The Perfect Flowers
The wedding is right around the corner and it is time to make some major decisions. One of the biggest choices is what flower arrangements you will use for your big day. I have always known that I wanted the combination of red roses and lime green cymbidium orchids.
Our ceremony is going to be outside with a beautiful view of mountains and a golf course. At the ceremony site there is a gazebo and a cement ground. The chairs we are using are white and they will have red rose and lime green orchid arrangements at the corner of the chairs bordering the aisle. The walk way will be a white carpet covered in red rose petals.
As for the reception I love the look of submerged flowers. For all of the main tables I have decided to go with 20-inch tall vases filled with 2 calla lilies and a little river rock at the bottom. As for the head table, which I have about 5 tables combined for I plan on submerged lime green orchids again with a little river rock at the bottom, sticking to the same vases and theme. All of these centerpieces are placed on a mirror and surrounded by votive candles. The tables are going to have a white table covering and then a square black sheet under the mirror and centerpiece. The chair coverings are white with black bows.
Here are some of the pictures for the centerpieces
Picking Out the Flowers
After you have chosen your wedding colors you can start looking into flowers. There are so many different types of flowers to choose from you have to know where to start.
A good place to start is incorporating all your colors you have chosen into the flowers you choose. For example my wedding colors are red, black, ivory and silver, so my flowers should include these colors. It is up to you if you want to have more or less of certain colors. I decided that I wanted the majority of my flowers red and ivory. I ruled out the color pink for flowers because I feel with the color scheme we are after pink would clash. The next thing I did was start to research flowers.
There are many way to research flowers you can look online at different flower designs, you can look in magazines and books, or you can even drive to the flower store, just to get an idea of what you like. I did all three of theses activities. First I looked online and made a folder of all my favorite flower looks, making note of the flowers and accessories they had used to create different looks. I found out which flowers came in red and ivory and chose all of my favorite ones. Then I looked in a couple flower magazines and books to get some ideas. After I had an idea of what I liked I went to the flower store to see them in real form.
I have not made any final decisions on flowers yet, but I have a pretty good idea of what I like. I hope this information helps you when you are starting your flower planning adventure!