Flower colors
Angie
Awhile back there was a thread on champagne colored BM dresses and what
color of flowers they should carry. I changed my BM dresses from a pale
pink to champagne and I was wondering if anyone else is having this color
and if so what color and type of flowers are your BM carrying?
TIA,
Ang (marrying Chris 6.6.98)......47 days and counting!
Evelyn Baker
Champagne is such a lovely neutral colour that any hue of flowers could be
used. White and champagne will tend to disappear into the dres if there is no
greenery.
Pale pinks, mauves, peaches, pale yellow will all look beautiful.
Evelyn Baker
Apropos Floral Designs
Toronto, Canada (416) 285-6085
www.aproposflowers.com
HCAMMACK
The color of your flowers should depend not only on the color of the dresses
but also the time of year. When are you getting married?
CnJ Oct 99
I have fallen in love with a picture of a bouquet in all lavendar colored
flowers for my bridal bouquet. I will be getting married in the fall of 1999
and will probably change the color of the bouquet to go with the season (i.e.
yellow, orange, or mixed). My question to all of you: is anyone else planning
on a non-white bridal bouquet??
Jill ( and Chris)
October 16, 1999
(aka MumpyRaf)
MMHazelnut
Yes! Yes! Me! Me! I, too, have fallen in love with purple flowers. That was my
sole request to my bridesmaids...that they pick a dress in a color that will
enable me to carry purple (any shade!) flowers.
They chose a plum dress...and I'm still unsure exactly what flowers I am going
to pick. I love the lavendar roses mixed with some peach roses and maybe even
champagne roses and/or pink. I want the primary focus of my total bouquet to
look purple (again, any shade...right now though, I am leaning toward the
lighter purples). I think I'd like a little plum in my bouquet to pick up the
color in the girls dresses, but other than that, I am open (and looking for)
other suggestions.
Susan
"Hawaii Bound"
Tamara Williams
Yours is in the fall, so this may not work for you, but for late spring or early
summer there is a variety of tall bearded iris (not like the little ones you see in
the stores) that has very pale lavendar top petals and deep purple lower petals.
They're large - about the size of lilies, and they wilt quickly like tulips if not
prepared carefully, but they're absolutely gorgeous.
Tamara
CnJ Oct 99
Sarah Gushee
Keeping in mind that I am not a big fan of seasonal color themes (or any other
deliberate themes for that matter), I say go for the lavender!
We are getting married in September. My one concession to the season may be to
select a poem with an autumnal theme, but am leaning to a different one. As for
the bouquet, it will be a garden-/wildflower style mix of blue and purple flowers
(such as bachelor's buttons and the hideously named scabiosa), offset by pale
yellow freesia (complementary colors, don'tcha know) and champagne spray roses to
tie in with my champagne-colored dress. No idea what the final product is going to
look like, but it sounds nice in theory. And if I don't like it, hey...I chose it!
Good luck with your choice.
Sarah (& Peter, 9/19/98)
Anne
Yes!
I am getting married on 25th Sept 99 and I'm thinking of having a white and
red bouquet done in roses with white baby's breath and ivy in the shape of
a tear drop. Don't know if this is going to work yet as I haven't spoken
to the florists but I wanted to pick up the colours of my bridesmaids
dresses.
(The red will probably be dark red almost burgundy)
Anne
CnJ Oct 99 <cnjo...@aol.com> wrote in article
<199804291059...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
King/Furnish
YES! I am the Queen of Anti-White things when it comes to my wedding. My
dress has both blue & green on it, I am going to wear either a blue veil or
a veil with flowers of my bridesmaids' colours, and my 4 little bridesmaids
are wearing pink, purple, blue, and green. Not only am I using colour - I
am a colour REBEL because I'm not using typical autumn colours for my
september wedding.
Yay, colours!
