Wedding Blog

One of you lovely readers asked me for information about my bouquet. Let me begin by saying there is a funny, not-so-funny story about my bouquet.

About a week before the wedding I had a “nightmare” about my bouquet. In my dream, someone other than my florist decided to make the bouquet and made it really tiny and white with pink carnations dotted sporadically throughout. I have nothing against carnations and quite like them since they live a long time in my NYC apartment, but for my wedding bouquet I had requested all whites and light blushes of ranunculus (my favorite flower), peonies, and hydrangea. And I specifically said, “NO PINK.”

I went to the florist a few days before the wedding and saw all the flowers. When I asked to see the peonies, the florist (who I really do like, don’t get me wrong) was squirrely and shooed me away. I didn’t really question her at the time because everything else was perfect.

Then, on my wedding day, I saw my bouquet and it looked just like the bouquet in my dreams, albeit with peonies instead of carnations. All whites, with pink pink pink here and there (the peonies were also supposed to be on the head table flowers and the cake). I FLIPPED out. It was too weird. Just like my dream? I said, “Take them out, take them out, take them out.” The florist was like, “I can’t, they are woven in too tight…” She had never done it before and was aghast at the thought, but she said she could glue flowers on top — and that’s what she did. She glued flowers over the pink ones. You could not tell at all, she did such a fabulous job.

In the end, I LOVED my bouquet and was sad I didn’t get to hold it longer. It’s mostly ranunculus and hydrangea, but it is crazy full (and heavy). I know our florist was afraid to show me the peonies because they came in so pink, and I think she was hoping I would like them anyway because they were pretty flowers… it was just too weird with my dream and not the look I was going for. BUT, she TOTALLY stepped up to the plate and was just wonderful at making everything look full and not skimpy at all. If you live in Tucson, go see Paula Wertman. I think she’s the best florist in town!