Aug 28, 2010

Flowers

Flowers can set the stage for your wedding and if you get them right they can provide the perfect backdrop to the day.

Wedding Flowers
You should first examine how much you are willing to spend on flowers as they can cost thousands.

The bride and bridesmaids can have bouquets and the groom and ushers normally wear buttonholes. Traditionally the couple’s mothers wear corsages.

You then need to make the decision to have flowers in the church or the venue where you are to be married. In the church people often have pedestals of flowers and they also finish the pews off with flowers.

Flowers are often also put in the wedding car as a decoration.

At the reception you can also find flowers as table decorations or in pedestals.

When finding a florist people should enquire at the venue where the reception is held, or ask for a recommendation from a friend.

You should then make a decision on the type of flowers you want. Popular wedding blooms include lilies, roses, freesias and carnations.

The flowers should not clash with your dress, and they should fit in with the venue for the wedding and reception.

You may want to choose your favourite flower and this idea would add your personality to the day.

Brides may want to base their choice of flowers on the season the wedding is held in, with tulips in the spring and roses in the summer.

The quantity of flowers is also important. Some decide for a few which can provide understated elegance, while others go for busy arrangements with many flowers.

Flowers have their own significance and traditions that vary across the globe and through the ages.

The Victorians were fascinated by the meanings of different blooms and popularised the wedding rose, which represents true love.

In Tudor England, brides carried marigolds dipped in rosewater and ate them afterward, since they were thought to be aphrodisiacs.

Ancient Greek brides often carried ivy as a symbol of never-ending love and in Indian tradition both the bride and groom wear a floral headpiece. // My Wedding Planner

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