What Should Include In Wedding Flower Arrangements?

You are going married soon and know you need to start planning everything at now. But did you know where and how to start planning your dreams wedding? Need some ideas? Then you should read this, and let start your planning from Wedding Flowers Arrangement!

Wedding Floral Arrangements

Everybody knows that flowers play an important part in weddings, and this easy guide will assist you plan your Wedding Flowers Arrangement. But please remember, this only a guide. Everyone have their own wedding budget, style and theme.

This easy guide will let you know what include in Wedding Flowers Arrangement. Let you can plan everything ahead before your wedding day to make sure you did not missed anything and help you avoid any disappointment.

I am sure that the florist will also have their floral arrangement list for you, but it is always better to have the personal check. Let us start this Wedding Flowers Arrangement guide from:

Wedding Bouquets

First, you have to choose bridal flower bouquets for yourself. There are many styles of bouquets to choose. Did you know which is right for you? To find more ideas, please check my other guide on Bridal Flower Bouquets…

Bridesmaids, and how many bridesmaids you will have? Each of them will carry a bouquet too. Commonly, bridesmaid bouquets are smaller then yours and the flowers and their color should be matches with your bouquet.

And do not forget your Maid Of Honor. She will carry a flowers bouquet too. So many wedding bouquets you will use, what you have to do with them after the wedding? If you want to keep them for years to come, you can preserving these bouquets or just toss it away.

Red Rose Wedding Bouquet

Boutonnieres

You will have to use lots of boutonnieres, because the groom, the best man, father of the bride and groom, grandfather of the bride and groom, ushers, the ring bearer and guest book attendants.

Corsages

Same with the boutonnieres, the different is corsages for woman.

Boutonnieres and Corsages

Ceremony Flowers

On wedding ceremony, you have to make some flower decorations for altar and aisle or pews. Consult with your florist for decorations ideas. They always know how to make a beautiful wedding decoration.

Wedding Ceremony Arrangements

Reception Flowers

Flower Centerpieces play a very important part for your wedding reception. Without centerpieces, your wedding reception will look bare. You will need centerpieces for main table, guest table, gift table, buffet table, guestbook table and bar. You can use different types of flowers for these centerpieces. Just make sure all of the centerpieces are blend with your wedding theme.

Wedding Reception Arrangements

Wedding Cake Flowers

Not only centerpieces for wedding table, you also need some flowers to decorate the wedding cake. There are so many ways in wedding cake flowers decoration and once again, consult with the florist are the best solution.

Wedding Cake Arrangements

Flower Girl

Flower arrangements for the flower girl are flower basket, headpiece and flower petals to toss. Above are accessories that you need to consider for flower girl.

Cute Flower Girl

Flower Favors

You can use flowers to make some unique and simple arrangements as wedding favors. Visit this post to find more ideas – Wedding Flower Favors

All of them are the basic and the popular Wedding Flowers Arrangement and they are as unique as any weddings.

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Easy Guide On Wedding Bouquet Preservation

How to Preserving Wedding Flowers are not difficult as you think. With little effort, you will be able to keep your wedding flowers bouquet for years to come. Preserving your flowers bouquet is possible if you will to spend some time and some money in it.

Wedding Flower Preservation

Professional Floral Preservation

Usually people will let the professional florist to preserving their wedding flowers. They have the more realistic solution, the freeze drying. Talk with the florist before your wedding day to make sure they can get the flowers bouquet in a right time. Commonly, these processes expect you to make something inside a timeframe from one to four days after the ceremony to reach the best results.

Below are the advantages and disadvantages of using a professional florist to Preserving Wedding Flowers!

Advantages:

- Professional floral preservation knows the best way and experience on preserving the specific type of flowers in your wedding bouquet.

- Pressing and freeze drying will keep the flowers look more naturalistic.

Disadvantages:

- You will need to pay at least $100 for preserving the wedding flowers.

- Not every type of flowers can be freeze drying.

Preserving Wedding Bouquets

DIY Wedding Flowers Preservation

Maybe you want to try Preserving Wedding Flowers by your own? You can find some DIY bouquet preservation method and tutorial at below!

1. Sand

- For best results, use river sand.

- Move out the base of each stems (about an inch).

- You need a box to drying the flowers, fill it with sand.

- Put your flowers at top with blooms face up.

- Sift the sand over the flowers until all petals covered.

- Store in a well ventilated place for 5 days.

- After 5 days, check the flowers. If not too dry, add more sand on the flower petals and store again for one or two days.

Preserving Ideas: River Sand

2. Glycerin

- You can find glycerin liquid product specially made to preserving flowers at a craft store.

- Gently clean the flowers from dust or debris, take away all imperfect petals and leaves.

