Wedding Blog

Mr. Fondue picked our flowers.

I think he hates that I tell people that, but it’s true. We knew we wanted some sort of red flowers, so I began collecting images of all-red bouquets.

Source: The Knot

Mr. Fondue always gave me the same reaction whenever I showed him the newest ones, however: “Meh.”

Then one Saturday afternoon, in our typical fashion, I was watching Martha Stewart On Demand while Mr. Fondue was playing with his PSP. One of the segments was on bouquets and how each flower has a different meaning. Martha held up the Fall 2003 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings to explain what each flower in the bouquet on the cover meant. It was a very pretty, all-red bouquet.

“What do you think of that one?” I asked, nudging Mr. Fondue to get him to pay attention.

He glanced up at the screen briefly, then did a double-take. “Yes. That one!” he said, before continuing with his game.

And so, our flowers were chosen.

According to our florist, my bouquet will consist of thirteen black magic roses, four stems of mini spray red roses, ten red tulips, nine dahlias, three dark red lilies, mini carnations, three burgundy peonies, red hypericum berries or rose hips (whichever is available), and accented with red gems.

My maid of honor will have seven black magic roses, four tulips, and mini carnations. The other bridesmaids will carry five black magic roses and three tulips.

Mr. Fondue’s boutonniere will be a peony with leaf and rose hip berry. The other boutonnieres will have a red charlotte rose with green leaf, except our little ring bearers, who will each have a boutonniere with a mini red rose.

Finally, our mothers’ corsages will consist of one red charlotte rose, one red tulip, mini carnations, and greens.

My biggest dilemma is: what color ribbon should we use on the bouquets? The bridesmaids will be wearing black dresses with white sashes; I will be wearing white. Should I have a white ribbon and they have black? Should there be more contrast? Should we have red? Help me, hive!