Wedding Flowers for a Beautiful Bride

As many of you know, I dabble in wedding flowers, among other “artsy” things. Truth be known, I am probably doing more than “dabbling” as this business has been pretty steady since the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019. I love everything about flowers but I especially enjoy weddings. Brittany, my last bride, wanted a very simple look, asking for white flowers and greens for her bridal bouquet. As always, it is my joy and pleasure to design a bridal bouquet that is what the bride has in mind for her special day. One of the hardest parts of doing flowers is actually picking them out, especially for brides who have no idea about types of flowers other than the color. Fortunately for me, Brittany handed that entire decision over to me. Sometimes that works to my benefit, other times, it’s better to have the bride’s plan. (Decisions can be hard because so many choices are available!) I had been chomping at the bit to get to use spirea for a while and since the bride gave me free reins, I went for it! Oh my. That shrubbery is divine! Such a spring accent (bottom left in the pic). Anyway, here are the flowers from the Mart. I go early into L.A., like 4:30 a.m. You know what they say, the early bird gets the worm. :). Lucky for me this wedding was small, I didn’t have to go into L.A. until Saturday for the Sunday wedding, so I got to sleep in and leave at 5:30 a.m. :). Here is just a bit of what I bought. Those soft blushy roses below are Vendelas.  They were gorgeous and held up really well.  Of course I added ranunculus and anemones.

Then it was onto the bridesmaids bouquets…

And then the bridal bouquet…I never tire of doing these. They have their challenges because every flower is unique and has a mind, or rather body, of it’s own. They can take nearly an hour to create. Sometimes I get done quicker, other times it takes 2 hours. I’m a bit of a perfectionist. (Ya think?)

And then there are the boutonnieres that are way easier than bouquets.

White roses, wax flowers, thistle and greens make up the groom’s boutonnière.

And the corsages are made so much easier using cold glue and a snap bracelet. No wire or wrapping here! Yay!

I usually make all the arrangements first because they can be made a day or two ahead of time. This arrangement was for the sweetheart table and surprisingly, made last. Because the bride was on a budget, we didn’t know what I would be able to create with the remaining flowers if anything. I had plenty to use since I generally overbuy just in case a few flowers die or get broken. Wish I had a picture of it at the venue but this time the flowers were picked up by the coordinator and delivered so this pic will have to do. I made the ring with love inside. I love to make weddings as personal and unique as possible, as much for the bride and groom, as it is for me. I like lots of changes when designing. No two weddings should ever be the same.

Although I love everything about arranging flowers, the least fun part is loading them up. I have to find ways to prevent the flowers from falling over (there are tricks!), keep the car very cool and pack it all up in a short amount of time. It is probably the most stressful for me. I’m getting better at it as time passes but it is definitely not the fun part. Lol. The greens with just baby’s breath were the table arrangements. The bride requested those for the tables.

And just like that, the flowers were on their way! Cannot wait to see the photos from the wedding. The best part was hearing from a happy bride who was only expecting baby’s breath and greens. :). I love to add surprises to a budget-conscious bride. Can’t always do it but this one worked.

XO,

Debi

Here are two arrangements created from the left over flowers that I got to play around with and keep. 🙂