Posey
Wende Vyborney
CnJ Oct 99 wrote:
>
> I have fallen in love with a picture of a bouquet in all lavendar colored
> flowers for my bridal bouquet. I will be getting married in the fall of 1999
> and will probably change the color of the bouquet to go with the season (i.e.
> yellow, orange, or mixed). My question to all of you: is anyone else planning
> on a non-white bridal bouquet??
The original way-back-when custom was a white and purple bridal *wreath*
(head dress)... the "white bouquet" thing comes and goes in the
etiquette books and should not be taken too seriously -- you'll find
plenty of Victorian photos in which the bride's bouquet is not white. In
the 1980s, the standard florists' books did color-coordinated "suites"
of wedding flowers in which the bride's bouquet was white ONLY when the
rest of the flowers were also all white.
Mine will be mixed colors.
Wende
Sandi Rollins
In article <199804291059...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
CnJ Oct 99 <cnjo...@aol.com> wrote:
>My question to all of you: is anyone else planning
>on a non-white bridal bouquet??
You bet! I wore a champagne-colored brocade gown with gold accents, and
a white bouquet would have looked *awful* (in my opinion).
And I really wanted some dramatic colors, scent, and size. So I
had a small bouquet made up of burgundy/ivory stargazer lilies,
mixed with burgundy roses (sprayed with gold flecks), white
lisianthus (a white medium-sized open flower); plumosa greenery,
and a trailing edge of burgundy snapdragons.
The stargazers looked *amazing*. And smelled even better.
It was tied with traling gold ribbons. Gorgeous! Very me, very colorful,
and it pulled our colors together quite nicely (ivory, burgundy and gold).
Sandi R. (and David)
11/3/97 (a Monday!)
Ketchup
cjr wrote:
>
> CnJ Oct 99 wrote:
> >
> > is anyone else planning on a non-white bridal bouquet??
>
> market that week, tied with a nice ivory ribbon to match the dress. I
> doubt there will be *any* white in there.
That's my plan of action as well! :-) I'm planning to use some tree
leaves in my bouquet. I'm not sure how to explain it, and we haven't
made it up yet, but I wanted to have some large, lobed oak leaves in
there. My philosophy is that it's hard to make flowers look ugly, so
whatever we end up with will be okay.
I think we'll have some lily-of-the-valley blooming in the garden, so
I'll probably add some of that. It's my birth flower (awwwwwwwww)
Ketchup
King/Furnish
in response to whomever posted about both leaves and using liliy of the
valley...
I saw a great picture of a bouquet that was ONLY Lily of the Valley - had to
be about 200 of them - and it was wrapped in huge, flat leaves... it looked
amazing! If I was going to be married at a time that it wouldn't cost as
much as my dress to have 'em, I would do this - even break my no white
flowers rule! Using leaves like that is really popular here in the UK, and
it looks incredibly lovely.
Posey
Ketchup
Posey, it was me. Did you see that picture on the web by chance?
Ketchup
MizAbyss
>
>I have fallen in love with a picture of a bouquet in all lavendar colored
>flowers for my bridal bouquet. I will be getting married in the fall of 1999
>and will probably change the color of the bouquet to go with the season (i.e.
>planning
>on a non-white bridal bouquet??
....Sure am, and my mom wasn't too happy about it either!
And to top it off, I am not going with soft pastels, either!
It's brights, brights, brights! Yellow & coral colored orchids & roses.
I have had more people ask me the colors of the flowers, and I say "yellow &
coral" and they say, "like butter yellow & peach?".... and I say, "no like
brighter versions of those two colors"....and then they make a face. And I
respond with, "just wait 'til you get married, you'll be able to pick all your
favorites, too."
K. Zaruba
CnJ Oct 99 wrote:
>
> I have fallen in love with a picture of a bouquet in all lavendar colored
> flowers for my bridal bouquet. I will be getting married in the fall of 1999
> and will probably change the color of the bouquet to go with the season (i.e.
