from broken watches, ear rings, wedding rings, photos of relatives who have passed, swats of fabric from their own christening gowns, or their mums wedding gowns and even a secret locket that contains a message to the next owner of the brooch bouquet.

Anything can be included into the Brooch Bouquets and we encourage you to take photos of yourself making the bouquet to include in your wedding album.

Michelle Creates Her Own Brooch Bouquet on our 1-2-1 Workshop

For brides not in the position to come to us to make their Bridal Bouquet we offer and DIY Brooch Bouquet Kit that you can use at home in your own time.  These kits are designed with the complete novice in mind and are very user friendly for the complete beginner.
Each kit contains all the brooches you need to create a standard posie shape bouquet  (30 brooches), step by step DVD instruction, step by step notes, all the accessories and fabric that you need to complete your own brooch Bouquet .

We have found that it is not only brides to be that are creating their own brooch bouquets, we have had those who are looking to start their own business or add to their existing business by offering these brooch bouquets for sale.

Brooch bouquets vary in price depending on the number of brooches that are included in the bouquet.  Artificial Flowers or Fabric Hand Made flowers can also be included.  Brooch Bouquets of different shapes are becoming more and more popular also.

For more information on our Brooch Bouquets to either order or to design yourself  see www.kaysschool.com or email info@kaysschool.com

Brooch Bouquets designed for the Kathy De Stafford 2013 Bridal Collection

We were only thrilled to be asked recently if we would create a selection of Brooch Bouquets to accompany the new 2013 collection of stunning dresses designed by the amazing Kathy DeStafford.
Deciding to keep with the traditional all brooch that we are finding to be the most popular style of bouquets requested by brides, but diversifying from the posie shape we created some more interesting shapes.

Teardrop Style Brooch Bouquet 

Once you have complete making a posie shape brooch bouquet using our distant learning kits all these other shapes are very easy to create, full details and information can be emailed out to you on request, just drop us an email at info@kaysschool.com

Free Style Brooch Bouquet 

The Heart shape brooch bouquet was originally inspired by the titanic "Heart of the Ocean" but has been recreated using the popular choice of all pearl & crystal brooches 

For more information on any our our Brooch Bouquets & Brooch Bouquet Kits , drop us an email or see our website www.kaysschool.com

How you can make your own Brooch Bouquet

Brooch Bouquets and Heirloom Bouquets Shoot

it was on a fabulous sunny day in September that we gathered in Bushy Park in Terenure, Dublin 6 for to shoot some of our Heirloom and Brooch Bouquets.  With the expert advice from Ger Dunne from Fantastic Photography we looked at some of the different locations around the park and decided on the stepping stones as a good photo opportunity.

 Our model above Sinead showed of some of the Brooch Bouquets we have as samples in the school that we use to teach students how they can design their own brooch bouquets. In the first picture Sinead is carrying a heart shaped titanic inspired brooch bouquet designed using over 70 brooches in blue and pearl.
The bottom picture show Sinead carrying a genuine Vintage Heirloom Brooch Bouquet designed by Kay using some very old and antique brooches and scarf pins

On our Brooch Bouquet workshops we train you to make a Brooch Bouquet using all new brooches like the bouquet in the center photo, but once you have acquired the skills to create these bouquets, you can use the skills  to create any type, shape, style old or new bouquet using any type of materials

For more information on our 1-2-1 Brooch Bouquet workshops or our Brooch Bouquet Distant learning kits see our website www.kaysschool.com or email us on info@kaysschool.com

Below Abbie and Dervilla show us some more of the all brooch bouquets and some fabric handmade rose bouquets.
Kay's School of Floristry has now become recognised as Ireland's leading school for training people in the art of brooch and heirloom brooch bouquet making.  we can design training specific to your needs and requirements.  For further information drop us an email on info@kaysschool.com or visit our website www.kaysschool.com

Bushy Park Brooch Bouquet Harley Davidson Shoot

Team Kay's recently organised a photo shoot in Bushy Park in Dublin to show off Kay's new collection of alternative bridal bouquets.  Organised at the last minute we enlisted the help of the fabulous Make Up Artist tot he stars Tanya Pepper of Elegant Touch Professional Makeup Artist and Celebrity Hair Stylist Lorraine Whelan to prepare our Models for the day ahead. 

Once all our girls were ready we all headed over to Bushy Park, thankfully the weather played an enormous part as the sun glowed the whole day.  Yes we spent the whole day in the park and the crack was 90 :)
A friend of Kay's School,  Paul brought along his pride and joy  Harley Davidson Bike and the girls all got a chance to hop on and do some posing

Our stunning bride with a cerise pink fabric flower and brooch bouquet 

Sinead show off Kathy de Staffords Dress with her matching pink brooch bouquet 

Red & Black Rock Chick Bridal Bouquet 

Black Rocker brooch bouquet with fabric roses

Once we had finished our fun and said good bye to Paul and his bike we then headed towards the little shell house in the forest in the park, and we got come amazing shots here.  Ill post pics of this part of the shoot at a later date and also our take on "trash the dress" :)

For more details of our school or indeed brooch bouquets for sale or brooch bouquet kits, where you can create your own brooch bouquet, visit our new website http://www.kaysschool.com/index.html or email us on kschool@ireland.com


Photos by the amazing Ger from Fantastic Photography 

New Flower Arranging Students

We were joined this weekend by 10 lovely new students from all over Ireland who have come to learn how to make money from their love of flowers.
Yesterday saw them arrive all nervous and apprehensive but with guiding from Janette it didn't take them too long to relax and start to enjoy the course.  The started yesterday morning by designing a contemporary arrangement of Iris & Germini and everyone was delighted with their results,

In the afternoon the ladies were guided step by step through a traditional posie arrangement of pink carnations and pink gyp, they were a bit more of a challenge but the results were superb.

