The Incredible Bride

Not simple as in plain, but simple as in elegant and natural. The elegant part are the matching flowers and the position as to which the flowers are gathered. The natural part is the classic satin ribbon/bow and the loose stems. Too many flower types in one bouquet, all gathered into a floral mess and the over styling of the stems makes me lose my mind every time I see one like it.

This is one example of many of how a wedding bouquet is supposed to look, IF you’re going for that chic, classic, colorful, creative or captivating wedding day look. I sure hope so! Keepin’ it chic.

Wedding Bouquet: Tip of the day!

There is so much more you can do with the stems of your wedding bouquet (without over doing it) than just using just a piece of satin or lace. You can certainly use jewelry (charms, necklaces, bracelets, etc. that are dear to you), pins (pearls, rhinestones, crystals, etc.), vines depending on the theme or style of your wedding, a great looking tussy mussy…if you can even find one OR buttons ???

There are many species of the fuschia, but this one is by far the prettiest flower/plant I’ve seen of all of them. This makes for a great wedding flower decoration piece at any wedding reception or wedding ceremony.

If someone tells you that you can’t use this flower or any non-traditonal flower for your wedding, then they are dead wrong. You can use any flower you want in you ceremony regardless of what is traditionally and not traditionally used. Yes, you can!

Talk about serene and colorful…I just posted one image of this beautiful flower and that means you can come up with your own ideas to make it work.

Wedding Flowers: Tip of the Day!

Remember to get all of the facts about the flowers you choose for your wedding. Some plants or flowers do not do well indoors, don’t do well in high heat levels and some plants or flowers are just not in season, etc., etc. So make sure your to plan your wedding date correctly if you’re going with a floral wedding theme. Also, don’t be afraid to use any flower you want. If you see it and you want it…use it!!!

I know you’ve seen these on a lot of wedding blogs, but I’m going to talk about why you should use these and how you should go about obtaining these for your wedding ceremony. I wanted to post a better image of what I’m talking about (but I’d have to scan it from page 182 in the Martha Stewart Magazine Winter 2008), but I’m going to just use this one from The Knot as an example.

OK! These are called favor cones, but for this post I’m going to call them rose cones. Rose cones are for wedding guests to throw rose petals at the Bride and Groom as they exit the ceremony place. You can throw whatever you want (except for rice and plastics), but in my opinion, the classiest things to throw are rose petals. You can buy them buy the bag at your local florist’s shop.

You can have these cones made up for you by a professional or you can DIY = do it yourself. I try not to DIY because I am not good with crafts and such, but these seem simple enough even for me to do. Go figure. You can save some money and put it into other places inside of your budget like in the Photography bucket (we’ll talk about this one later)!

I found some pretty easy instructions on the DIY Network site that can help you to achieve the look you’re going for. You can purchase the paper and embellishments from your local papery store…not a problem. Although I hate to say this, Google It!

There are other ways and looks of doing rose favors like making rose bags or rose boxes. I seen a Knottie (in her Knot profile) who got really creative and used Chinese food boxes as throwers. I don’t like the Chinese food box or the rose bag ideas…*hmm…thinking about it again*…no, I still don’t like those ideas. Here is an example of a rose bag I borrowed from the Bliss Market website.

Rose Cones / Favors: Tip of the day!

I recommend throwing light colored rose petals, such as pink, because red can stain the carpets and floors inside of the ceremony. You can also stain the concrete outside of the church. Some churches don’t allow rose throwing for this reason or will bill you for the cleanup and who needs that drama?

Your alternative to throwing roses would be blowing bubbles (that could get ugly sometimes). I don’t recommend blowing bubbles because this is my blog (tee hee) and I don’t like it. Bubbles look good in pictures, if they are captured, but it’s not me.

**Please, do not throw rice or plastics like confetti. It’s bad for the environment and its wild creatures!