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Using Flowers as Wedding Favours

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Wedding favours are an important part of the design of your celebration and the memories that guests hold long after your event. Too often these are overlooked amongst all of the other details involved with planning a wedding but, luckily, there is a way to enjoy fantastic, unique favours without too much hassle.

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.

Cutting Costs on Your Wedding Flowers

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Weddings, as we all know, can be expensive affairs. So much money goes into the planning and preparation of the event that every little bit of saving counts and anything that can be cut from the proceedings should be.

Your wedding flowers are important, however, and, fortunately, there are many different ways to help you in saving money on your floral arrangements and decorations without having to downsize their role.

Prioritize Your Spending

We all want to have beautiful flowers used in every aspect of our weddings but, with a little careful planning and creativity, money can be saved by prioritizing how your flowers are applied across the event. For example, the bridal bouquet, centrepieces and the ceremony backdrop are all aspects of the wedding that are memorable (and heavily photographed) — put your favourite flowers and designs in these areas and cut back on others to stretch your budget further.

Another great way to get the most out of your spending is to prioritize based on location. If you’re planning on having an outdoor event, save money by making use of the natural landscape in your event. Not only is this a budget-friendly option but it also makes for an aesthetically pleasing set-up that takes advantage of nature’s beauty. You can also save even more money by buying your wedding flowers entirely from a single supplier rather than a number of different shops.

Look at Alternatives

Alternative flower styles help to lower costs without sacrificing the aesthetics that you’ve decided upon. There are many ways to substitute more expensive blossoms for ones that look just as good but for a lower price point. Try using long, single stem flowers like orchids, calla lilies or roses for your bouquets and coursages for, what ends up being, a unique and beautiful look. Centrepieces can also be made cheaper with arrangements that call for only one or two flowers garnished with synthetic materials (baskets, ceramics, rocks, etc.) or non-blooming plants (twigs, leaves, needles, etc.).

By keeping these tips in mind it’s possible to have a great looking wedding while staying within your budget.

Using Wedding Flowers as Decor

Monday, January 10th, 2011

Flowers are an important part of any wedding and choosing their style and placement is important. When getting ready for your special day it can be difficult to make decisions regarding how you plan to use wedding flowers in your decor but, by keeping a few simple guidelines in mind, your celebration can look beautiful.

Here are a few tips on how to effectively use wedding flowers in the decor of your event.

Wedding Flower Placement

Placing wedding flowers throughout a reception hall is an aspect of the art of floral arrangement in itself and, because of this, it’s important to pay attention to doing it right. Unifying the style of flowers used as decoration with corsages and ceremony accessories makes the entire celebration tie together properly. Ensure that you use complementary colours or tones and styles that don’t clash unnecessarily with each other as well.

Flowers are appropriate almost everywhere as long as they are tastefully placed and don’t crowd other design elements. Use beautiful blossoms as centrepieces (in vases or arranged in other decorative holders), along the trim of chairs and even with wedding favours. Try accenting the use of any flowers with lace or ribbon in order to fully bring out their designs in order to fully complete the effect.

Wedding Flower Choices

Almost any type of flower is appropriate for your wedding, as long as it matches the rest of your decor. It’s important to embrace the season of the event and pick from flowers that are naturally in bloom during its time of year however. Not only does this help tie the outside world in with the hall itself but it also helps to avoid wilting and keep costs lower.

As long as the colour of your flowers matches the overall motif of the non-organic decorations and wedding party’s outfits it’s hard to go wrong. Keep these tips in mind as you plan your wedding’s flower placement and know that your celebration is sure to look great.

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