Dress Color vs Bouquet Color

When picking the colors for your bridesmaids' bouquets, it's important to consider how the flower color will play against the dress color.  For example, look at how sunflowers pop against the blue dresses, but blend with the yellow dresses.

 

Some combinations will be totally lost against the dress...especially if the dress has a lot of pattern.

 

While other combinations coordinate beautifully without being lost. 

 

 

And still other compliment the dress color, making both shine.

  

More examples of how dresses and flowers mix can be found on my Bridesmaids + Bouquets Pinterest board.

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Inspiration: Boutonnieres

Today, we wanted to highlight one of our favorite things: the boutonniere. 

Traditionally, the groom gives the bride her bouquet, then the bride plucks a single bloom from her bouquet and gives it back to the groom for him to wear.   However, we are finding more and more of our men wanting to really showcase their personality in their boutonniere. 

Enjoy these inspirations and don't forget to check out our Pinterest board for more ideas!

Image via Elizabeth Anne Designs.

Image via Southern Weddings.

Image via Wow Glowing Bride.

Image via Amelia Johnson Photography.

Do you follow our Pinterest?

Everyone who is anyone has a Pinterest account. Celebrities, creatives, and even stay-at-home's use this social media site on a regular basis.

We are constantly "pinning" for our clients and ourselves. In fact, we encourage our clients to get a Pinterest account if they don't already have one and use it to plan their event. It's a great way for us as florists to see what a client likes, is inspired by for their event, and to communicate with them by showing them pictures of our own ideas for them.

This is just one way we use Pinterest. Possibly our favorite way, however, is by sharing our inspirations. As floral designers, our minds are constantly swimming with ideas. We have designed thousands of centerpieces, arrangements, and bouquets in our minds, and now we have a way to share those ideas with our followers.

So -- the big question is -- do you follow our Pinterest?! If not, you should. You can see our boards for certain flowers, past events, and current inspirations. So, come along now, and follow us. We promise we won't lead you astray and we promise to keep you current on the trends in the floral market!

Enjoy!!

Inspiration vs Reproduction: Revisited

Back in August, we talked about inspiration vs reproduction, and since then we have had even more brides come to us already knowing what they want their bouquet to look like. However, most of these brides were only inspired by what they saw. They were not looking for us to recreate the same bouquet, but wanted us to take their idea and put a spin on it to make it their own!

Our top three inspiration vs reality bouquets are below. Please notice how each one has little details that the original did not have. Some changes were made because of the bride's budget, some were because a flower was out of season or the bride didn't like the flower, but most were because the bride wanted something that was her very own. Something that she could look back on and be happy knowing that her personality was captured.

Inspiration (left) used softer blues and greens, but our reproduction (right) used bolder blues and greens to give the bouquet an added pop. We also placed a small blue butterfly in the bouquet for the bride.

Inspiration (top) used a variety of flowers to give extra texture and dimension, but our bride wanted her reproduction (bottom) to be softer with pops of bold color coming from Freespirit Roses to give dimension.

Inspiration (left) used soft pinks and purples to add contrast to the golds and yellows, but our bride requested her reproduction (right) to have no pinks and purples. To reflect the fall season and add extra texture we used Yarrow in place of the berries.

We hope that you have enjoy looking through our inspirations vs reproductions, and find your own inspiration to turn into a symbol of your personality!

Enjoy! And don't forget to check us out on Pinterest! You can see all of the things we are working on and have been inspired by!

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Flower of the Month: June - Rose

Last week, we showed you beautiful options for bridal bouquets made with Roses. This week we want to show you some of our favorite centerpiece designs using roses.

Hope you enjoy and be sure to follow our Pinterest page for more ideas and inspirations!