> yellow, orange, or mixed). My question to all of you: is anyone else planning
> on a non-white bridal bouquet??
>
>
> October 16, 1999
> (aka MumpyRaf)
Heck yes, I had purple and lavender. I just had some white put in (in the form of
small white tulips and some white ribbon), but all the other flowers were shades of
purple. I thought it looked great.
I was getting married in the winter so I tried to stick with one color (as opposed
to adding in some pinks or other colors). Otherwise I thought it would look
spring-like and out of place.
If you do end up going with purple (thought it sounds like you'll be changing) do be
careful about shades. Plum is really popular in clothing these days, but it doesn't
go well with royal purple. So keep that in mind if you are trying to match.
-- KZ
*
* I have a wedding page with a collection of ideas for small weddings,
* theme weddings, and destination weddings :
*
* http://www.umich.edu/~kzaruba/wedding.html
*
Maria Amato
We're getting married in October, and using a lot of fall colors in our decorations of the
church and reception site (e.g., burgundy leaf tucked into each napkin). My dress is a
creamy white. I'm thinking about using dried flowers for my bouquet, because I like the
muted colors. Do you think that's too strange?
K. Zaruba
Maria Amato wrote:
>
> We're getting married in October, and using a lot of fall colors in our decorations of the
> church and reception site (e.g., burgundy leaf tucked into each napkin). My dress is a
> creamy white. I'm thinking about using dried flowers for my bouquet, because I like the
> muted colors. Do you think that's too strange?
>
No! Sounds beautiful! I chose my florist because the dried arrangements
she has in her window were always so breathtaking! I didn't happen to
use dried flowers (I had to mail them, and was afraid they'd not survive
the trip well) but think they would make a stunning bouquet.
Shari
Yippee!! Someone else is doing dried flowers! (I was starting to wonder
if I was alone... although being unique isn't a bad thing). Anyway,
which flowers were you thinking about using? I haven't decided for the
bouquets yet, but Erick and the guys will probably have boutineers w/
purple stattice. I'm hoping to find some periwinkle/purplish and gold
flowers for me and the BMs.
Take care,
Shari (&Erick 9/19/98)
S. Smith
Ketchup wrote:
> > CnJ Oct 99 wrote:
> > >
> > > is anyone else planning on a non-white bridal bouquet??
At this moment (I'm still flipping through ideas), I'm looking to
incorporate yellow roses and bluebonnets into my bouquet (being a native
Texan). I might change my mind when I find out the cost, tho. But
I LOVE the colorful effect against a white gown....all-white bouquets just
seem to get lost.
Stacy
Michelle
My fiancé got me a dozen white roses the day he asked me to marry him.
I still have the roses. They are beautiful. I wanted to make my bridal
bouquet with them. It would have been so special!
My mother convinced me not to do it. I care so much about those roses
and the chance of having them crushed on the wedding day are quite
high. I agreed.
Good luck with your dried flowers!
Michelle
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I don't think dried flowers for your bouquet is strange at all. A number of the
bridal magazines have shown pix of dried flowers as bouquets. Very pretty, and
very different too.
-Susan (marrying Joe 7-18-98)
"Hawaii Bound"
poo...@webtv.net
Michelle
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 19:22:44 +0100, "King/Furnish"
<ne...@bridezilla.afurnish.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>in response to whomever posted about both leaves and using liliy of the
>valley...
>
>I saw a great picture of a bouquet that was ONLY Lily of the Valley - had to
>be about 200 of them - and it was wrapped in huge, flat leaves... it looked
>amazing! If I was going to be married at a time that it wouldn't cost as
>much as my dress to have 'em, I would do this - even break my no white
>flowers rule! Using leaves like that is really popular here in the UK, and
>it looks incredibly lovely.
This looks really nice! However, I am getting married in August and
was told by the florist that there are two flowers I wouldn't be able
to get in August, that is Lily of the Valley and another one, which I
forget the name. I was quite disapointed when told this.
