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Wedding Flower Color Trends For 2013

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
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Wedding Flower Colors

The New Year comes full with new and renovated trends for your wedding flowers. Make sure you consider all your floral options before making up your mind. Even if you are a classic bride who loves monochromatic themed decor, you will fall in love with the captivating color palettes for 2013. You can go with a classy flower selection and choose vibrant shades, or you can select tropical and joyful flowers and play with a wide range of colors. No matter on which side you stand, vibrant contrasts of bright colors are all in for the upcoming year. They are simply a must!

Do not feel shy if you consider yourself a classy bride. You can still add a vibrant and gorgeous touch of color using classic flowers for weddings such as roses, hydrangeas, garden roses or mini callas. These wedding flowers have always been the top selection for classic and vintage weddings due to their beautiful off-white and creamy shades. However, new varieties are now popular for their bright hot pink, green, orange, and other stunning shades. Almost every color is possible for your wedding flowers thanks to dyes and floral paint that any bride can use to give to her classic flowers a contemporary touch.

For our bold brides, exotic and multi-flower arrangements are a MUST in 2013. Do not be shy of arranging several kinds of flowers as they will add texture and joy to your wedding decor. Bright colored anemones, ranunculus, orchids, and many other flowers are a must if you want to stay out of the traditional monochromatic wedding flowers. Additionally, large bloom-sized flowers will contrast beautifully with smaller sized bud flowers. Try to keep a distance from choosing single color shades and instead opt for elegant and exotic contrasts.

Hot pinks, bright greens, yellows, oranges and purples are an excellent option for 2013. You can pick one of this vibrant colors and combine different classic wedding flowers. You can also choose only one type of flower and benefit from a wide range of contrasting colors. If your flower wholesaler does not have the color you had in mind available, simply order white flowers and tint them as you desire! Don’t be nervous; wedding flowers will not wilt faster when floral paint is applied if they receive proper care and handling.

Whatever you choose to do for your wedding flowers, keep two factors in mind:

  1. Try to order samplers and create small arrangements so you can see how the flowers actually look together. You do not really want to order bulk flowers and try your ideas out two days before your event. Better ideas might jump in as you arrange your sample flowers!
  2. There is no manual or standard protocol for your wedding flowers. You are the bride; you choose what stays and what goes away. Don’t be afraid of celebrating this full-of-joy day with vibrant and unique colors that will definitely leave an ever-lasting impression on your guests’ hearts.

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Succulent Flowers: The New Bride Favorite for Wedding Bouquets

Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
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Succulent Wedding Flowers

It is widely known among florists and wedding planners that the majority of brides choose popular traditional flowers for their wedding. Garden roses, hydrangeas, callas, and regular roses are chosen by hundreds of brides because of their classic shape and colors. Tones like cream, peach, light pink, and white are carefully chosen to accentuate wedding venues, churches, reception halls, etc. When classic flowers are not on the list, brides normally choose outdoor wedding flowers such as gerberas, chrysanthemums, and sunflowers. Nevertheless, during the past year, there has been a significant increase on the number of brides who chose succulents as their focal flower for their bridal bouquet.

A few years ago, Succulents were not widely known or were as popular as they are these days. Many individuals were unaware of their native disposition and resilence that make them an excellent option for DIY brides who know little about flowers. Given the fact that succulents grow with little hydration, they are low-maintenance and simple to care for. Their ability to adapt to almost any region and to grow in high or low areas, where rainfall is limited, make succulents an excellent floral choice for those with little time on their hands. Succulents store water in their gorgeous and hardy petals. Therefore, they don’t need to be placeed in water like fresh cut flowers, or refrigerated to extend their vase life.

Not only are succulent flowers a fine option for their hardy and resistant blooms, they also come in a particularly unique color selection that will match almost any color and flower you want to put in your wedding bouquet. Their ravishing green shades melt with white, pink, and burgundy centers or edges depicted on some varieties. Each succulent varietal displays a unique combination of colors that beautifully matches garden roses, callas, hydrangeas, among other classic flowers and colors. They also look gorgeous accompanying bright-colored flowers such as gerberas, delphinium, mums, etc.

