One things that we saved a big chunk of money on was flowers. I made all of our wedding flowers in advance with silk flowers to not only save money but also reduce stress (and they don’t wilt!). We were pleased with how all of the flowers came out.

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I’m a detail-oriented person so I think as I begin to share the elements of the Lilac wedding with you, I’ll share some details first. Bring on the pictures….

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By now, you’ve probably seen a brooch bouquet or twelve! What used to be a unique alternative to your bridal bouquet is becoming a bit overdone in the wedding world! Hey, it isn’t the brooch bouquets fault it’s so darn cute!

To get back the uniqueness of the bouquet, check out this cool twist!  A heart-shaped brooch bouquet!

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I’m super excited to show all of you how these turned out. You might remember me talking about making flowers out of fabric and trims for the wedding party…well they are finally done – and rather impressive if I do say so myself! Let’s start with the smaller projects – the groomsmen’s boutonnieres. I think these will really pop on their khaki suits!

groomsmen bouts

close up

The bridesmaids bouquets took a little more time because, well there are a lot more flowers in each one – nine to be exact! I tucked the tulle in between the flowers for texture. I think the blue tulle adds dimension. These too will pop as the girls are wearing navy taffeta dresses.

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Time to start looking for wrist pretties for the moms: my mother, my future mother-in-law, and the two grandmas. We’re going to wrist corsages because they don’t need to be pinned and they’re more convenient than hand-held mini bouquets.

Criteria:

1- Real flowers. I love how creative the options are in terms of silk or handmade (seriously, gorgeous options on Etsy), but there’s nothing like classic, real flowers to go with our chic wedding.

2- Not Prom-like.

to avoid.

But that’s tough, right?

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I think I’ve been driving my florist crazy. I originally wanted this bout for my groom:

a sophisticated white anemone.

After some research and after ordering samples to show me, she tells me that anemones are too fragile (their petals are tissue paper thin) to hold up to July heat. They’ll make it through the ceremony, but she’s afraid they will wilt during the reception. Yeah, as if the groom isn’t going to be photographed during the reception. So this clearly doesn’t work.

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I’m starting to look into flowers more seriously now. Although I’ve been saving inspiration pics for ages, I’ve realized that I am really drawn to big, “fluffy” flowers with lots of petals. Like so:

peonies, ranunculus, anemonies

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On at least five separate occasions, I’ve been asked, “What are your wedding colors?” And the truth is, we don’t have any. Which is not to say that our wedding will be void of color — in fact, quite the opposite is true — but at no point did we sit down and pick a two- or three-color scheme for our wedding.

Is that so shocking?

Yes, apparently it is.

Instead, the guiding aesthetic principle for our wedding is: jewel tones. We’re getting married in a stately private club that is already outfitted with rich wood accents, gilded chandeliers and magnificent stained glass windows. It has so much personality going for it already, we thought committing to an arbitrary three-color scheme would just look and feel forced.

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One of the biggest expenses when planning a wedding is the flowers. I mean, think of all the places you have to put them!

You have the  brides bouquet, the bridesmaids’ bouquets, the button holes, church decorations and any that you want in the reception venue. By the time you have considered it all you can likely added on a good £1000 to your budget.

But do you have to?

The theme for my wedding is going to be a dark blue, white and touches of silver. When it came to thinking about bouquets, I knew pretty much straight away what I wanted to have – something dainty and not too bulky, probably daisies. However, my biggest worry was the price.

It was then that I came across a couple of alternative types of bouquet that would help me save a lot of money and I would be able to keep for a long time after the wedding.

I expect you know what I am going to say – yes, silk flowers.

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So we met with a florist last weekend. Whew, that appointment was definitely more than I had bargained for!  Lovebug and I had previously talked about what flowers we wanted in a road trip we had taken over the summer. He was content with having my mother and I go to the florist while he was at work knowing that we had pretty much already picked everything. Man, was he wrong.

Our appointment, which we were told would take about 2 hours, took 2 1/2 and we didn’t even get to reception decor! I was really pleased with the florist we met with, Nancy, and LOVED her ideas. I did not realize, however, how much stuff I needed to know already! She asked all kinds of questions that I really had not even thought about yet. Here are a sampling of them:

• How big are the flower girl baskets?
• What color dress is everyone wearing who is getting a corsage?
• Do we want pin-on corsages or wrist corsages?
• What type of wrap do we want for the bouquets?
• What color wraps do we want for the bouquets?
• Do we have swatches of both my dress and the bridesmaid dresses?

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