Here is an overview of why wedding flowers can work as great favours and how you can go about choosing and presenting them perfectly at your event.

Why Use Flowers as Wedding Favours?

Typical wedding favours are disposable, forgettable items that guests usually forget about soon after leaving the reception. Using flowers as wedding favours provides a unique gift that is sure to have a more lasting impression. Instead of chocolates or other small, typical items, flowers provide a sign of appreciation for your guests that they will enjoy at home for days after the celebration.

Flowers need to be purchased and arranged for weddings regardless of whether they’re being used for favours or not. Incorporating your wedding favours in with other flower choices allows you to eliminate two design tasks at once! When looking at this level of convenience combined with the unique nature of the gift itself it’s easy to see what a great favour flowers make.

How Should I Present Them?

There are a number of different ways to make your wedding favours look great. One idea is to arrange miniature bouquets at each of the reception tables. These don’t need to be expensive — a small selection of flowers taken from your wedding arrangements works perfectly. This also allows you to echo the design of your floral theme on a small scale and lets your guests bring home a physical memory of the celebration.

For an even more unique presentation idea, leave packets of flower seeds at tables along with a small photo of the blossoms and growing instructions. Presenting your floral wedding favours like this makes for an interesting and interactive gift that can live on in your guests’ garden long into the future.

With any group of cut flowers or potted plant arrangements, you’ve got to consider what looks good in your home, and this is defined by the three tenets of design: balance, proportion and harmony. Every tenet refers to how the separate plants/flowers interact with each other, as determined by their form (overall shape, whether it canopied, rounded or fountain-like) as well as the colour and texture of their leaves, stems and petals. Every feature of a single arrangement is important to consider and should work harmoniously with the others it is placed with.

Grouping plants and flowers in separate containers together is usually a more interesting compliment to a room. Combining various textures, shapes and sizes can create an appealing display that makes more impact than a single arrangement. When doing this, think about how they look together as one, rather than how each looks separately. This will help improve the outcome, developing overall rhythm and harmony. Since they don’t all have to be the same size, type or shape, you have the freedom to combine what you think looks good and what works with the rest of the room. You may want to group a number of exotics together to create a “tropical paradise” inside your home, or a variety of cut flowers to achieve a dazzling rainbow. Think about the placement of each as well; make it interesting by putting a tall flowering plant behind a shorter foliage plant, rather than beside it. You may also want to highlight the beauty of one showier flowering plant by displaying it amidst plainer greenery.

There are many types of vases available, in a range of sizes, shapes, and materials. It is the responsibility of the florist to match an appropriate one with the bouquet. While clear glass square and flared models remain the classical choices, there’s also ceramic, metal, porcelain and even terracotta and wood.

Vase Shapes

There are 5 distinct shapes when it comes to vases. Each has it merits.

Cube Shaped

Cube vases are quite modern in style, transforming even the most traditional flower arrangement into something chic.

Easy to place in corners because of their convenient shape, the only drawback is that they tend to be short with a wide mouth. Flowers need to be trimmed down with petals removed so that they are well supported by the sides of the vase. Sponge can be used to keep flowers in place. If you don’t have enough flowers to fill the vase, attach a grid of tape or wire to the top of the vase so that the flowers have extra support and don’t flop over.

Flared

If you have one vase in your home, it’s probably one of these. Flared vases are quite common, synonymous with traditional arrangements for any occasion. Most often made from glass (or crystal), ceramic or metal, they

A good technique to follow when placing flowers into a flared vase and preventing  them from flopping over the sides is to fill the vase from the inside in, starting with smaller blooms and green garnish. This will create additional support for the larger blooms, which should be placed in the middle to add height. Make sure taller blooms have plenty of support on all sides to keep them upright.

Bud

Bud vases are tall, with a narrow mouth that is designed to hold only one flower. They are a perfect way to highlight the beauty of a single bloom, in the prime of its existence.

Tall Vase

Tall vases are perfect for long stemmed roses, lilies and other blooms that have straight stems strong enough to resist the force of gravity.

The picture shows a unique way to present a flower arrangement in a tall vase made of glass. Rather than allowing the flowers to extend beyond the height of the vase, push them down artistically. This allows the entire flower, from petals to stem, to be enjoyed.

Pitchers

In the same shape as a container that would normally hold milk or lemonade, pitcher vases tend to be tall with a mouth that flares out (some do not). Complete with a handle, these types of pitchers have long been used for more laid back flower arrangements, evoking images of a countryside setting.

Whether Canada or Japan and Thailand or Mexico, flower arranging is considered an art form that has long standing traditions in their respective countries. There is a certain skill required when forming fresh cut flowers into bouquets, sprays and other arrangements. Most florists, like the talented floral designers working at 416-Florist.com, study the art in a formal setting (at school or on the job) or learn the craft from older generations in their family.

The basics of creating an aesthetically appealing mixed flower arrangement rely on 4 essential traits.

1. The right colour. Colour can make or break an arrangement. Selecting the right one, depending on factors such as cultural/ethnic background, symbolism and the preferences of the recipient, are key to creating a “beautiful” bouquet or spray. Remember: each flower, as well as its colour, represent an emotion, personality type, or other trait.

