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Leather Roses

juliaburns — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:54:27 +0000

The English Leather Rose Co. is a business with a very special product. Specializing in wedding flowers, they create gorgeous bouquets like the ones shown here for brides, bridesmaids, and don’t forget flowers for the groomsmen!

The company hand crafts each rose, so your wedding flowers will be in your choice of colors, from nearly natural to completely your own (think black roses!) Plus, these wedding flowers are a keepsake that will last a lifetime.

A Floral Favor

Melissa Chang — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:23:00 +0000

These adorable wedding favors double as decorative! Available from Beau Coup, they can filled with anything from flower petals for tossing to confetti to Jordan almonds, and can easily withstand the weight despite their delicate look. The tops are pretty roses, which also serve as a cap for the cones.

These pretty flower cones are made to hang, and can be suspended from chair backs to decorate your reception. Buy an assorted set, or choose your favorite from their color options. So, if you are looking for a great wedding favor for your guests, these might be a really cute option.

The Groom Got Lei’d!

juliaburns — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:04:14 +0000

Wedding flowers aren’t just for girls anymore! If you have a tropical themed wedding, a beach wedding, or a destination wedding to Hawaii, a Lei on the groom would fit right in with your ceremony, and is a wonderful aesthetic addition to the ceremony.

The Lei on left comes from Spreading Aloha. Order a lei online, look for a local florist that specializes in Polynesian floristry, or just bring in a photo of what you want and ask you local florist if they can accommodate.

Hand Painted Floral Decor

juliaburns — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:28:41 +0000

These hand painted Champagne glasses are more than just beautiful, they are completely unique. Hand painted by an Etsy artist, these Champagne glasses and cake serving tools are painted to fit your theme, and each set is completely unique.

The floral look is not exactly the traditional engraved wedding glasses with your name and dates, and you are sure to get compliments on the unique and gorgeous set.

Daisies for a Cheap Thrill

juliaburns — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:33:40 +0000

For bridal flowers that are inexpensive and lovely, look to the daisy. These flowers are very pretty, but are common and easy to grow, making them the perfect option for the bride on the budget. They can also be grown in bright, cheerful colors, so feel free to move away from the conventional white daisy to something a little more exciting.

If you’re interested in saving money on your wedding flowers without sacrificing the exoticism of the flowers in your own bouquet, daisies are a great way to bring down the price of table arrangements or bridesmaid bouquets.

Saving Money on the Wedding Flowers

juliaburns — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:32:18 +0000

Wedding flowers are expensive and can eat up a significant part of the bride’s budget. To keep the costs down, you may want to choose local, inexpensive flowers for your bouquets and arrangements. Sometimes, though, you just have your heart set on something uncommon, exotic, or expensive. Whether you want plumerias straight from Hawaii or blue roses, you are going to have to deal with the extra expense. One way to keep that expense from eating up your budget is to confine these high end flowers to a single bouquet: yours.

Your own bouquet is going to be the one featured in your wedding photos, and the one that you will truly remember. Your bridesmaid bouquets can be made to match with cheaper flowers, and the table arrangements likewise can be scaled down to better fit your budget. With only one high end bouquet to finance, your flower expense will be much more manageable.

Lovely Craspedia

juliaburns — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:08:50 +0000

The craspedia flower, which shows in blossoms that look like little balls, is unique and fun and very interesting. For brides who are sick of the same old thing, forget the roses and go for something much more uncommon. Craspedia is a gorgeous wedding flower, as seen in this bouquet by Marvels Flowers.

Single Sunflower

juliaburns — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:51 +0000

A sunflower is a cheerful, fun, and lovely. If you are having a casual wedding or an outdoor wedding, a single giant sunflower is a sweet look and a fun way to add color and sass to your wedding. A single sunflower, perhaps with a ribbon wrapped around the stem, looks almost rustic but is also very elegant. If you love sunflowers, this is an awesome bouquet alternative.

Bouquet vs. Corsage for an Informal Wedding

juliaburns — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:36:54 +0000

An informal or very small wedding might have few or no wedding attendants, a shorter ceremony, and fewer frills. One way to make things both easier and more cost effective is to pick out a beautiful wrist corsage rather than carrying a bouquet. This makes it easier to perform the ring exchange if you have no one to hand a bouquet off to as well. The corsage shown here is the Pure Grace corsage from FTD.

Lavender in Wedding Bouquets

juliaburns — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:48:31 +0000

Lavender is a sweet smelling flower, and is also quite beautiful. It looks lovely with the white of a wedding gown, and because of the straight stems of blossoms can add a bit of texture to the look of your bouquet as the spikes jump outward slightly.

The bouquet shown here is from Labyrinth Hill, but lavender is a relatively common flower, and can be easily incorporated by your florist.