All the ladies went home very tired but very excited with their fabulous flower arrangements and looking forward to Day 2 of their flower course.

We will post some more photos later of the arrangements they completed on day 2 :)

For more information and details of our courses, see www,kaysschool.com

Pearl Brooch Bouquet

Our Pearl Brooch Bouquet Kits are by far the most popular Brooch Bouquet Kits being posted all around the world.  We have seen them being designed in many different styles and sizes but it seems that brides are loving the Neutral shades of these Brooch Bouquets.

Pearl & Silver Brooch Bouquet 

Recently we had a bride who requested a 12 inch Brooch Bouquet in Pearls & Silver, this proved too big a task for one of our students who asked us to assist her in making it.

The completed Brooch Bouquet was created using 75 Pearl & Silver Brooches.

12 inch large Brooch Bouquet

 
To get a better idea of the size of this Brooch Bouquet we took a photo of it beside our standard Brides Pearl Brooch Bouquet

 

To learn how to create Brooch Bouquet like these, drop us an email to kschool@ireland.com and we will send you all the information on our Brooch Bouquet Kits 

See our website for more details www.kaysschool.com

Heirloom Brooch Bouquets in Coral

Over the last few weeks Kay has spent most evenings making the small fabric roses used to create her heirloom brooch bouquets,  these were a bespoke order specially designed for a special bride heading off to Italy to get married.

With Coral being the color of the Bridesmaids, Kay went about creating the roses in slightly different shades to give the bouquet definition.

Adding the Pearl Brooches gave them the final touch of bling.

Audrey the bride was thrilled with the finished designs and also with her own very bespoke Bridal Heirloom Brooch Bouquet.

Will post more details about that one when we get more photos 

For more information on having Kay create a stunning Heirloom Brooch Bouquet 

just for you email us on kschool@ireland.com

Alternative Bridal Bouquets

Over the past week we have had a lot of interest in our Fabric Rose & Brooch Bouquets, although how to assemble these bouquets is  covered on our 1-2-1 workshops, we do not teach you how to make the fabric roses, we do however  include the links on how to make these roses in your notes.  Kay has them down to a fine art but they are time consuming. It is important to work with a good quality ribbon and if you need to make a specific colour rose you may need to purchase the fabic and sew it up so that it is double sided.  In saying all that the effect is beautiful and lots of brides are turning into these as an alternative to fresh flower bouquets.

The time love and patience that goes into designing these Brooch Bouquets probably will not be reimbursed financially and sometimes it may be easier to design the bouquets using all brooches as although it will cost that bit more it is much less labour intensive.

The Brooch Bouquet above is an example of the type of Brooch Bouquet you would create in our 1-2-1 workshops or when ordering option 1 from our distant learning kits.  This option includes all the brooches you need to create a bouquet similar to this.  We will also send you on all the links on where we source our brooches and also how to make the fabric flowers.

For more information on how to create these Brooch Bouquets visit our website 

or drop us an email on info@kaysschool.com or call the school on 00 353 1 453 86 49

all the best for now 

Deirdre

xxx

Choosing a Brooch Bouquet for your Wedding

Brooch Bouquets were originally created as a sentimental heirloom, created from Brooches, Chains, Pendants, Rings or any Jewels passed on from generations.  Brides included all their sentimental pieces into their bouquet and over the generations this can be added to by others. We have been asked by brides to include lots of differnt memorabilia into their bouquets, broken watches, communion medals, swimming medals, photos of loved ones, fabric from baby blankets or christening robes, what ever we are asked to include we endeavor to include it into the Bridal Bouquet

Vintage Heirloom Brooch Bouquet 

More often than not brides don't have enough pieces to create their bouquet so we create it with a mix or old and new.
When choosing new brooches it is important to take into account the style of the dress but also the bouquet and what heirloom pieces you will be including.
Chooses a selection of large and smaller pieces as this gives the bouquet more texture and easier to keep in shape.  Check out lots of different suppliers as prices can vary hugely.  When ordering colours online the colour you think you are ordering may not be the shade you do actually receive.
The colour the bride may wish to be included may not be easy to source so give yourself plenty of time.

Creating Brooch Bouquets for Wedding Parties is one of the most rewarding jobs and Brides are normally over the moon with their finished design.

If you are deciding to order your own brooch Bouquet for your wedding make sure to compare your bouquet Designer, different designers have different styles and some may include less brooches so make sure  when pricing your bouquet ask how many brooches are included in your bouquet.

The pricing structure would normally be €10 per brooch, so a bouquet containing 30 brooches should cost approx €300 but obviously brooch prices vary as do Brooch Bouquet Designers

For details on Creating your own Brooch Bouquet using our Distant Learning Kit which contains everything you need to create the above Pearl & Crystal Brooch Bouquet email us on info@kaysschool.com  or visit our website HERE 

www.kaysschool.com