Friday, January 6, 2012

Choosing Your Wedding Flowers

By Harold Spencer


Many brides may know the wedding flower they want in their own bouquet when it comes to choosing wedding flowers but they are a little mystified about the rest of the wedding flowers needed to fill out the ceremony and reception.

While you can leave all your wedding flower selections in the hands of a capable professional florist and get great results, you may want to take a more hands on approach. We hope this wedding flower guide will help making planning your most special day just a little easier.

Whether you plan to use a professional florist to create a wedding flower arrangement and bouquets, or if you'd rather visit a wholesale wedding flower retailer and order flowers to make your own bridal bouquets, boutonnieres and so forth should be your first decision.

Being the creative type would mean that all the tips and tool lists necessary to create your own custom wedding flowers that reflect your personal style will be provided by a simple floral craft book. Purchasing some flowers to practice with ahead of time is a good idea in order to make sure that you will be happy with the results. Regardless of what you decide, there are some suggestions and standard traditions to help you make sure that you have covered all your wedding flower needs.

Wedding Flower Guide

The following would be included in the wedding flowers for the church.

Altar wedding flower arrangements 2. Pew markers/decorations

Wedding flowers for the reception would include the following.

The wedding flower arrangement placed on the bridal table. 1. Table centerpieces 2. Buffet table decorations

Wedding flowers for the bridal party would include the following.

a) Bridal bouquet b) Small Bridal bouquet to toss Groom's boutonniere d) Maid/Matron of Honor bouquet e) Bridesmaid bouquets f) Best Man boutonniere 7.Groomsman boutonnieres Flower Girl bouquet or petal basket Mother of the Bride/Groom corsages 10. Father of the Bride/Groom boutonnieres 11. Step-parent corsages/boutonnieres Grandparent corsages/boutonnieres

Here are a Few Extra Wedding Flower Tips

Maid/Matron of Honor wedding bouquets should be slightly more elaborate or in a different color shade than the rest of the bridesmaid wedding bouquets.

For the Best Man boutonniere, make sure it is slightly more elaborate than the rest of the groomsmen boutonnieres.

Not only should all grandparent corsages/boutonnieres should be different as well, but the corsages/boutonnieres for the parents should differ slightly from the step-parents. It makes it easier for guests to keep track of who's who.

Wedding flower arrangements from the church can be transferred to the reception hall for double duty.

Bridesmaid wedding bouquets could be set in waiting vases and used as decoration for the bridal table.

These are just wedding flower guidelines and try to remember that. When it comes to your special day, your wedding flower selections and arrangements should reflect your personal taste and style. You can keep things simple or get as elaborate as you like, as long as your wedding flowers help you create the perfectly romantic wedding day you've always dreamed of.




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