Wedding Vase

Archive for March, 2010

I’ll admit my bias up front: I love flowers. And not just any flowers, I love expensive flowers. Peonies, burgundy cymbidium orchids and mini calla lilies are among my favorites. When I was planning my own wedding, I tripled this area of my initial budget. Several brides share my love of flowers and that makes it all the more difficult to stay on budget. Even brides that do not share my extreme love for flowers want beautiful weddings, and your florist will play a huge role in that. As a general rule, flowers should account for 10-15% of your overall budget. Here are some tips to help to stay at or below that number while still having beautiful wedding flowers.

1. Do it Yourself

Yes, you can create your own wedding flowers. There are several online and local wholesalers where you can buy flowers in bulk for substantially less than what you would pay a florist. You should plan to receive your flowers 2-3 days prior to your wedding and have adequate space in your refrigerator to store them. If you are ordering too many flowers to fit into your fridge, air conditioning your home will suffice. Simple hand tied bouquets are relatively easy to create and you can gather bunches of flowers and place them in vases to create centerpieces. My advice with DIY flowers is to keep it simple! You are not a trained florist, so do not try to create more complicated arrangement that you find online or in magazines. Keep it simple. Also, a word of caution: if you are a perfectionist and want perfect arrangements, hire a florist. As a novice, you’re likely to make some mistakes and slight imperfections will exist. If that is not acceptable to you, it’s best to hire a professional. Also, it’s a good idea to do a test run before the real thing.

2. Use a delivery service

There are new delivery services, most notably Pro Flowers, which will arrange your wedding blooms and deliver them, already assembled, to your door 1-2 days before the wedding. They have several flower varieties and several packages to choose from at amazing prices. You will have to do a little work with this option. You should have vases prepared for the centerpieces and holder vases to hold your bouquets until the wedding. On the wedding day, you will have to designate someone to set up the arrangements. Several brides are nervous about this option because they worry that the flowers will not show up in time. Pro Flowers has a built in safety measure to prevent no shows. If your flowers do not arrive on the scheduled date, Pro Flowers has contracts with thousands of local florists that will assemble and personally deliver your flowers prior to the wedding.

3. Reuse, Reuse, Reuse

Slash hundreds from your florist bill by reusing arrangements throughout the day. Your ceremony altar arrangements can become a part of your reception décor, your bridesmaids bouquets can become centerpieces and your bouquet can become an arrangement for your sweetheart table. You can also ask your florist to reuse aisle arrangements from the ceremony as centerpieces during the reception. You may have to pay a slight labor fee for the arrangements to be moved and recast as centerpieces, but it will be much less than paying for both.

4. Stay in season

Different flowers are in season at different times of the year. If a flower is out of season, it does mean that you cannot have it, but it will be substantially more expensive. There are some flowers that are expensive all year round. These include mini calla lilies, tropical blooms and certain orchid varieties. Ask your florist about what flowers are in season for your wedding day and stick with those.

5. Cut back

Ask yourself what you really need and what you can do without. Do you really need pew bows? A pomander for the flower girl? An arrangement for the place card table? A floral cake topper? None of these things are necessary and can be replaced by other decorative items. Cut back on the excess and stick to the bare necessities.

Body Your wedding flowers offer ample opportunity to stretch your creative muscles and add a bit of originality to your wedding day, so don’t be afraid to design a floral scheme that bucks tradition. This list of favorite ideas for bridal bouquets, centerpieces, colors and other decorations is a great place to start designing a memorable decor scheme, and these may even inspire your own creations.

Play with Shape

Arrangements with a just-picked, unstructured look are replacing the tightly-bound bouquet and centerpiece shapes of previous seasons. Ensure a modern, not messy, look by choosing the right flowers. Hearty blooms like lilies, orchids, and amaranthus work well in looser arrangements because of the sleek shape of the individual blooms. Also consider incorporating nonfloral elements like feathers, berries, and crystals to add interest and depth and interest.

Get Into Navy

Sophisticated and classic navy is one of the hottest colors on the 2009 wedding palette, and many brides are daring to think beyond basic baby blue by incorporating the darker shade into their floral schemes. Naturally navy flowers may be hard to come by, but there are some options that are a close match: deep blue violets, thistles, and hydrangea are available in various shades of blue and indigo, while roses are a versatile bloom that can be dyed any color – including navy blue. Pair these bold navy blooms with white or ivory for a classic look, or yellow for a bright burst of color.

Think Beyond the Vase

Options abound beyond the basic floral vase for holding your flowers. Consider instead mixing and matching clusters of unique containers like wood buckets, mason jars, cans, pitchers, antique urns and uniquely shaped vases to add interest and reflect your wedding theme. Some ideas: Fill watering cans with wild flowers for a garden fete, or use apothecary jars filled with sand and sea glass to complement to a waterfront wedding.

Lighten Up

Candles, always a popular choice for centerpieces, are becoming even more popular as a budget and eco-friendly enhancement to traditional floral centerpieces. Ample candlelight lends the day a romantic, organic feel, while the natural resource saves electricity and drapes the setting with an intimate glow. Another way to enhance your arrangements with lighting and really make your centerpieces pop is through a technique called pinspotting. This advanced light design shines tiny beams of light from the ceiling to illuminate the center of each arrangement.

