Help, flower time...

[Evelyn Baker]

White flowers never look to white against a white dress. There is an almost
pure white rose now but it is pretty hard to find. Tinke have a greenish
tinge to them until the open and they are popular for wedding work. Bridal
white are a pale ivory with a pink blush toward the centre. They do change
with the season and where they are grown. In the winter they tend to be more
pink. A popular white rose now is Bianca and Virginia is a great ivory rose.
The big thing to do last year and is still popular is mixing shades of white
and creams. It gives the bouquets a much richer look. If you are using
creams and whites add some greenery at least to the edge of your bouquet.
This will set it apart from your dress which may not show up to well in
pictures if solid white.

For your bride's maids I've found peach and pale yellow are wonderful
against navy. The two pale yellow roses that come to mind are Lemon Dream
and Timeless. Osiana is still an incredibly popular peach rose and it is
beautifully fragrant. You might want to mix ivory roses with very pale
yellow. Instead of spraying baby's breath gold, consider painting some
leaves gold instead. Not all of them just a few to add some glitter. A broad
leaf that I like to use is salal or it's also called lemon leaf. Lightly
spray the leaves so that some green shows through. This can be done several
days in advance and try and wear gloves when you do this so you don't have
any traces of gold paint on your hands on your wedding day. You might also
want to use sheer gold wired ribbon. It adds and elegant feel.

Well there you go. I've given away my floral secrets.

I hope this helps. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to
ask.

Evelyn Baker (416) 285-6085
Apropos Floral Designs Inc.
Toronto, Canada
http://www.aproposflowers.com

joule wrote:

> I'm getting ready to order my flowers for the wedding that takes place
> in less than a month, which I will be arranging myself. I had originally
> thought of ordering white flowers with hopes that they might look more
> off-white since my dress is dark ivory/cream, but after my last
> alteration, I am affraid that the white might be too white and look
> somewhat out of place. (We placed a kleenex next to the dress and it was
> like day and night)
>
> Any other suggestions for colors? The attendants are wearing Navy blue
> (a fairly recent decision), so my other alternative of red roses might
> be too many colors for everything to look uniform. (The colors that are
> in the wedding party attire are ivory, gold, navy, black)
>
> I was thinking of spraying some dried flowers (baby's breath, etc.) in
> gold and adding that to the white flowers, but worried that it might be
> too much too or too different. Any thoughts on this? Or did I just wait
> too long and will just have to deal with red roses?

[joule]

[Wende A. Feller]

joule wrote:
>
> I'm getting ready to order my flowers for the wedding that takes place
> in less than a month, which I will be arranging myself. I had originally
> thought of ordering white flowers with hopes that they might look more
> off-white since my dress is dark ivory/cream, but after my last
> alteration, I am affraid that the white might be too white and look
> somewhat out of place. (We placed a kleenex next to the dress and it was
> like day and night)

Relax! White flowers are not pure white. White roses, especially, are
actually various cream and blush shades. If you choose flowers in white,
pale yellow, and the palest possible pink, you'll have a coordinating
bouquet that actually seems monochromatic rather than multicolored --
and it will look fine with an ivory dress. You might even toss in dark
blue or purply-blue filler to go with the navy dresses.

Wende

[Erin C. D.]

joule wrote in message <36B8A52D...@technologist.com>...
>

>
>I was thinking of spraying some dried flowers (baby's breath, etc.) in
>gold and adding that to the white flowers, but worried that it might be
>too much too or too different. Any thoughts on this? Or did I just wait
>too long and will just have to deal with red roses?

This is random, and potentially useless, but it feels to me like it
might work - instead of spraying the flowers with gold paint, maybe go to
the drug store and get some gold hairspray (Longs in California carries the
stuff, i'm not sure where else does...). It'd be lighter, and less likely to
gob onto the stems. Just a thought, and not one that i've tried (except for
in my hair ;))

Erin CD (6/5/99)

[amba...@ix.netcom.com]

Actually, some white flowers *are* pretty close to pure white; others can be
quite creamy colored or green-tinted or pink-blushed. So I think it is a
legitimate consideration. Especially since "Joule" described her dress as
"dark ivory/cream".

I assume that she is talking about fresh flowers, not silk which sometimes
have more variety in ivories/off-whites that aren't greenish, pinkish, peachy,
yellowed, etc. Unfortunately, bright white flowers next to off-white/ivory
dresses can sometimes make the dress look dingey. As she mentioned about the
kleenex-- night and day. The gold ideas might help to draw in the gown color.
Also, keeping the whitest flowers near the center of the bouquet, away from
the gown can help.

On my website, I answered a question about use of white and off-whites
together. It might be of some help in this discussion. You can find it at :

http://www.netcom.com/~ambarian/quest.html

Or ask and I can e-mail a copy of it.

Good luck.

Sara Ambarian
author/custom bridal designer
amba...@ix.netcom.com

[liz_an...@my-dejanews.com]

In article <36B8A34A...@skypoint.com>,

I completely agree with Wende's remarks. My dress and veil had shades of
ivory and white, and we used various "shades" of white roses in the bouquets.
The attendants' dresses were navy, and we used some blue delphinium to bring
out a bit of it. Here's an image:

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Bistro/5558/altar_girls.gif

Liz

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[HollyLewis]

>I had originally
>thought of ordering white flowers with hopes that they might look more
>off-white since my dress is dark ivory/cream, but after my last
>alteration, I am affraid that the white might be too white

>my other alternative of red roses might

>be too many colors for everything to look uniform. (The colors that are
>in the wedding party attire are ivory, gold, navy, black)

A better option IMHO than all-white, regardless of whether your dress is white
or ivory, is a bouquet in varying shades of white and cream. If you mix
different "shades of white" you end up with something that looks uniform but
coordinates with any color dress. And is easier to photograph successfully,
especially if you also use some other colors.

Is the "gold" metallic gold or a yellow gold? If the latter, try yellow roses.

In any event, I think red roses would look quite nice too, especially if you
mean a metallic gold, though I'd go with just a few long-stemmed blooms tied
with an ivory, navy and/or gold ribbon rather than a "bouquet" if you know what
I mean.

Or forget roses entirely and use bunches of blue and yellow irises.

My wedding party was dark blue and green, my dress was ivory and of course the
tuxes were black, and there were white and yellow colors in some of the decor,
so it's similar to your colors. Our flowers were blue irises, blue delphinium,
yellow roses and yellow freesia. (I hate monochromatic bouquets, especially
white, but of course that's just personal taste.)

No matter what flowers you use, tying the bouquets with ribbon that
incorporates your other colors really helps with "uniformity". Craft and
fabric stores usually have lots of striped, plaid, and print fabric ribbon to
choose from, so you ought to be able to find something that coordinates.

Holly

[Kelli Hughes]

A Kleenex is going to be whiter than white flowers will be. I would still
use white flowers with greenery. They will not be too white. I promise.
Brides use white flowers all the time, and many have ivory dresses. They
look fine.

Kelli

joule wrote:

> I'm getting ready to order my flowers for the wedding that takes place

> in less than a month, which I will be arranging myself. I had originally

> thought of ordering white flowers with hopes that they might look more
> off-white since my dress is dark ivory/cream, but after my last

> alteration, I am affraid that the white might be too white and look
> somewhat out of place. (We placed a kleenex next to the dress and it was
> like day and night)
>

> Any other suggestions for colors? The attendants are wearing Navy blue

> (a fairly recent decision), so my other alternative of red roses might

> be too many colors for everything to look uniform. (The colors that are
> in the wedding party attire are ivory, gold, navy, black)
>