By the way, my wedding is in Canada, so availability might be better
elsewhere.
Michelle
On 29 Apr 1998 04:04:24 GMT, cnjo...@aol.com (CnJ Oct 99) wrote:
>I have fallen in love with a picture of a bouquet in all lavendar colored
>flowers for my bridal bouquet. I will be getting married in the fall of 1999
>and will probably change the color of the bouquet to go with the season (i.e.
>on a non-white bridal bouquet??
I am am going to have a lavender (or purplish color) bouquet with
probably some white. I think a color bouquet looks fabulous against
the white dress.
I just don't know what purple/lavender flowers are available in
August. Any one have any ideas?
King/Furnish
sweet peas, blue statice, asters, cornflowers (bluish-purple) and cosmos -
these flowers are all in season in the northeast, and most will not be
expensive.
Posey
msmst...@aol.com
cnjo...@aol.com (CnJ Oct 99) wrote:
>I have fallen in love with a picture of a bouquet in all lavendar colored
>flowers for my bridal bouquet. I will be getting married in the fall of 1999
>and will probably change the color of the bouquet to go with the season (i.e.
>yellow, orange, or mixed). My question to all of you: is anyone else planning
>on a non-white bridal bouquet?
I definitely plan to have lots of color in my bouquet. My sister's was all
white -- while it *was* beautiful, it just looked sooo... white. :) I
know.. I'm really making myself clear here.
Anyway, I have looked at about 400 pictures (with the florist) and I still
haven't found anything that really grabs my eye. I'm going to start back
through some of my old bridal magazines for ideas on all those things that I
glossed over back when I was just looking for a dress. (I knew there was a
reason for keeping those).
Just so you know, the cover of the.. I think July/August issue of Bridal
Guide (?) has a really cute little lavender bouquet pictured with a very
traditional white dress--and they look great together.
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Rose Eby
> cnjo...@aol.com (CnJ Oct 99) wrote:
> >yellow, orange, or mixed). My question to all of you: is anyone else planning
> >on a non-white bridal bouquet?
Yes - I just told the florist my colors are cobalt and spring green.
She came up with a bunch of flowers which are in the blue-purple
colors. I told her which ones I preferred, she told me which were the
best to work with. We settled on a few different varieties in the
colors that she will use and accents with some white roses and some
white orchids (Phil's whole family is crazy about orchids). I just gave
her the list of what I needed and what I generally had in mind (i.e.
cascade for mine, basket for FG, wristlets for candlelighters etc.) and
told her to come up with something.
Well, what do you know about that... I just realized there is one aspect
that I didn't agonize and obsess over way too much ;-)
Rose
Evelyn Baker
Although Lily of the Valley is available only locally in May when it is naturally in
season it can be procured all year round. In the Toronto area it is imported from
Holland. There are also growers in the US that will force Lily of the Valley specially
for your wedding. It most be, of course, ordered well in advance. There is also no
guarantee that it will be ready for your wedding. Warning: Be prepared to pay exorbitant
prices for it. One stem doesn't go very far and it can run over $3.00 CDN a stem when
out-of-season. Those pictures of tiny bouquets may have over 50 stems.
Evelyn Baker
Apropos Floral Designs
Toronto, Canada (416) 285-6085
http://www.aproposflowers.com
Michelle wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 19:22:44 +0100, "King/Furnish"
> <ne...@bridezilla.afurnish.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >in response to whomever posted about both leaves and using liliy of the
> >valley...
> >
> >I saw a great picture of a bouquet that was ONLY Lily of the Valley - had to
> >be about 200 of them - and it was wrapped in huge, flat leaves... it looked
> >amazing! If I was going to be married at a time that it wouldn't cost as
> >much as my dress to have 'em, I would do this - even break my no white
> >flowers rule! Using leaves like that is really popular here in the UK, and
> >it looks incredibly lovely.
