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 sugestions 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/Fall Wedding Bouquets
Autumn/Fall 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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