
From left to right: Row 1: Style Me Pretty, The Knot, Knottie Bio Vintageglam Row 2: Cymbidium Orchid? Row 3: Style Me Pretty, Couple?, Style Me Pretty, Row 4: The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings, Heather Warska, The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings
Since I am a very visual cookie, I did a floral inspiration board for my florist, to better understand the floral palette that I have envisioned for our wedding. (Sorry, my sources are a little incomplete because I didn’t write them down when I made this back in March). How did I decided on what flowers I wanted?
First, Mr. Cookie really hasn’t really had an opinion about the design details of the wedding, at all! But the one thing he really wanted, when it came to flowers, was red roses. (Red is Mr. Cookie’s favorite color!) Since we are getting married at the end of September, we are trying to time it so that the fall foliage will be at its peak and the backdrop for our ceremony will be colored with red and orange foliage. So, red and orange roses were in!
Second, when I started looking for a florist and deciding on flowers, I vowed to not be a Cymbidium orchid bride! They are in every bridal magazine, and I was not going to be that bride! Yeah, well that vow was broken the second after my florist put together a mock bouquet with burgundy Cymbidium orchids in it! Yes, now I am another Cymbidium orchid bride! However, after I had broken my no-Cymbidium orchid vow, I felt even worse for not choosing wildflowers, especially since we are getting married in the mountains. So, I decided to round our flower palette out with burgundy dahlias, burgundy hypercium berries, amaranthus, and leucadenron.

All the flowers, except the orchids, will be arranged in centerpiece boxes similar to one pictured above.
How did you decide what flowers to use for your wedding?
As I am writing this post, I am thinking about going back to my florist and cutting the orchids! I think they are really pretty but with a mountain wedding it just doesn’t work. What do you think?