>
> This looks really nice! However, I am getting married in August and
> was told by the florist that there are two flowers I wouldn't be able
> to get in August, that is Lily of the Valley and another one, which I
> forget the name. I was quite disapointed when told this.
>
> By the way, my wedding is in Canada, so availability might be better
> elsewhere.
>
Evelyn Baker
August is actually one of the best times of year for flowers as a lot of field flowers
are being harvested locally. Delphinium is a wonderful blue/lavender flower and is great
in bouquets and boutonnieres. Lisianthus is a very delicate looking flower that comes in
different shades of mauves, purples, pinks, cream and white. Mauve roses are still
relatively rare and some like Prelude are beautifully scented. If your are going for a
wild look September Wheat or Monte Casino (looks like a roadside aster) is a wonderful
addition to bouquets. Lavender is also available fresh at this time of year. Hydrangea is
also a wonderful bouquet choice. If your going a little bit more elegant, dendrobian,
cattelaya and cymbidium orchids are available in different shades of mauves and purples.
If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Evelyn Baker
Apropos Floral Designs
Toronto, Canada (416) 285-6085
http://www.aproposflowers.com Introducing our mail-order bridal and home decor line.
Michelle wrote:
> On 29 Apr 1998 04:04:24 GMT, cnjo...@aol.com (CnJ Oct 99) wrote:
> >I have fallen in love with a picture of a bouquet in all lavendar colored
> >flowers for my bridal bouquet. I will be getting married in the fall of 1999
> >and will probably change the color of the bouquet to go with the season (i.e.
> >yellow, orange, or mixed). My question to all of you: is anyone else planning
> >on a non-white bridal bouquet??
>
> I am am going to have a lavender (or purplish color) bouquet with
> probably some white. I think a color bouquet looks fabulous against
> the white dress.
>
> I just don't know what purple/lavender flowers are available in
> August. Any one have any ideas?
>
TempCmo
>If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask.
>
>Evelyn Baker
>Apropos Floral Designs>
I hope you dfon't mind my picking yuour brain a bit.....but here is my dilemma.
I am getting married on 10/16/98 and I would like to have a unique bouquet.
Our colors are burgandy and cream, but are any flowers in season in those
colors in October? I really want to stay away from roses.....looking for
autumn flowers.
Biggest worry is my "idea" for the cascade effect. I have seen lovely
cascades <not looking for too too long a one, as I am only 5'0> but they have
always been done in ivy or some other greenery. I would, ideally, LOVE to have
autumn leaves as the cascade portion......but is that practical/possible??
Would we have to use silks for that part?
I am lost as far as a florist goes, so have not asked a professional before
now. Any insight you can give...either here or in private e-mail....would be
greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!
:) Karen
CnJ Oct 99
I got some quotes(US dollars) on that lavender bouquet: 1 - $250 2-$169 3-
$96
Number 1 said that if I booked my whole wedding through them it would probably
come down to $150-175. I am meeting with #'s 2 & 3 for a quote on the whole
wedding. What does everyone think of these prices? I should mention there are
18 roses.
Michele:
Here is the description in the magazine for the bouquet ( not a cascade ) I
have fallen in love with:
From: Wedding Traditions & Decorations pg 13
<<"A Touch of Romance">>
<<An explosion of beautiful color, express in lavender roses((18 - 19),
lilies(13 - 14) and a picot edging of heather, is blanced by streamers of wired
French ribbon(lavender and white). Ivy strands and white wax flower complement
a beautiful attendant's bouquet reminiscent of yesteryear.>>
Evelyn Baker
Karen,
Your ideas sound wonderful. As a floral designer I always love a creative challenge
or something different for a change of pace.
October is also a great time of year for fall colours. I believe that are
perception of seasonal colour has to do with the hues that are naturally available
at that time of year. Spring colours are naturally pastel like with mauves, creams,
yellows because those are the flowers that are blooming in the fields.