Get Stoned

Say good-bye to light pastels and muted shades, and seek inspiration from the baubles on your ears and wrist. Rich gemstone colors like amethyst, turquoise, and amber are hot on this year’s wedding color palette. Accent these rich colors with soft sandy tones or grays instead of chocolate brown (so last year!)

Go Green

Going green is easy when it comes to wedding flowers. Consult Mother Nature for inspiration and bring the outdoors in. Natural objects like stones, leaves, pinecones, even twigs can add an organic aesthetic to your reception décor. Place in rustic containers or scatter amongst pillar candles for added ambiance.

Make it Personal

Further seeking to personalize their weddings, brides are using their wedding flowers to call out specific interests by incorporating unique items into bouquets and centerpieces and creating a conversation piece for guests. For instance, book worms can use intricately piled leather-bound books in place of floral centerpieces, and wine lovers can use wine bottles and decanters as centerpiece holders.

Get even more unique wedding ideas for flowers in this complete wedding flowers resource.

A beach wedding creates the opportunity to give your guests a unique and special wedding favor to take home. Not only do they get to enjoy a day at the beach as you share your nuptials with them, but they can take home a little piece of this paradise with your favor. Following are some beach wedding favor ideas: Wrap small bottles of champagne or sparkling fruit juice with tulle the matches your wedding colors. With a glue gun, attach little shells among the folds of the tulle for a unique and classy beach-y theme. Candles with shells embedded right into the wax are a lovely and sunny reminder of your beach wedding, and are sure to cheer up your guests long after your special day. You can also buy them with hollowed-out middles that contain a glass candle-holder so that they may be used over and over with the addition of a new tealight. A set of barbecue skewers or drink mixing sticks with beach themes (ends that are formed as shells, or flipflops, beach umbrellas and sunglasses for example) can be a fun reminder of your wedding, while also being useful for your guests at their next party. Tie the sets with a little raffia in keeping with the beach theme and you have an adorable and memorable wedding favor. Bouquets of fresh tropical or local flowers in simple glass or cream ceramic vases make for simple, elegant favors. Not only can you brighten up the home of your guests for a few days, the vases have the added bonus of being reusable – the more simple and classic the style of vase you use, the more likely your guests will find it useful in the future. How about a set of individual shells in a ceramic display bowl or plate? As long as you can provide safely-wrapped way for guests to transport their gift home, this makes for a great and unique wedding favour. You could also include some stones or biuts of metallic confetti for a special touch.

These ideas should get you started. Enjoy the planning of your special day, and enjoy your ‘day’ at the beach!

For more ideas and also money-saving tips, visit Wedding-Planning-Makes-Perfect.com. 

Small gifts offered to guests attending your marriage known as wedding favors not only share your thought and ideas among guests but also are innovated idea of giving thanks to your guests. Wedding favors give you and your spouse immense satisfaction to give something back to your guests as a token of appreciation.

The carefully innovated ideas can be reproduced at your wedding to avoid wasteful favors. Wedding favors should be decorated at each table. The idea of putting a printed guest name and table number on place cards and wrapping with your favor will really surprise the guests. Some of the following wedding favors are suitable for summer theme wedding.

• Fresh fruit or lemonade should be served to the guest especially during summer to keep them cool.

• During summer beach marriages are most popular. The decoration of table and providing a beautiful beach chair will impress the guests. If mini glass lantern are provided in the lawn, it will boost the look and will provide a romantic feeling during peak summer evening.

• You should select the seasonal colors such as purple, yellow, bright pink and blue. Pastel colors cal also add a flavor to the summer wedding.

• Leather Photo Frame: An excellent and unique favor to the guests should be provided at the guest table. A photo of your engagement, if provided will really impress the guests.

• Coffee cup mini candle: These are the small candles in designer cups, when lit give the aroma of coffee and these cups are available in the market with a thank you tag. You may also give special orders to design the label or tag as per your wish. These are unique and useful.

• Ice cream scoop wedding favors: These ice cream scoop-wedding favors are available in the markets. These are sometimes specially designed as per your need and are made available to you. Most common are silver-plated.

• Seashell candle wedding flavors: These are the most unique and most perfect for beach marriages. This will remind your guest the depth of sea and aroma of sea.

• Heart shaped cup wedding favors: These cups looks nice and are able to tempt your guest in romantic moods. These cups are provided in beautiful packing and printed tags can also be provided as per your choice.

• Heart shaped key ring: These are the beautiful key chains and reminds your guests your hearts all the time they use these key chains. These chains if personalized with engraved features supplied by you will really look unique.

• Long stem rose candle: These are the long stem roses candles packed in cylindrical boxes, if decorated at the table will enhance the look and beauty of the table and surrounding. These are available in the market and come in various colors.

• Sandalwood fan for wedding favors: These are suitable for summer wedding parties. These wedding favors are hand made and release the beautiful fragrance of sandalwood when waved. These are ideal for outdoor summer marriages and the ladies guests will like these wedding favors.

• Bottle Opener: Bottle openers are required as and when there is a need to drink. Bottle openers available in beautiful designs and sometimes silver plated are good wedding favors to offer to the guests.

• Porcelain Vase: These vases are available in elegant and beautiful styles. You can decorate these vases with the flowers of your choice. You can also personalize these vases with beautiful tags. These are still the best wedding favors.

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