Weddingbee Blog

Check it out: Mardi Gras colored centerpieces!!

(Purple, green, and yellow(/gold)!)

But ohhh wait a sec, our colors are bright blue and pale yellow! Right.

Remember when I mentioned it was important to stress that blue flowers actually be blue? Well I thought I’d do a test run, and yup, it’s important!

Last week I had our final meeting with the florist just to make a few adjustments, and I got to take home a centerpiece mockup (shown above and below):

(I spy a skulking kitty who really wants to eat these flowers)

The florist apologized profusely but said that she couldn’t get any blue irises; all of the irises that arrived were purple. She did say. “Rest assured, the ones for your wedding will be blue!”  I’ll just say I didn’t sleep well that night. Nothing against purple.

Despite the incredibly bright yellow and the purple vs. blue debate, I liked the overall feel of the arrangement - the greenery, the fullness, and the variety of flowers. I think (hope?) it’s just the right look for a fun semi-formal, on-the-water wedding! However I had trouble seeing past the purpleness of the irises, so I threw the photo into Photoshop and did my best at hacking the color to blue and making the yellow a little lighter:

(my Photoshopped version: lightened the yellows and changed purple -> blue!)

Muuuuch better! I think I will just have to have blind faith in the florist that she will deliver blue flowers on the day, and get over it if she doesn’t. There could be worse things, right? At least purple flowers aren’t deadly and don’t smell like cat butt!

I was also a little concerned that our tables would look plain with just a short or tall vase with an arrangement like this, because we won’t have colored linens, chargers, menus, or awesome homemade napkins. No favors at each place setting, and no other decorations on the table: very simple. I had to search a while to find a table as I imagined in weddingblogland - most that were featured seemed to be overloaded with stuff, which of course left me feeling insecure. Like maybe I hadn’t planned enough stuff for our guests to stare at while eating. Shouldn’t they be talking to each other, anyway?!

(From Style Me Pretty)

I like the simplicity of this though, because it really lets the wood barn/space shine. However, we won’t be in an awesome barn, we’ll be in a ballroom - so I’m still wondering if I shouldn’t try to add something little to our table arrangement. Is our flower power strong enough?? Of course, I haven’t even thought about table numbers yet, sooo… that could help.

Are you having simple floral centerpieces? How are you spicing up your tables? Is anyone else slightly stressed about blue vs. purple flowers?