When it comes to choosing designs for your wedding centerpiece flowers, it can be an overwhelming task. There are so many color choices styles, and price ranges it’s hard to know where to begin. Of course you want to have the most beautiful centerpieces to compliment your other wedding flowers and there is no reason you can’t have exactly what you dream of.
The secret is knowing how and where to get what you need to make that happen so let's break it down into a few manageable steps so you will find it an enjoyable experience.
If you decide to use fresh flowers, the month of the wedding will have a big impact on the cost and availability of the flowers. For example, if you have your heart set on red roses and decide to get married during the first two weeks of February, the cost will be many times more than the same flowers for a June wedding. This is due to the supply and demand of red roses for Valentine’s Day. Or if you want to have lots of peonies, but your wedding is in October when they are out of season, you will have to decide if you will use faux peonies, change the date of the wedding, or choose another flower similar to peonies such as cabbage roses. It’s just a matter of deciding what is most important to you.
If you are working with a small budget, there are ways around this. You could use fresh greenery with faux flowers. The “soft touch” brand of faux flowers are so realistic, it is very hard to tell the difference especially from a distance. By using fresh greenery, it is even harder to distinguish the two.
Decide if you will use a modern or traditional style. Of course the centerpiece needs to compliment the bridal bouquet by using the same colors and type of flowers. An example of a modern style would be tall vases with calla lilies and lily grass. A traditional style could be hydrangea, roses, and peonies with fern and camellia leaves.
Consider the height of the wedding centerpiece flowers. A low arrangement allows guests to see across the table, but is less showy. A tall arrangement should be tall enough to keep the arrangement from blocking the view. Tall arrangements are very showy, they add glam
Decide if you will do the centerpieces yourself, if you will have a florist do them, or if you will use a combination of the two. Your budget and dreams will decide this for you. Many brides to be are choosing to do their own flowers and are doing a fantastic job. The key is planning carefully, finding a reasonable source to buy the flowers, and friends to help.
One way to cut cost on your wedding centerpiece flowers is to have a florist use greenery only, deliver the arrangements and let you add the flowers. This is an excellent way to save money and the hard part is done for you. Many people have trouble putting the mechanics together such as floral foam, tape, wire, etc. but the flowers are the easy and most enjoyable part. This also takes care of most of the stress involved in setting up the centerpieces, delivery, etc. The greenery will last much longer than the flowers so it can be set up the day before.
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