There are other bright colors available for bold brides such as red, blue, black, and many others. These options are tinted so almost any shade can be created! If your vendor does not have the shade you desire available, remember that floral paint can be your best friend!

Although most of the brides choose succulents as a focal flower to be combined with other flowers, many others use them as their only flower choice. You can always choose to have different shades, shapes, and varieties to create a beautiful contemporary arrangement, or you can also focus on only one or two varieties. One of the most beautiful bouquets can be created with the same variety and shade of flower, or combining the different shapes your vendor offers.

Don’t miss the chance of working with this low-maintenance and gorgeous flower that over time, has made a place in among florists and floral designers for use as wedding flowers.

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Celebrating Seasons and Holidays with Garlands and Wreaths

Monday, October 15th, 2012
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Garland and Wreaths

Wreaths and garlands are commonly thought to be representative of the holiday season. Many individuals purchase fresh garlands and wreaths to celebrate the arrival of the Christmas season. These beautiful and unique greenery have been used, however, since ancient times to celebrate and welcome new seasons in life, in the year, new challenges, and many other important events in a person’s life. Wreaths, for example, were given away by Romans to celebrate triumph and braveness.

Garlands and wreaths are an excellent and affordable option for use in decorating important occasions or to simply dress up the ambiance in homes and businesses for the beginning of the Christmas season. In fact, wreaths are becoming more and more popular to welcome the beginning of the Autumn season. Made out of the freshest and most gorgeous greenery, wreaths and garlands embody the holiday spirit that many are accustomed to during the Winter season. While fresh cut flowers make for gorgeous floral arrangements, fresh cut greenery hold a longer vase life and are fitting for the holiday season. Most foliage and greenery retain a vase life of 2 to 3 weeks, subject to care and handling. Some even lasts 6 to 8 weeks! One benefit of using wreaths and greenery is that if you choose to decorate a space with these items, you do not need to worry about recutting stems, changing water, blooming times, and other considerations generally associated with fresh cut flowers.

In addition to being low-maintenance and durable, the foliage used to create wreaths and garlands come in various colors that is adequate to celebrate any season of the year. Light and dark greens, blue gray, orange, red, and yellow shades are among the many stunning colors that garlands and greens are made with. Also, there is no limit in regards to the number of shades since floral paint can be easily used to modify your existing colors. Silver, gold, blue, purple, and an endless array of other colors can be easily sprayed on the greenery to achieve the color desired! The great news about this is that floral paint does not affect the vase life of your fresh cut products at all!

Wreaths and Garlands are ever popular and can be beautifully used to decorate your doors and handrails in a very elegant and fashionable way. Take advantage of all the sentiments offered by greenery and celebrate the beginning of Spring, Autumn, and Christmas in fashionable style!

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Try Out Floral Options For DIY Brides

Thursday, September 13th, 2012

It is common to hear that more and more brides are looking for new ways to save money and reduce expenses for their wedding. However, it’s no secret that most brides carry little experience in wedding planning, creating flower arrangements or invitations, and in many other planning steps. Due to this lack of knowledge, a number of DIY brides may end up experiencing stress, frustration, and dissatisfaction. This is very unfortunate since planning one’s wedding can be one of the rewarding experiences for a bride and her family. Not only does this save the bride a significant amount of money, but it permits a family get-together which is always rewarding. When everything goes smoothly, they all agree it was the best decision they could have made. Here are a few suggestions to help steer you towards a blissful experience when it comes to that part of the wedding effort surrounding diy flowers.
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We always recommend our brides set up the stage a couple of months before their wedding and use their bridal shower to test flower colors and their ability to create their own arrangements. Bridal showers are an excellent opportunity to try out different shades of colors if you are not sure of which color you would want for your wedding. For instance, you can order purple, lavender, and dark purple flowers and once you receive them, you will be much better informed to determine which shades will go better with your tables, dress, etc.

