Weddingbee Blog

Hi again! I’ve accidentally (and temporarily) turned into a Weddingbee reader instead of a blogger lately but I’m sure you all haven’t noticed because there have been an influx of SERIOUSLY amazing new bees.

Here is why: soon after we got married, Mr. Crepe landed a great job in San Francisco! We are incredibly grateful for this one, especially with the economy the way it is and starting our lives together with a bit of stability is wonderful. There have been a few rough years in the past, career wise, for both of us, and that had contributed to our extended long distance relationship. It is so gratifying for me to see the mister going to a job he loves, with super cool coworkers who he respects and who respect him. Go Mr. Crepe!

So on top of the transition of getting married and living together for the first time, we have also been dealing with the task of moving cross country.  It’s been a monster. (For those of you who have to do this too, I do have a GREAT car shipping company to recommend! A whole lot of research and breath holding went into this, believe you me.) This has plunged us back into long distance but after 6 years of it, 2 months is totally small beans.

One of the reasons why I stayed behind was to attend a few close friends’ weddings. I wanted to share a detail from one of the weddings here; it was so simple but absolutely beautiful.

Here’s a photograph I took of one of the bridesmaid’s bouquets. Each bouquet was slightly different, which if you are DIYing, is a whole lot easier than making a bunch of identical arrangements and in my opinion, much more lovely.

While looking at this photo and keeping the table arrangements I had at my own wedding in mind (which had a similar, organic style), I noticed a couple of things and wanted to share them with you all who are also doing your own gardeny type flowers:

• Use alternate sizes. Here, she used larger roses and lilies with smaller ones to make it look more natural. The little white wax flowers are the perfect size to wild it up.
• Texture is also important! The berries add a different textural component, as do the bulbed branches. I love the inclusion of dusty miller on the sides, greens don’t have to be boring.

Being a guest is much more fun than throwing a wedding yourself, isn’t it? I thought so…especially since I got to spend some time with the locals.

Any “rules” you’ve come across for bouquet making you’d like to share?