Choosing Your Wedding Flowers
19/01/2012
As well as everything else to be planned for your big day, you need to choose your wedding flowers, which for many brides is one of the most enjoyable selections they get to make while arranging their wedding. While some women prefer to have a very personalised bridal bouquet, others see their wedding flowers as a chance to keep their overall wedding theme running through every aspect of the ceremony.
A wedding bouquet is the finishing touch to your bridal dress, and a well designed one will enhance your ensemble, bring out your best features and colouring and complement your bridesmaid dresses as well. Wedding flowers are also one of the most prominent features in photographs, so make sure you are happy with them as they will be in your memory for a long time.
There are whole galleries online of wedding flower ideas to help inspire you, and some places allow you to buy bridal bouquets online directly for delivery on the day, which can be very convenient and cost-effective. There are plenty of forums and florists on the Internet which can give you starting points for flower arrangements and colour ideas, and you can also look at photos of other weddings, bridal magazines and even in the window of your local florist to get your imagination going.
If you have a wedding theme idea, think how to integrate that into your bridal bouquet and other flowers. For example, you could add some shells to a beach wedding theme, or some sprigs of holly for a Christmas wedding theme. For colours, it is a good idea to have a swatch of your bridesmaid dresses to make sure you can get matching or complementing colours for both the blooms themselves and any wraps or ribbons.
You might want to pick one or two types of special flowers which you would like to feature; perhaps they have a special meaning for you or are associated with memories of yourself and your groom, or others in your family. However it is still a good idea to work within the seasons depending on when you are having your wedding party. Although popular choices like roses and lilies are usually available all year, many other flowers are seasonal so prices will fluctuate. If you want an out of season flower in your bridal bouquet you could have it imported but this can be very expensive so it is best to stick to locally sourced blooms if you can.
Make sure you have a clear budget for your flowers! Unless you are buying wedding flowers online, which makes things simpler and easier, it is a good idea to have a budget in mind when you visit your florist so you can discuss the best value for money. Don’t forget that some times of year (like Valentine’s Day and Easter) have a high demand for flowers and that will mean much higher prices than at other times. Have fun choosing your bridal bouquet and wedding flowers!
