What To Know When Ordering Flowers
Fresh or silk flowers for wedding use?
Frankly, fresh flowers are always the best option when showcasing flowers for a wedding, that look amazing and often smell great too, while it would be a faux pas to have a guest touch a silk flower. The only time it might be acceptable is that you are creating a backdrop of flowers that will not be physically touched by someone. For example, cherry blossom trees on a stage.
Tips for saving money on wedding flowers:
Ask your florist what flower in season and suitable for your wedding theme. For example, roses are in full swing in the summer so that is a great choice for a summer wedding and Peonies are readily available in the spring rather than the fall. And also you can get a good idea by giving your florist a little leeway with flower choice and let him/her pick out what looks best on the market that week.
Though you definitely want florist to stick to your color and flower choose, give them a little “wiggle” room when buying your flowers. For example, if you want roses, hydrangea, dahlias and tulips in your centerpieces but the hydrangea was a greater value that week then let them use more of that flower and less of the dahlias. You might get a bigger arrangement for the same price.
How far in advance should the flowers be ordered?
In order to have enough time for their “pick” of florists, Clients should book their florist six to eight months in advance.
wedding flower tips and techniques for the bride who’s shopping for her floral arrangements: choose a florist whom you feel comfortable with, the florist that has experience with your location. If they don’t, be sure to schedule a walk through the location to avoid that someone showing up on your wedding day who is not one-hundred percent aware of basic installation issues on the day of the wedding.
Choosing Flower Types and Colors
Choose colors based on the feeling or setting you are trying to provide for your guests and the location. If you are going for a traditional romantic look you may choose a white, ivory, and champagne pallet which are very traditional, yet romantic. And certain color combinations would also work better in different facilities based on wall, curtain, or carpet colors.
Seasonal Wedding Flower Colors
Fall bouquet: Leonidas roses, black magic roses, privet berries, eucalyptus berries, hanging amaranth, fall leaves, mini fire orange cala.
Winter bouquet: created with winter white roses, white hydrangea, white amaryllis and white tulips.
Spring bouquet: Lilac, viburnum , sweet peas–sherbet tones.
Summer bouquet: Hot jewel tones with roses, and dahlias.
Hydrangea is a type of flower that works beautifully but often overlooked, that a gorgeous flower that comes in many shades and can work as a filler as well as a main flower.
tips for aisle decor: Try to create aisle decor that could be reused in your reception room. For example, planter boxes filled with iceberg roses can later be placed in front of the stage for added decor.
Tips for brides who want to make their own bouquets:
Be certain that you know how to make and store a bouquet if you don’t want your bouquet to fall apart or die on the wedding day. There are so many intricacies to a bouquet, such as when to buy the flowers, how to store them properly, how to wire specific flowers, how to arrange them so your “handle” isn’t to thick, etc.
If you want to make your own, remember don’t buy your flowers until the day before the wedding because you don’t have a cooler to store them. and make the bouquet the morning of the wedding, mist with water and store in the refrigerator until just before photos.
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