Floral Wedding Arrangement Ideas

Use your imagination and creativity when choosing floral arrangements for your wedding.

Floral arrangements are as common at weddings as the bride and groom. Flowers add décor and accents to several different aspects of weddings, including bridal party bouquets, centerpieces, aisle decorations and wedding arches. The beauty of using floral arrangements in a wedding is the sheer number of ways you can incorporate them into both your ceremony and reception and still keep them from looking exactly like every other wedding floral arrangement your guests have seen. Your floral arrangements are created to suit your tastes -- your color choices and your preferred flowers.

Bridal Bouquets

Typically bridal bouquets are custom made to match the color theme of a wedding ceremony, including the color of the dresses worn by each bridesmaid. The bride's bouquet is traditionally larger than the rest of her bridal party's arrangements. Carry a bridal bouquet where the stems are clean of all leaves and other things and wrap wide ribbon around the stems to create a clean, fresh look. Think outside the box and create a bouquet that includes flowers, greenery and vegetables -- yes, vegetables. Wedding experts at theknot.com suggest creating a bouquet with small peppers clustered in your bouquet. This is especially pretty for a fall wedding when the colors of peppers are prevalent.

Centerpieces

Wedding experts at theknot.com state that understated centerpieces are just as elegant as tall, elaborate centerpieces. Rather than using round tables, as is common in the majority of wedding receptions, opt for long banquet tables instead. Use a runner down the length of your tables and line small, short vases filled with lush flowers down the length of the runners. Use colorful flowers or one solid color to line your tables. Large flowers, such as peonies, work especially well in short vases.

Aisle Arrangements

Hang decorative cones filled with flower petals to each chair lining the aisle at your ceremony location. The type of flower petal is up to you and your personal taste, but using eucalyptus petals in your cones will provide a sweet but subtle scent to your venue as an added bonus. Not only is aisle décor for your ceremony something that adds to the setting of your wedding, it's also an added expense to what is already a very expensive day. However, this aisle décor pulls double duty. Aside from adding a pretty touch to your décor, these cones are also used by your guests to toss on you and your new husband as you make your way back down the aisle.

Place Card Displays

It's no secret that the little, personal touches are the ones that add the most dramatic effect to any wedding. One way to ensure your guests remember your floral arrangements is to use them in a way that they've never seen before. Instead of setting up your place cards on a table with a white cloth, place them in a large box filled with small flowers such as hydrangeas. The trick is to keep the flowers in the box small and simple so as not to overwhelm the place cards. Guests will be impressed with your floral touch when picking up their cards before locating their tables.

References

• The Knot: 25 Wedding Flowers We Love Right Now
• The Knot: Vegetable Accented Bouquets
• The Knot: Eucalyptus Tossing Petals
• The Knot: Table Runners
• The Knot: Hydrangea Escort Card Display