Autumn colours are naturally reds, oranges and yellows because of the change in the
leaves. If you look at roadside flowers you'll see (in early autumn) mauves in
asters and yellow in goldenrod.
A creative florist should be able to help you with your choices. Burgundy and white
flowers shouldn't be a problem although you might want to use co-ordinating accent
colours to contrast with the dresses. Lilies are always available. Various types of
chrysanthemums in autumnal shades are also common. Burgandy is a tougher colour
than cream. There are some beautiful Chinese Miniature Carnations that are burgundy
with a white border. There are also burgundy snapdragons and gladiolas. Some other
flowers might move more towards purple. Berries are also prevalent. I would
probably look for a lovely pieces of coloured leaves for the trail. I'd stay away
from preserved or dyed copper beech which is used in October but the dye does run.
(I had pink fingerprints all over the shop when I opened doors to the fridge and
answered phones after using red copper beech in some designs). It isn't always that
bad but why take chances. Silks might not be necessary for that if there are still
leaves on the trees.
The best thing is to start consulting with florists. Call them on the phone and ask
a few questions to see if you get along with them. Check out their shops but don't
expect a consultation without an appointment. Time has to be set aside for this so
that they can concentrate on your consultation and not be distracted by deliveries
etc.
What area are you from? I may be able to direct you to some florists to check out..
I'm always talking to different florists across Canada and the US. Whenever I
travel, I'm always checking out shops.
Evelyn Baker
Apropos Floral Designs
Toronto, Canada (416) 285-6085
http://www.aproposflowers.com
Nancy Plomaritis
Shari wrote:
> Anyway,
>which flowers were you thinking about using?
I used the freeze dried flowers for the bridesmaids bouquets. I am not
doing bouquets anymore, just the centerpieces, but they looked like fresh.
Nancy Plomaritis
Crown Party Rental
Crown Point, Indiana
Nancy Plomaritis
Jill wrote:
>I have fallen in love with a picture of a bouquet in all lavendar
colored
>flowers for my bridal bouquet. I will be getting married in the fall of
1999
>and will probably change the color of the bouquet to go with the season
(i.e.
>yellow, orange, or mixed). My question to all of you: is anyone else
planning
>on a non-white bridal bouquet??
When my niece got married I did her bouquet in Fire an Ice roses and
Heather.
Her favorite flower is the rose. She hung dried the bouquet and kept it
after.
It wanted to carry it in one arm while she had her other arm in her
fathers arm.
I have a picture attachment if anyone wants to see it.
All this talk makes me miss doing bouquets now that I am not in a floral
shop anymore!
Hadasahlfr
My flowers will be pink and purple (stargazer lillies and orchids).
David E. Arnette
Just my two cents worth--Just make sure all colors in the dresses and the flowers,
blend and complement each other. I would say stick to three colors. As the bride
all eyes should be drawn to you.
My daughter's veil was a flower wreath circle with her over the face veil.
Carole Beth
<dear...@stic.net>
Wende Vyborney wrote:
> CnJ Oct 99 wrote:
> >
> > I have fallen in love with a picture of a bouquet in all lavendar colored
> > flowers for my bridal bouquet. I will be getting married in the fall of 1999
> > and will probably change the color of the bouquet to go with the season (i.e.
> > yellow, orange, or mixed). My question to all of you: is anyone else planning
> > on a non-white bridal bouquet??
>
> The original way-back-when custom was a white and purple bridal *wreath*
> (head dress)... the "white bouquet" thing comes and goes in the
> etiquette books and should not be taken too seriously -- you'll find
> plenty of Victorian photos in which the bride's bouquet is not white. In
> the 1980s, the standard florists' books did color-coordinated "suites"
> of wedding flowers in which the bride's bouquet was white ONLY when the
> rest of the flowers were also all white.
>
> Mine will be mixed colors.
>
> Wende