My first wedding of the year the bride and groom where from Australia.
I was so lucky to have this bride find me, it was her granny from Donaghadee
that had introduced the pair of us. I think we were meant to meet, from day one
we just clicked and had each others best interest at heart.
My job is to make finding your dream dress and making sure that it
is the perfect dress for the bride. Nothing need be an problem I should have
the answer to any issues that need to be sorted, neither time nor distance need matter
I can always help somehow. When this bride decided on her dream dress I had the perfect
accessory, it was one of my favourite embroidered veils.
Ferns featured as I walk past a fern everyday as I enter my house.
Did you know in the folklore and traditions of the Irish hedgerow
fern symbolises the concept of eternity, everlasting youth, new life, new beginnings.
I love it in my garden and it loves all the rain we get here in Ireland.
Diarmuid Gavin, an Irish gardener in London, believes in using an array of ferns
to set your garden floor alight.
Ferns figure into Irish legends, and fern symbolism in Celtic culture ranges from healing
to magic. The plants show up in stories and art about fairies, so only fitting that they turn
up in my embroidery.
It is believed that if you are giving someone a fern as a gift, you are giving them the hope
that they, will have confidence, shelter, wealth and happiness.
So a great plant to give to someone or to have embroidered on your bridal veil.
Often called Living Lace in the Victorian era the fern embodied
trustworthiness and humility. There are 100’s of different species, in Japan
they exemplify family and hope for the future. With all that’s happening
around the world we could do with lots of Hope for the future.
My bride's Granny encouraged her to get the veil.
After a wedding and a blessing here my bride and groom returned to their
home in Australia with the plans for an St Valentines Melbourne wedding.
Sadly there plans had to be put on hold as Granny's health deteriorated and
the family had to be with her.
This weekend as we are about to celebrate St Patrick's day I got this lovely
message from my bride,"Thank you Joanne. Your passion and love enabled
my Granny to be able to spend the best day of my life with me which was
both of our life long wishes, you're like a fairy godmother. .....
Magic! That made my week, my month, my year!
