Bouquets and Bouts

Bouquets and Bouts

August 14th, 2010 @ 4:45 pm by Mrs. Cardigan
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A couple of days ago, I talked about our centerpieces and how Mr. Cardy and I were so thrilled to be able to have real flowers. Now, I’m excited about the centerpieces and all, but the part of our flower contract that gets me really excited are the ceremony flowers – our bouquets and boutonnieres.

I have this thing for flower bouquets. I love them. Mr. Cardy buys me fresh flowers to keep in the house all the time, and I just love the look of a pretty bunch of flowers. Even though I love bouquets, I had a hard time finding inspiration photos that really fit what I wanted – soft and romantic, but still bright and fun. I found this one, and it fit what I was looking for pretty well:

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And then while I was in the middle of putting together an email to send to our florist about our inspiration, I got an email from a friend who saw a wedding on Snippet & Ink and thought of me. That’s when I found THE bouquet.

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Y’all, I can’t even explain how much I love this bouquet. It’s fluffy and romantic, but punchy and bright all at the same time. I love everything about it! So, I immediately sent it over to our florist. Oh, and guess what else was a part of that wedding?

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Is that not the most gorgeous boutonniere you’ve ever seen? Swoon! As my luck would have it, though, Mr. Cardigan didn’t really like the gray thing in it (you know, only my favorite part of the stupid boutonniere). But, I sent the photo over to our florist anyways, so she could at least have an idea of the style we like.

So. What will be in my bouquet?

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Yellow Ranunculus

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White Hypercium Berries

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Yellow Solidago

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Dusty Miller

As well as some yellow roses, billy buttons (of course!) and some other white accents. My bridesmaids bouquets will be similar to mine, with more white flowers and fewer yellow.

And for Mr. Cardy’s bout, we’ll have two billy buttons, with some dusty miller as an accent (so I can get my gray in there!) with some of the white berries, and a little bit of the solidago.

I’m really excited about our ceremony flowers, and I think that our florist did a great job of taking what I wanted and translating that into something I could afford! I cannot WAIT to see how they all turn out!

Did you end up getting more excited about an aspect of the wedding than you thought you would? I never thought I’d be this excited about our flowers!

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14 Responses to “Bouquets and Bouts”

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fishwoman (message) 196 posts, Blushing bee

Yay! I love the style of flowers you are choosing. I also got excited about my flowers unexpectedly. I choose black dresses just so my green flowers would stand out more.

8/14/10 @ 6:05 pm (reply)

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jlp2w71611 (message) 298 posts, Helper bee

Gorgeous! I can’t wait to get unexpectedly excited over something with the wedding

8/14/10 @ 8:17 pm (reply)

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Claire

Your bouquets sound lovely. It is great that you were able to finally find something to help communicate to your florist what you are looking for.

8/14/10 @ 8:41 pm (reply)

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jgoulart (message) 1,069 posts, Bumble bee

I love it! We had green hypericum berries and they turned out great

8/14/10 @ 9:19 pm (reply)

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photographernico (message) 527 posts, Busy bee

Uhm, so that is one of TWO bouquets I absolutely love. It’s playful, artsy/whimsical, soft with bold blooms… oh and it’s yellow. I adore it. We’re using a lot of the same flowers but incorporating succulents.

8/14/10 @ 10:22 pm (reply)

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Miss Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

What a pretty bouquet! I love ranunculas! And the yellow really makes them pop! Lovely!

8/14/10 @ 10:56 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Pin Cushion (message) 1,012 posts, Bumble bee

Ah, it looks like the bouts are going to be gorgeous!

8/15/10 @ 4:28 am (reply)

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Teresa M

I love that you’re not scared of yellow, I like it but everyone’s like oh, no one looks good next to yellow…

8/15/10 @ 11:02 am (reply)

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Miss Socks (message) 1,323 posts, Bumble bee

I LOVE that bout!! Mr. Cardy is no fun…boooo!! It’ll still look fab though

8/15/10 @ 11:16 am (reply)

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ohnyc (message) 133 posts, Blushing bee

Those are all really pretty combinations!

Just one thing about the Dusty Miller. It wilts really quickly. I’m not sure if the florist went over that. Because of that, I’m not sure about using it in the bout. I’m afraid it will droop pretty fast

I have grown Dusty Miller in the flowerbed outside my back door for 5 years (it comes up year after year). So when I cut it I have to be very careful to get it into water asap.

8/15/10 @ 12:16 pm (reply)

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mebless (message) 512 posts, Busy bee

I’m really excited about our flowers too! I absolutely love our florist and she has a really good eye with flowers! She took the time to get to know us and amazingly picked flowers that fit our personality and our wedding I’m overly thrilled about our flowers and centerpieces!!

8/15/10 @ 2:10 pm (reply)

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Miss Starfish (message) 1,924 posts, Buzzing bee

I can’t wait to see how your flowers turn out!

8/16/10 @ 10:22 am (reply)

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plantains (message) 2,433 posts, Buzzing bee

You just got me thinking that maybe the flowers will not kill me after all!

8/16/10 @ 2:43 pm (reply)

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