How to Choose Flowers for Your Wedding Day
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A wedding would just not be the same without flowers. Every bride wants her wedding to be memorable and her choice of flowers or arrangements should reflect her specific taste and personality. Her flowers should create a theme to make her wedding day special and provide the finishing touch to this very special day.
Steps
Wedding flowers can be simple or elaborate depending on the type of wedding that is being planned. They should have a look of individuality and look as if they have all been specially created for the bride.
- The style of dress, the height of the woman, the overall theme of the wedding should all have a bearing on the choice of the flowers.
- There are various styles of bouquets. These include round, trailer, sheaf, crescent, line and cascade bouquets.
- Round bouquets made of roses are a popular choice for many brides.
- Large trailing bouquets particularly suit romantic style wedding gowns.
- An elegant line bouquet of lilies would be a good choice for a slim fitting gown.
- A modern style bouquet made of exotic flowers and tropical foliage will suit the contemporary bride.
- Round bouquets made of roses are a popular choice for many brides.
The bride's bouquet should be the largest and most spectacular bouquet in the wedding party. White is still traditionally the most popular color for the bride's bouquet, but many different colors are used in weddings today for the bride and bridesmaids from soft pastels such as pale pink through rich, vibrant colors such as hot pink, burgundy and violets.
- Pearls and crystals can be incorporated into bouquets for a touch of added glamour.
- For a delicate touch sheer organza ribbon can be used to create ribbon bows and long streamers.
- Wide satin ribbon will give a rich, luxurious look.
- For a delicate touch sheer organza ribbon can be used to create ribbon bows and long streamers.
- Know that bridesmaids flowers can be a smaller version of the brides flowers or a different shape. If the bride is carrying a trailer bouquet the bridesmaids could carry round bouquets. Each of the bouquets can be the same colour as the brides bouquet or a different colour.
- Learn that to give a different look, the bridesmaids could carry elegant evening bags filled with flowers. The bag would need to be lined with a piece of plastic to prevent staining the inside of the bag. A piece of soaked florist foam can be placed in the bag and the flowers and foliage arranged in the foam to extend gracefully from the top of the bag.
- Notice that the flower girl could carry a small basket of flowers to match the bridesmaids flowers. The basket can be sprayed white or a pastel shade. Another alternative is to attach a spray of flowers to a piece of ribbon and tie it around the flower girls wrist, tying the ribbon ends in a bow with long ends. This is particularly suitable for a very young flower girl who may find a basket awkward to carry.
- Remember that the bridegroom and groomsmen wear a buttonhole which often consists of a single flower such as a rose or a carnation or another flower the same type as used in the brides bouquet.
- Notice that the mothers of the bride and groom also wear corsages. Often grandmothers and special aunts also wear corsages. It is helpful to know the colour of their dresses so colours will not clash. White or cream is always a safe choice
Tips
- Flowers really do provide the finishing touch to a wedding! By choosing flowers to complement your wedding theme it will give you wonderful memories to treasure for a lifetime.
Warnings
- Planning a wedding can be stressful. By working out the style and colours of your wedding flowers ahead of time will help you work to an overall theme to have the wedding of your dreams.
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