05 Jan 2026

Happy New Year! A Look Back at 2025

First of all, a huge HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our wonderful customers! We hope you all had a fabulous festive season and have kick started 2026 feeling refreshed and ready for the year ahead. 

Thanks to all your support last year, 2025 was truly wonderful for team Colonnade and one to remember! Let's take a look at some of our highlghts...

CHARLIE GOT MARRIED!!

Although it happened right at the end of the year, I'm going to start with this one as I am still floating on cloud 9 & not quite ready for my bridal era to be over!

In December, after 11 years I finally said 'I Do' to my lovely now husband Michael! Anyone who knows me will know that I am an absolute Christmas fanatic and so, of course, we had to have a Christmas wedding.

We filled our beautiful venue with warm colours, plenty of flowers & a healthy dose of Christmas cheer. It was the best day ever & I can't thank my team of fantastic suppliers enough for making it what it was:

Venue: The Ravenswood
Photographer: Lauren Beth Photography
Hair & Make up: Hall of Fame Styling
Venue Styling: Mulberry Events
DJ & Selfie Booth: JPC Events
Dress: Confetti & Lace
Flowers: Obviously, us!

I can't wait to share more photos when we get them back :) 

Awards Season!

In January we kicked off the year by attending the National Wedding industry Awards as National finalists! A huge achievement made possible by the votes from our real couples after winning the southeast final for 2024/2025. 

We also got to celebrate at The Kent Wedding Awards as finalists for Wedding florist of the year and had a fantastic time at both events. We are in the finals again this month- so wish us luck!

Another wonderful wedding season!

We had an absolutely epic wedding season in 2025! We were honoured to have worked with so many beautiful couples for their special days and are so proud of the work we achieved this year. 
We also had the chance to work at 7 venues which were brand new to us last year, as well as return to some very familiar and much loved places. 
I can't wait to see what this year has in store for our couples!

Two fantatsic workshops!

We were lucky enough to teach two fantatsic workshops this year! 

In the summer we teamed up with Hannah at Hapi Fitness to create a summer retreat day filled with yoga, flower arranging, pilates, meditation (and smoothies!) It was such a wonderful day and everyone created a beautiful flower arrangement. 

At Chrismas we worked with The Tunbridge Wells Masonic Centre for our popular christmas wreath workshop. We had plans to be back at The Black Horse in Camden Road again, but unfortunately due to complications with Southeast Water we were forced to cancel this. We hope to be back at the pub this year for workshops!

Another year of doing what we love

We feel so grateful for every year that our wonderful customers ensure that we can keep doing what we love. 
It is only through your support that small businesses like ours can continue to survive and thrive. We appreciate every penny that is spent with us, but if you arent in a position to buy from us at the moment we understand! Ways that you can support us for free:

- Subscribe to and read our newsletters (No, really!) Email providers can see when our newsletters are opened and will look favourably on us when choosing which email to put at the top of your inboxes.

- Support us on social media. 
By following us, liking, sharing or commenting on our posts- you hep us to reach more customers. (We also love hearing from  you!)

- Leave us a review!
Leaving us a review for our services is one of the most beneficial ways you can help us grow. Click the link below to leave a google review:
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- Share your wedding images with us
Having professional photos of our wedding work is 1000x better than the rubbish iphone photos I take on a wedding morning! Being able to show future couples examples of our work in action is so important to us. We also love to see your happy faces, as we are so excited for your big days and are long gone before you arrive!

We look forward to seeing what 2026 brings for us. Happy New Year!
Sharon & Charlie
xx