Bridal Party flowers

[MarthaA562]

I am having a very hard one with this... My dress is ivory and my bridesmaids dresses are sage, but we are having a fall wedding. There are pink beads in my dress... How can I incorporate fall colors with this. I have florist meetings coming up, and would like to have some ideas. Here are the pics:


Bouquet ideas (I am on a budget too, like $500 total for the wedding/reception):

I like simple...

or interesting...

or cascading...
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And then simple tulips or something for my bridesmaids... Which do you all like????
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...62/BQG049x.jpg

[maroki13]

I really like the first bouquet for you, but maybe instead of white, purple, and red you could do white, purple, and pink and your girls could carry pink bouquets?

Just re-read your post and realized that you wanted to incorporate fall colors....sorry. I don't have any ideas for that.

[Yelycrazygirl]

I have no idea…. I’m the type of person that likes to coordinate pretty much everything, from my personal opinion I don’t know how you will be able to incorporate fall colors…. Just in case you don’t have to incorporate the seasons colors just because your wedding is in that season…. I think that with the colors you already have is more than perfect…. I know I wasn’t a big help, but maybe somebody else will have a bigger imagination.

[Marge129]

Originally Posted by MarthaA562

I like this one best. I think it would work well for your BM's. As for you, I'm a fan of all white bouquets for brides.

[Julz518]

Is your $500 budget for EVERYTHING or just for flowers???

Have you thought about simple "bundle" bouquets, or even dried flowers? Dried flowers are very appropriate for fall. I like all of the bouquets you posted, but I'm not ure they are wiithin your budget - so the simplier ones might be better.

I really like the dark pink flowers, I think darker shades of pink and sage go GREAT together (proven by my wardrobe). And it will bring out the pink beads in your dress. Maybe pink gerber daisies? Like the second bouquet you show (though I'm not sure I feel the stuff hanging out the top). And maybe throw in some white roses with the bride's bouquet. I would stay away from all white/green bouquets for the bridesmaids - but I think you need a little "pop" of color.

Orange would also be a pretty color if you want to make it a little more fall-like. I think a little orange with the pink would work ok.

Really, you can do anything - fall is a very colorful time of year!

[labeadel]

The first one is my favorite for your dress and your BM dresses.

I didn't take any examples of what I wanted to my florists when I met with them b/c I wanted to see what they had in their portfolio and how they responded to my thoughts on what I wanted. (This was my mom's suggestion, BTW, and it worked out)

[TheaterDiva1]

I know you said you have pink beads on your dress, but what kind of pink? I can see working a dusty rose color in the bouquets - it's good for fall and works with sage.

[Complicated Woman]

Is your budget $500 for flowers or $500 for EVERYTHING?

If it's $500 for everything, I'd skip flowers altogether and carry a fan or a candle or else just a single stem.

I'm not sure that the bouquets you're looking at will be within your range even if you have $500 just for flowers. Have you considered doing a simple nosegay? You can easily do those yourself and they don't require as many flowers. Plus, keep in mind if you want bouts, corsages for mom and grandma, etc. Good luck!

[MarthaA562]

Originally Posted by TheaterDiva1

I know you said you have pink beads on your dress, but what kind of pink? I can see working a dusty rose color in the bouquets - it's good for fall and works with sage.

It is a dusty rose pink, that is why I don't think I will be able to do the fall color theme... But who cares. I really love this one:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...aA562/Fav3.jpg

I kind of want color in my bouquet!! But this one intrigues me for some reason, it is just so different and would fit with the water in the background, but I don't think it will go with my ivory dress. I just love things that are out of the ordinary!!


But then again, I like the simplicity of this one... although I am not a huge fan of gerber daisies (I think thats what those are), there are actually floral embroideries in my dress that resemble a daisy... And I like the long stems.

Oh, I just can't make up my mind... I like simple and extravagant and unusual all at the same time, but I need to choose the style I like the most.

[555Ann555]

If you are feeling adventurous you could leave it up too your florist! That worked for me when I couldn't decide..

[justnmary]

Originally Posted by 555Ann555

If you are feeling adventurous you could leave it up too your florist! That worked for me when I couldn't decide..

I wish I would have done it that way!

[wembley]

I would say print out the pictures you have and bring all of them with you to the florist. Show her your ideas and look at her pictures. Then between the two of you, the flower choices will turn out beautiful.

[labeadel]

shoot, I told the florist exactly what I wanted, and she still did what SHE wanted. So all in all, I worried about flowers for no reason. They weren't anything like what I asked for. Oh well!

[MarthaA562]

Originally Posted by Complicated Woman

Is your budget $500 for flowers or $500 for EVERYTHING?

If it's $500 for everything, I'd skip flowers altogether and carry a fan or a candle or else just a single stem.

I'm not sure that the bouquets you're looking at will be within your range even if you have $500 just for flowers. Have you considered doing a simple nosegay? You can easily do those yourself and they don't require as many flowers. Plus, keep in mind if you want bouts, corsages for mom and grandma, etc. Good luck!

$500 is the budget just for the flowers for bridal party (includes my bouquet, bridesmaids bouquets, bouttenaires, and corsets). I was thinking about doing different sized ivory candles on a mirror with some flowers that I can buy cheaply at a local grocery or Costco and just snip the stem off and place around them or using rose petals on the table to accent them.

[ljeagle]

Just remember you can do that to far ahead of time they will start to die really fast with out a steam.

[Leslee&Jake]

I love the flowers that you call the interesting one! it is so unique and different! I have never seen anything like that before!