| Wedding Bouquets |
Choosing your wedding
bouquet is one of the absolute highlights of planning
your wedding. This is where you get to choose and to
carry your favourite flowers, more than any other
stylish accessory, your wedding bouquet reflects your
personality, accentuates your beauty and tantalises the
senses.
Today's bride, totally unrestrained by wedding flower
traditions may choose to carry a wedding bouquet in any
shape, form or style that compliments both her and her
gown. You may waltz down the aisle with an all white
trailing bouquet, a hand tied bouquet brimming full of
pastel coloured blooms or maybe one of tropical orchids
or ginger lilies, or maybe a vibrant coloured wedding
bouquet of sunny daisies or gerberas is more to your
liking. (See my article on
wedding bouquet
styles for suggestions and ideas.)
The wedding bouquet must be truly perfect, because it is
a centrepiece in all of the formal wedding photographs
showing the bride in all her beauty and glory of this,
her special wedding day.
Take my advice and don't scrimp on your flowers, whether
you are working with a small or large budget, flowers
should always be a high priority as they can provide so
much impact for relatively little expense, if you carry
a beautiful wedding bouquet, no matter what the shape or
size, it is the centre of visual impact for your guests
when you walk down the aisle. This is where you get to
express your style, taste, elegance and grace. You will
be followed by your bridesmaids in their beautiful gowns
with their gorgeous floral bouquets... and then the
flower girls and page boys with their floral
accessories.
No matter what your budget, beautiful wedding bouquets
should never break the bank. Let your floral designer
know if you have a limited budget. Do not be afraid
discuss this. Ask which flowers are plentiful and in
season in the month of your wedding, for example, to
carry a wedding bouquet of a simple bunch of daffodils
in the middle of winter when they are in abundant supply
is truly gorgeous and memorable. And as winter is their
flowering season the daffodils would also be reasonably
priced. You could follow on with great big vases of
daffodils on the tables for the wedding breakfast to
maintain the simple daffodils theme.
The price of your wedding bouquets will depend on the
style, type of flowers and the workmanship involved. It
is very important that you use a professional florist.
He (or she) will listen to your requests. Also, don't be
afraid to ask if you can view other actual wedding
bouquets - not just photographs of wedding bouquets,
though they may not be in your chosen style. This will
give you a very good idea of the quality, creativity and
workmanship of that designer. This is so very important
and will help avoid any last minute disappointments.
Don't be afraid to ask for a guarantee that the flowers
will be fresh on the day, and of 1st quality.
Here are some of my suggestions for your themed wedding
flowers:
Spring Wedding
Bouquets
Blossom branches, every bride dreams of a spring wedding
and bunches of perfumed spring flowers in her wedding
bouquets, we reminisce of armfuls of blossoms that will
eventually fall to the ground and form a carpet…don’t
they?
Summer Wedding
Bouquets
If you choose to be married in the summer, especially in
a hot and dry or even a tropical climate the flowers you
carry in your wedding bouquet will need to look fresh
all day, for your summer wedding bouquets ...
Autumn Wedding
Bouquets
Autumn blooms of big full many petal led garden grown
roses (as opposed to the greenhouse type) ‘David Austin’
style roses are something every rose lover and gardener
dreams of...
Winter Wedding
Bouquets
Winter, especially late winter, actually brings us many
of the flowers we associate with spring, bunches and
bunches of fragrant ‘Earlicheer’ Daffodils, gorgeous
‘paper white’ Jonquils, Dutch Iris, Hyacinths and
Freesias.
Siam Tulips
New Siam tulips are relatively fresh to the wedding
flowers scene, but are set to make a great impact
because not only are they perfect in wedding bouquets,
they also keep very well in warm weather.
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