Ideas for Bride Bouquets
It's never too early to start planning your bridal bouquet for the big day. Express your personality as a bride and your wedding theme with a bouquet of flowers that makes a statement without stealing the show. Whether you choose a traditional bouquet of roses, or an unexpected bunch of wildflowers, adding a personal touch to your bouquet makes the most of your wedding theme and sense of style as you walk down the aisle.
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Roses
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Bouquets can feature rosebuds, or roses in full bloom. Rose colors carry specific meanings and are ideal for weddings of all seasons. You can customize your bouquet by mixing certain colors together to represent your sentiments. For example, if you and your husband-to-be were friends for a long time before your romance blossomed, you can carry a bouquet of yellow roses (which signify friendship) and feature a single red rose in the middle of your bouquet to express true love.
You can also carry solid lavender roses to represent love. Lavender roses are ideal for a spring wedding, and you can have the bouquet tied with three to five streamers in spring green satin or velvet ribbon. Streamers make a subtle contrast against wedding dresses while adding a romantic look to bouquets.
Tropical Bouquet
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Lilies are available in pastel and bold colors. If you're getting married on the beach or in a tropical setting, you can get creative with a fragrant bouquet of gardenias or lilies. For example, a bouquet of gardenias tied with raffia lends casual appeal to your dress if you're walking barefoot down the "aisle" of a sandy beach.
Add a touch of formal elegance to your ceremony with a bouquet of pink and white stargazer lilies. Lilies are often flecked with pink or red spots, giving them a wild tropical look that complements a simple white dress made of gauzy fabric or linen.
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Winter Whites
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Amaryllis blooms are also available in red. For an all-white wedding in the winter season, a bouquet of large white flowers such as poinsettias or amaryllis adds interest to the wedding's theme without overpowering your dress.
White poinsettias bound with white satin ribbon look elegant and festive for holiday-themed weddings. For a softer look, you can also surround poinsettias with baby's breath sprays or white roses.
For a contemporary winter wedding, three amaryllis blooms add warmth and sophistication to modern strapless wedding dresses with clean lines and no lace. The long, solid stem of the amaryllis bloom is substantial and also lends a simple polished look to satin or velvet dresses.
Wildflowers
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Dianthus belongs to the carnation family. Casual or outdoor weddings call for a bouquet of wildflowers you can hand-pick and bind yourself. If you're getting married in the backyard, then take advantage of nature's bounty to create a bouquet of whatever is available outdoors. For example, early summer is the time jasmine and dianthus are in bloom.
Bind five to seven jasmine vines together for a flowing bouquet of fragrant yellow flowers. You can also carry confederate jasmine vines featuring small white flowers against a backdrop of deep green leaves. Be sure to wrap vines tightly at the base with floral tape and limit the length to no more than 3 feet for convenient carrying.
For a tight bouquet of showy blooms in hot pink, pick a bunch of dianthus and create a spray of color against a white or pastel wedding dress. Dianthus blooms emit a sweet, fragrant aroma, and color varieties are typically available in home home improvement centers in early spring. You can blend colors such as white, soft pink and lavender for a mixed bouquet.
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