The Flower Blog

Warm up to the idea of a winter wedding.

Despite the fact that everyone seems to get married in June, winter weddings can be terribly glamorous, warm and magical. With the right elements in place, a winter wedding can be a wonderland.   Read on for some ideas. 

The Flowers

Decide whether you want to go for a silver and white elegant look, or celebrate the season with reds and greens. For those who like silver, look for dusty miller, silver-dollar eucalyptus, and baby blue eucalyptus, mixed with white flowers such as roses, football mums, crocus, lilies and stephanotis. If you're looking for a brighter bouquet, consider red roses with holly and pine-tree greenery. In season flowers such as tulips, roses, and ornamental berries generally will be less expensive choices.

The Décor

Decorate your tables with simple and inexpensive white poinsettias, or fill the room with light by arranging pillar candles on a bed of pine branches.  During the after-Christmas sales, stock up on strands of small white lights, then string them decoratively around doorways, over tables and on archways. Bright red cranberries in a bowl surrounding floating candles make an easy and inexpensive centerpiece.

The Favors

If you and most of your guests celebrate Christmas, an ornament makes a perfect favor. An inexpensive homemade favor is a pretty tin of spiced hot chocolate mix or hot cocoa mix with marshmallows.  Greet your guests with warm coffee or hot chocolate as soon as they come in the ceremony or reception site.  

Also consider a holiday cookie cutter with a cookie recipe attached that says your names, wedding date, and "cut out for each other".

Check our blog each week for a new wedding article. 

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“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a penny for her shoe."

So goes an old English rhyme that describes the items which a bride must have when she is married.  It could be a happily married woman’s garter, an antique, an heirloom object, or a sentimental piece.

Today, brides are still working the old, new, borrowed, and blue objects into their special day.  Here are some ideas on how to personalize this aspect of your wedding. 

- Use a classic car for wedding day transportation
- Place an antique bookmark to mark ceremony readings
- Get a relative's monogrammed handkerchief. 
- Display wedding photographs of parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents at the reception
- Find an antique tussy mussy (a conical hand-held bouquet vase) for the bride's bouquet
- Incorporate a piece of a family members wedding gown into your bridal bouquet wrap (see photo above)

- Have the bride carry a childhood treasure she has saved (like a ring, bracelet, small doll, locket, etc.)
- Bring out the heirloom jewelry to wear like an engagement ring or wedding band, a brooch, earrings, a bracelet, a necklace, or some sparkly hair pins
- Display the parents' cake toppers or use it as the wedding cake topper
- Tuck a love letter saved by the bride's mother from the bride's father into the bride's purse

We can help you incorporate special and meaningful items into your wedding day!  Ask us how.

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The frigid temperatures outside and the snowy white blanket covering everything has our crew looking forward to warmer weather and craving some COLOR!   We were reminded of a special wedding we shared in last year.

A beautiful summer garden wedding that   featured gorgeous bright colors and lots of interesting texture.  Those elements combined with the natural setting were simply stunning!  Not to mention that it was a warm and sunny day at Avon Gardens.  Sunflowers, dahlias, globe amaranth, hypericum berry, hydrangea, safflower and zinnia made up the arrangements.  Thank you to Stewart Imagery for the on-site photos. 

STAY WARM and Watch our video slideshow below!

Valentine’s day is just around the corner and romance is in the air.  February is filled with red roses, diamond rings, chocolate and best of all proposals and engagements.  What comes after proposals and engagements…..that’s right, weddings!  This year promises to be an interesting one.  We’re already working hard and studying up on the latest and greatest trends for 2011. 

What are some of those trends, you ask?

Here’s a sneak peak at some of the trends you can expect to see. 

Bright, tropical and fun colors are in this year.  Apple green, hot pink, red, orange, yellow, slate grey, aged gold, emerald green and chocolate brown to name a few. 

Say goodbye to over-the-top elegance and hello to a new era of “casual” traditional.

Grooms are going to assist in more of the wedding planning duties to ensure that the big day is a reflection of both people involved. 

The Do It Yourself wedding scene will become mainstream. It’s normal for most brides to custom create at least one element of their wedding.

Family owned-heirlooms are becoming popular additions to wedding designs. One-of-a-kind becomes the “new black”.

Because of the popularity of Friday weddings, venues will likely increase their rental rates.

Keep an eye on our blog for more interesting designs and ideas. 

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