suggestions please

[LadyFaile]

i have to confirm my flower choices in the next week or 2 with my planner. and i'm just not sure what i want.
well i kind of do but i'm trying to figure out the combination of things that will look good and not like too much.
it's a casual beach wedding in Maui. so we have to have leis, it's part of the ceremony. for the leis i'm thinking of maile (green leafy vine lookin thing) with small flowers in it, it's the more traditional hawaiian look. but do i want white flowers, they stand out best against the green but i'm not wearing white, my dress is cream. the groom is wearing blue so i thought maybe blue but they won't show as nicely in the photos.
then i have to decide on what else i want... either a bouquet and a single matching flower to put in my hair, or no bouquet and a haku (ring of flowers on the head). i think a bouquet, haku and lei would be too much.
if i do a bouquet it will be either a small assortment of little tropical flowers like plumeria, or 3 large flowers, each a different colour surrounded just by greens, i can't decide which. i like things in 3's lol.

*sigh*

the reception is easy, we're using fake hibiscus flower heads and just scattering them over the tables, and lots and lots of leis (fake). because there is no dinner (just fingerfoods) there isn't a formal place setting so we're going to place the leis on the table at each seat where the plate would be. and our centrepieces are rosebowls with floating candles and lei headbands and bracelets which happen to fit perfectly around the bowls. i'll post photos of course

[wembley]

I vote for a haku and then either a lei or a bouquet. I think both would conflict with each other. I vote for a lei over a bouquet just because it's a little more fun and different. You'd also have your hands free during the whole ceremony but your beautiful flowers are still seen and in all the pictures.

[maroki13]

I think your FH should wear a maile without the white flowers (or with, whichever you prefer) and you could wear a lei (just flowers) without the leaves. What about an orchid lei? I know you wanted the more traditional kind, but I think a pink orchid lei (or yellow would be gorgeous too) would be simple and very pretty, and match the simplicity of your groom's green leafy maile.

I agree that a bouquet would be too much in addition to the lei and flower in your hair. I think a lei with a simple flower in your hair would be gorgeous.

Here is a link to a Hawaiian (real flower) lei company. You could browse through here to get some ideas; I personally love orchid leis, but it is your wedding.

http://www.hawaiianleicompany.com/

[Leslee&Jake]

Originally Posted by wembley

I vote for a haku and then either a lei or a bouquet. I think both would conflict with each other. I vote for a lei over a bouquet just because it's a little more fun and different. You'd also have your hands free during the whole ceremony but your beautiful flowers are still seen and in all the pictures.

I agree!

[m_t_rose]

I think any of the ideas would look great but I espically like the haku.