Wedding Blog

I won’t lie, finding our florist was easy. One of my bridesmaids is a florist. Of course I’m going to have one of my best friends design my flowers! Her work is amazing, and I know she can get it done. She did her own flowers for her wedding in September ‘07.

I absolutely love all the texture in these bouquets. Yes, those are artichokes! I hated to leave that bouquet behind at her wedding! It was so pretty!

I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on flowers. I like flowers, but I realized early on that I’d rather spend my (very limited) money elsewhere, on something that wouldn’t be dead the next day. We’re only having live flowers at the ceremony. Our bridal party (parents included) will get flowers, and we will have two arrangements in the front of the church. That’s it. I didn’t see the need to have live arrangements anywhere else.

Our centerpieces are a combination of silk peonies I bought at Pier One on clearance last fall, and candle arrangements using all those wine bottles. We haven’t really mocked this up yet, but I promise to share them with you when we do!

My floral inspiration has really been all over the board. I originally wanted a green bouquet. Then I was determined to have nothing but peonies. Now, I’ve settled somewhere in between.

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I have sent her a million one liner emails that read something along the lines of:

“Can I have fern curls?”

“What about ranunculus?”

“How do you feel about succulents?”

The poor girl has been bombarded with crazy requests from a bride who had no idea what she wanted. What I did want was a big fluffy bouquet with lots of texture. We finally decided on a combination of peonies (yay!), ranunculus, garden roses, cymbidium orchids, and hypericum berries, with lots of texture added through the use of curly willow, bear and lily grass, fern curls, and succulents. I’m envisioning something with a hint of color (pink) but not a ‘pop’, if you get what I mean.

Yes!!! except not that big…good Lord!

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No!! The size is better though, and I love the texture!

The maids will carry similar bouquets, smaller in size, and more on the cream side of things. They get no peonies!! I just could not afford to give everyone peonies. They will get the big fluffy garden roses.

Mini CC will carry a pomander (or kissing ball) made from carnations. I know, carnations… but seriously, we’ll be lucky if this thing makes it to the ceremony, and then it’s definitely going to end up being abused. I can forgive her for beating up carnations!

Mr. CC is not exactly a “pink” kind of guy and requested something a little more manly. Lucky for him, I love succulents, and think they are wonderfully vintage. His boutonniere will look something like this.

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I love the texture in this, and the Mister loves that it isn’t terribly girly! The boys are, however, going to be subjected to flowers. But, likely cream, not pink!

And I’m basically leaving the rest of the arrangements up to my bridesmaid. I trust her to design something fantastic, vintage (ish), and totally me.

Did you have a specific vision for your florals or are you trusting your florist to handle the details?