flower blog

This week, I’ve been blogging about brides, blooms and what’s trendy. So it was very cool when a colleague of mine in Online Marketing shared some of her ideas that added a fresh spin on the trends. Her wedding was last November at Green Pastures in Austin, Texas.

Flowers were from The Flower Studio, cobyneal.com.

Mono-botanic bouquets
As she explains: “My maid of honor carried a bouquet that had five types of green flowers. Each of the other bridesmaids carried a mono-botanical bouquet that included one of the flower types in the maid of honor’s bouquet.

“Each girl got to pick her own dress and her own flower type. This gave them a bit more individuality and made it more fun to see each of the girls walk down the aisle.”


 




Flowers set a mood both rustic and romantic
“We got married under some oak trees and
hung kissing balls and candles from the trees.”




Varying centerpieces at reception / Mono-color flowers
“Rather than having one type of centerpiece in our main dining room, we had the florist come up with a different arrangement for each table. We didn't have assigned seating, but guests later reported that it was fun to pick their table based on the flower arrangements. It got people talking and walking around to different tables just to see the arrangements. We did all the arrangements inside in white and all outside stuff was in green.”




Breathing new life into an old idea
“We used baby’s breath (traditionally known as a filler flower and not liked by a lot of people) as the main flower for the buffet tables. Using a filler flower in an unexpected way created something unique.”




Simply elegant
“As part of the place setting at each table, we used a single galax leaf rather than a flower.”



Do you have great ideas for wedding flowers? If so send them in, with pix if possible.