2.  One of the most beautiful aspects of a mixed flower bouquet is the number of different blooms in a single arrangement. Each bloom adds a certain feature to the finished product, whether it be height, depth, body or serve as the “star attraction”. For example, our florists often use limonium as a filler flower to a mixed flower bouquet. Limonium has a number of small blooms on a single stem, making it ideal to add body without moving the focus away from the larger form flowers, like sunflowers and lilies. They also smell delightful!

3. The right vase or container. This is not an issue if the mixed flower bouquet is simply handtied and wrapped in cellophane.

However, the bouquet will eventually require water and choosing the right vase or container is vital to compliment the beauty of both the arrangement and vase itself.

As a general rule, use a container that is the right size for the bouquet (more flowers = larger vase with larger mouth). If most of the flowers are tall, then use something that is tall as well. There are a variety of shapes and designs available – choose one that matches the overall feeling of the bouquet.

4. Balance and harmony. Don’t think that this can only be achieved by symmetrical designs – complimentary colour combinations, following a general shape (like a triangle or L) and choosing the right flowers can all help achieve an appearance of balanced harmony.

These pointers might not transform you into an expert flower designer overnight, but they will help set you on the right path.

Candles have long been a part of Christmas. They are believed to represent the birth of Christ and offer guidance and warmth at a time when much of the world is plunged in the bitter darkness of winter.

If you’re throwing a Christmas party, a Christmas Candle Centrepiece is a definite must have! Sitting on the dining table or fireplace mantle, the Christmas candle arrangement is a great decorative piece that adds a warm touch of the holiday spirit to any home. It can have one or more candles, and is often surrounded by a lush bed of winter greenery garnished with fruits of winter and other delightful garnishes. Fresh flowers accenting the greenery can also be used, however they may wither easily so make sure to keep their stems submerged in water.

If candles aren’t your style, you can try one of our fabulous Christmas fruit baskets. Place one, like the Holiday Fruits Basket, in the middle of a table decked with food for a holiday party. It’ll make the table even more bountiful!

If you’re the crafty type or have plenty of time, you can try making your own Christmas Candle Centrepiece. You’ll need the following:

sprigs of pine or fir
pine cones
decorative wired ribbon
two or three pillar candles
a plate that’s large enough to hold the candles
artificial snow
glue

Arrange the candles in the middle of the plate and then add the pine/fir. The sprigs should surround the candles, creating a bed on which the pine cones and ribbon can rest. You can use glue to secure the pine cones and ribbon. Then, sprinkle artificial snow on top of the sprigs, avoiding the tops of the candle.

If you’d like to choose fresh flowers, cut them short and use a shallow bowl so that they may be submerged in water. You can place a porous sponge in the bowl and stick the flowers into it to keep them in place.

Great colours to choose for centrepieces are gold, silver, red and white – basically anything that has a “Christmas-y” feel!

(Don’t have a flair for making your own or too busy? Just order your Christmas arrangements from us!)

1.Weddings: Rose Petals are used in abundance in weddings; let it be the flower girl walking down the aisles with a basket filled with rose petals or daisy rose petals. Even the aisles and the dinning tables at the wedding are flourished with rose petals; you can say that rose petals are the simple details that make a huge difference in a wedding.

2. Birthdays: It can be a huge supper sixteen birthday or an intimate gathering with friends, but rose petals are often used as a decoration on the coffee table or at the dinning tables. A neat trick is to fill a bowl and add the rose petals along with some candles.
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3. Funerals: rose Petals are sometimes tossed at the casket during the burial.

4. Anniversaries: A need for a romantic environment? Well consider tossing rose petals at the dinner table or in the bedroom.
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5. Valentines Day: rose Petals, rose Petals,rose Petals! I can’t stress how much these rose petals make a difference; it gives the impression of effort, love and commitment. Or that you just want a memorable night. You can use rose petals in the bedroom on the bed, in the hallways and at the dinner table.
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Bowls: Take a bowl (ceramic or glass) and fill it with water half way. Then add a couple of petals (any color you wish)  or small flower buds along with some floating candles.  My favorites are jasmine and tulips. A simple and elegant decoration for the coffee table. You can even put it in the bathroom along with scented candles to create a peaceful atmosphere for long baths. Great for Valentine!

Champagne Flutes: For the more formal occasions, fill champagne flutes with water and add short-stemmed flowers. My pick; freesias and lily of the valley. You may wish to decorate the stems with ribbons or beads, and even arrange several of them as a centerpiece for a more urban touch.

Flower cakes: Planning to have a cake for the event, add vibrant colorful flowers as decoration on the cake. My pick are vivid gerbera daisies. Cut the stem, and arrange the flowers any way you like it! You can have the whole top covered or you can have 2 or 3 flowers in the corner. Enjoy!

Flower Buds: Take some flower buds tie them with fishing line. Pick any flower you wish, from carnations to roses. Hang these colorful blooms from a ceiling or doorway for a pretty decoration.

Mason Jars: Glass jars of any kind, colored or not can be used as alternatives for vases.  My pick fully bloomed bright lilies. You may like to decorate the jars with ribbons, beads or paint.

I hope you’ve gained some ideas. But the most important tip is that candles and flowers are the most effective decorating tool.