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Planning your wedding flowers | ||||
It may be a daunting process deciding on your wedding flowers and what wedding flowers you need so here is a guide to the types of flowers you may require. | ||||
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Bride Bouquet | ||||
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There is a vast range of wedding bouquets avaiable to brides, from the very simple hand tied to the elegant shower bouquet. The bouquet choosen should enhance and complement your wedding dress and your florist will be able to help you with these choices. If you have a favourite flower or have seen a picture of a wedding bouquet you like make sure you tell your wedding florist. |
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Bridesmaids Flowers | ||||
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Bridesmaids tend to carry a smaller bouquet of flowers than the bride and the flowers often co ordinate with their dresses or the colour theme of the wedding. There are a variety of bouquets bridesmaids can carry from a simple hand tied to a pomander. If you have any fabric swatches of the bridesmaids dress make sure you give a piece to your florist so she can choose flowers to match. |
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Flower Girls | ||||
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Flower girls can either carry a flower wand, basket of flowers, basket containing petals or a small pomander. They can also carry a smaller version of the bridesmaids posy. |
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Groom | ||||
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The groom wears a buttonhole that co ordinates with the bride's bouquet and often contains the same flowers. The buttonhole is worn on the left lapel. |
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Best Man/Father of the Bride | ||||
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The best man and father of the bride where a buttonhole which often consists of a single flower with possibly one other flower or grass loops. The flower used is often the same as the dominate flower in the bridesmaids bouquets. |
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Mother of Bride and Groom | ||||
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The mother of the bride and groom wear a corsage that either match their outfit of match the colour scheme of the wedding. If the mother's outfit is made of a delicate material a magnet can be attached to the corsage to avoid using pins, the corsage can also be attached to a handbag. | ||||
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Ushers | ||||
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The ushers wear a single flower buttonhole to match the flowers used in the bridesmaids bouquets. | ||||
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Ceremony/Church Flowers | ||||
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There are no rules about the flowers you can use for your ceremony room or church but often a pedestal or large arrangement is placed at the front of the room. You can also have decorations on the pew ends or chair backs. |
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Reception Flowers | ||||
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Again there are no rules about the flowers you use for your reception but generally table arrangements are placed on each table, these can vary greatly and can range from tall arrangements adding drama to the room, arrangments containing candles, to simple contemporary table arrangements. The top table often has a grander version of the table arrangements and often several of them are placed along the table. There are many other types of flower decorations that can be used at your wedding venue and your florist should advise you of these. |
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Flowers for your wedding cake | ||||
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Your wedding cake can be decorated with flowers, often with a small posy on the top layer and several flowers scattered on the other layers, the flower design used will complement your style of wedding cake. |
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Thank you gifts | ||||
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Sometimes you may wish to present the mother of the bride and groom with a bouquet of flowers to thank them for all their help and support |
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