- Press the stems about 2 inches from the cut ends. Use pair of pliers or hammer for this.

- Put the cut ends into glycerin at least for 3 weeks.

- Remove the flowers when they are not brittle and dry.

Preserving Ideas: Glycerin

3. Pressing

- Firstly, prepare the materials you will need for pressing: newspaper, blotting papers, background paper (use construction paper for best result), tweezers, glue and big heavy book (phone book).

- Split the leaves and mosses, attach the flowers with finger and thumb.

- Place flowers in the background paper, use tweezers to set the tiny flowers.

- After set up, place the background paper between the blotting papers.

- And then put the package between 2 sheets of newspaper.

- Place the flower package on flat surface and put the big heavy book on the top.

- Leave them for 2 weeks.

- Take them out and see the final result. You can place the Preserving Wedding Flowers in a scrapbook or frame them.

Preserving Ideas: Pressing

It is important to take some precautions after Preserving Wedding Flowers. For example: Do not place the flowers in direct sunlight, because can fade and dissipate the natural colors. And if you don’t want too much dust collecting on them then you can place them in a vase or shadow box.

Always practice before the big day, find flowers or plants that you will use for your special day. Get more experience from practice, to make sure when the day has come you already know how to do the job.

No matter which process you will try on Preserving Wedding Flowers. But one thing for sure, you can enjoy a fresh long after your wedding day has arrived.

You may want to check out my other guide on: White Wedding Bouquets

By: Mayweddi

The Search for Perfect Autumn Wedding Flowers

There are so many things you have to do for planning a perfect wedding. But searching for the perfect Autumn Wedding Flowers is one of the most important parts from your perfect autumn or fall wedding planning.

Autumn or Fall Wedding

Since autumn or fall weddings become more and more popular, require finding just the perfect wedding flowers has grown too. It is important for those planning their own wedding or someone else to review the available options carefully before making the final decision.

List of Autumn Wedding Flowers

September

Sunflowers – Flower with dark at center and medium short deep double yellow petals make an excellent choice as cut flowers that have a long vase arrangement.

Aster – Traditional flower for September. This small flower resembles a daisy, usually used as a filler material.

Other choice: Roses, Iris, Lily and Carnation

Sunflowers Wedding Bouquets

October

Hydrangea – Late blooming Oak Leaf gets its name from the shape of its large leaves. Beautiful hydrangea leaves often turn their colors to brilliant yellow – orange – red – burgundy.

Cosmos – Cute flowers that available in all sorts of colors like white, orange, red, purple and pink.

Other choice: Mums, Roses, Gladiola

Hydrangea Wedding Bouquets

November

Chrysanthemum – Traditional flower for November. This fall flower is generally found in the following forms: daisy, button, decorative and spider. These beautiful flowers come in a wide range of colors like yellow, white and pink. The color, size, height and time of bloom make them one of the most popular fall wedding flowers for arrangements and bouquets.

Roses- A lot of people tend to think of roses as either traditional red or delicate pink flowers. Even so, the colors of roses range from gold to deep brown. You may want to look at radiant rose colors that include tomato-red, golden apricot, red-orange, coral-orange, burnt- orange, deep yellow, tangerine, dark burgundy, and chocolate brown. These striking shades can make beautiful Autumn Wedding Flowers bouquets, flower arrangements and decorations.

Other choice: Gardenia, Freesia and Delphinium

Roses Wedding Bouquets

Now you know what types of flowers are available in autumn, let us move to other important parts to planning your perfect Autumn Wedding Flowers!

A Florist That You Can Trust

In autumn, there are so many flowers that you can choose. However, you must shopping early and find a good florist for this important part of your perfect wedding planning.

Flowers are an integral part of every wedding, and it is important to find the perfect florist and you can trust to make the flowers selection and arrangement for your autumn wedding.

When choosing your florist, please be sure the florist is good enough, what we mean a florist that experienced in planning a wedding. You can find so many florists at the markets. However, only one or two of them are known as good wedding florists.

A Florist That Can Handles All Your Needs

Always is good idea if you can find a florist who is able to provide all of your Autumn Wedding Flowers needs. Like: flowers for the wedding reception hall and the beautiful flower bouquets that will be carried in the wedding party. Having all of your Autumn Wedding Flowers from one source will provide you more beautiful look and feel on your wedding day.

Your Favorite Flowers

It will be more meaningful if these Autumn Wedding Flowers make from your favorite flowers. Using favorite flowers will help you to plan a success and beautiful wedding!

By Mayweddi, please also check out my other guide on: White Wedding Flowers >> Red Wedding Flowers >> Purple Wedding Flowers >> Pink Wedding Bouquets >> Wedding Flower Centerpieces