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Bridal bouquet flowers are steeped in tradition, but for contemporary ceremonies, almost anything goes when it comes to choosing the right flowers for your bouquet. Even at extremely formal ceremonies, brides now carry a variety of bridal bouquet flowers that reflect their personality, style, and wedding theme. This new appreciation for bridal bouquet flowers opens up endless possibilities. Along with the abundance of flower varieties now available, this also means limitless choices. However, all of this variety can provide a somewhat overwhelming amount of options. The best way to narrow down your bridal bouquet flower choices is to pick a date for the ceremony, pick a theme, and then choose a dress.
By picking the date for your wedding, you will start to narrow down the choices as to what bridal bouquet flowers are suitable for that time of year. While most bridal bouquet flowers are available throughout the year from florists, some flowers just look better in certain seasons. For example, a cascade of lavender sweet peas lying gracefully on the arm is exquisite for a spring wedding, but might be so great in the wintertime. It is better to pick bridal bouquet flowers that lend themselves to the time of year, rather than get stuck on flowers that are out of season. Remember, that while flowers out of season may still be available, they also will be much more expensive.
Picking a theme for your wedding will also help you narrow down choices for your bridal bouquet flowers. This is because flowers have individual personalities, and can be harmonized to reflect your wedding style. A romantic theme will be further inspired by lush and dreamy flowers like ambiance roses, snapdragons, hydrangea, peonies, hyacinth, and sunflowers. A modern theme will call for the clean line and unique forms of calla lilies, gerbera daisies, tulips, and orchids. If you are planning an exotic destination wedding, bridal bouquet flowers like anthurium, heliconia, ginger flowers, and monstera leaves will be more suitable. Of course, there are always classic bridal bouquet flowers like lily of the valley, calla lilies, roses, baby’s breath, and gardenias for a more traditional theme.
Once you have a date and a theme for your wedding, the type of dress you are going to choose for your wedding will become more apparent, and so will the kind of bridal bouquet flowers you will want to carry. The color of your bridal bouquet flowers can either match or contrast to the color of your dress, and they should also be coordinated with the flowers you choose to decorate your ceremony site and reception hall. If you have a traditional theme and choose calla lilies for your reception, you may want to use miniature calla lilies for your bridal bouquet flowers. Many brides also use their bridal bouquet flowers to decorate hair accessories as well.
Bridal bouquet flowers are such a symbolic part of the ceremony that many brides choose not to toss them over their shoulder to the crowd at the reception, and preserve them instead. Bridal bouquet flowers can be air dried, professionally freeze dried, or preserved with silica gel. These methods will preserve your bridal bouquet flowers long after the ceremony is over, and your bridal bouquet flowers will become fond reminders of one of the most important days of your life.
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