Your bridal shower, and any other event, is also an excellent opportunity to test out your flowers’ performance, blooming rate, and other important factors. Given that fresh cut flowers are a living product of Mother Nature product, it is especially critical to evaluate the variable results shown with your sampler order.

A diy bride does not need to order a large quantity of flowers prior to their wedding. A bridal shower or pre-wedding party make for excellent opportunities as the amount of flowers needed is generally less than a wedding would require. Simply stay on the minimum quantities sold by your floral wholesaler and take the opportunity to request a mix of colors that would match your wedding color palette. Even if you think your mind is set in regards to colors, the pre-wedding events will provide you an opportunity to test flower combinations including color. Who knows? You might fall in love with your new and very own creations which make for a perfect wedding!

When working with diy wedding flowers, always keep in mind that you are dealing with a product of Mother Nature. Be flexible! Even if you order the same exact products for your wedding that you did for your pre-wedding event, be prepared and aware that you might see slight color variations. Just keep in mind flowers are a live product which will never perform as predictably as a piece of fabric or or other artificial product. But rest assured! If you have previous experience with the product and the process of creating your own floral arrangements, you will surely save energy, stress and time as compared to creating floral arrangements for the very first time.

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6 Tips on Saving Money on Wedding Flowers

Friday, June 8th, 2012

A wedding can be expensive and these days when virtually the whole world has been affected with the recession, everybody is looking to find ways to save money. It is the same for brides as most of the brides are finding creative ways to save money without compromising on quality. There is nothing which can stop you from getting the wedding according to your wishes. You just have to think a little out of the box and more imaginatively. Flowers are one of the major things in a wedding and in this article you will get some ideas which will help you to save money through wholesale wedding flowers.

6 Tips on Saving Money on Wedding Flowers

Wholesale Wedding Flowers

1. Plan to use wedding flowers that are readily available and in season. Although it may seem like a good idea at first, holding a wedding during February can be expensive as flower prices are very high due to Valentine’s Day. Instead, consider holding your wedding during the holiday season when most Churches are already decorated with beautiful flowers! You just have to find a church with wedding flowers of your choice

2. Before talking with your flower wholesaler, it is very helpful to have a budget in mind and figure out what exactly you require so you can be able to explain more effectively. That way they will not write a quotation using all expensive flowers and fillers for you. They can recommend things that go along with your colors and theme but are more cost effective.

3. Another money saving idea is to arrange your own flowers such as bouquets of simple roses tied together with a ribbon. If you are not entirely confident on how to do it, you can find simple guides on the web to arrange flowers on your wedding.

6 Tips on Saving Money on Wedding Flowers

Wedding Flowers

4. If you have your heart set on tall centerpieces but having problems in managing its cost, then consider mixing it up with short centerpieces. Doing this you will get you double the pleasure of the choice of two styles to your wedding and can reduce the costs by skipping high arrangements on each table. Almost any flower can achieve this. Simply, trim the flowers to the desired length as needed. Even tall flowers such as Iris can be trimmed for the sake of using only their blooms.

5. Using the same arrangements more than once will undoubtedly save you money. What this means is that you can use your throw bouquet as a decoration or you can also use these bouquets as central to the head table. Also, you can simply use the floral arrangements that are already in the church for decoration. You may need help from your bridal party in moving the arrangements but many individuals are happy to oblige.

6 Tips on Saving Money on Wedding Flowers

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6. Using candles to decorate is relatively inexpensively. For this, it would be best if you can hit some discount stores during holiday sales periods or after Christmas for fabulous prices. Candles certainly look pleasing to the eye and they can really make your flowers widen when used appropriately. The fantastic thing with candles is that almost every color and shape can be purchased, and at relatively low prices. Consider using complementary colors and heights to bring the best out of your floral arrangements. For additional help, look to wedding floral arrangements used with candles for inspiration. Once you’ve found the look you’re needing, its simple and straight forward to create the floral look you’re wanting to achieve.

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