Bouquets...what shall I have?

I'm not too keen on any of the flowers but it's because I don't really like hand tied designs (if that's what you call them). With your dress I'd go for something really simple and striking instead of fussy/busy.

Another hitcher had black and white as her theme and she showed me lovely flowers so I'll see if I can find the picture.

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To be honest I don't think any of the above would look right with your beautiful dress but I did see something a few days ago which I will try and see if I can find again (prob not!!) as a poss option!

Be back as soon as I can remember what I typed in first time round!!

Well this is the thing, she is being kind enough to send me mini samples in the colours to put up against my dress and see what they look like. Im thinking I just want a small crystal one without any other bits on it, what you think? x

This is the picture I was thinking of and hope the hitcher doesn't mind me posting it.

are these of any good. Apologies for lack of finesse when posting images. I've not done this before!

Ok, will try the first one again!

I did look into lillies but im not too sure with them, oh god I can see this one being a tough choice im going to have to make.

Thats a nice one Amee, problem is because I have black in my dress its going to be difficult to find something simple thats not going t spoil the dress, if you get me? x

Ok, first one is of a white flower with a black centre, anemones??? I think that's what they're called and they were tied with a black ribbon but I suppose you could change that to your accent colour easily enough

I actually like the roses with the pearly things on - but maybe simplified a little, I wouldn't have that netting at the bottom.

ohh just saw amme's suggestions - i love the one in the main photo!

Hmm choices choices, there are so many nice ones out there if my dress was plain it wouldnt matter but no I went for this dress which is making things harder, hehe.

Hmmmm anyone else suggest anything?

With your striking dress I would go for a simple, hand tied, tightly packed grand prix roses... I've seen some which can be quite a dark, deep red.

Im so glad you said that, I thought of that. I have a costco card and they do 20 Roses for £30 and thought about hand tying them with ribbon and then poke some crystal stems in between?

There we are..job done ?

Don't underestimate the skill needed to tightly pack these to look good though... I'm sure a friendly HIB might be able to assist with some advice.

Really? Oh crap, thought uit was going to be easy hehe. Cant be that difficult to tie them together is it?

It's ensuring all roses are the correct height to make the correct dome effect and don't shift when they are tied together.... you don't have to have tightly packed ones of course, you could go for a looser version...

The trick is to add each new flower at an angle, so that you spiral the stems around each other. That gives both the dome effect, and stops the heads from snapping off; if you put them all in straight and squeeze the stems together the heads on the outside are put under too much stress and will just break. So, basically the first, central flower is straight up, then add the others at a slight angle, one at a time and turning the bouquet as you add each one. The angle should become more pronounced as the bouquet gets bigger but you should find that happens naturally anyway. Hope that helps a bit!

As to the bouquet itself, I agree that you need something really simple to complement the detail on the dress rather than compete with it.

Thank you very much Bygeorge, I take you have done ths before?

Sarah bygeorge is a florist ?

Sarah, if you are thinking of doing them yourself, (or getting rellies to help,) then there are some good video step-by-step tutorials on You Tube.

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WES, something simple to complement the dress so it doesnt compete with all the stunning detail on your dress.

Ahh now I see Purrfect!

Yeah Ooh lala thought it would be a cheaper option as my florist said for her to do all roses would cost about £95 just for all one colour like the pic. Ill have a look on you tube.

Thanks girls, I knew I would get the right advice on here! How about you show me your flowers if you have piccies, I love piccies!!!

I agree with BeccyS, you need something simple to show off your dress and rather than go for something the same colour as your dress I think you should go for red or pink.

These are ideas that I have found for my bouquet...thought I woould share 🙂

You could maybe incorporate your colours into something like these 🙂

I had really simple flowers but the ribbon was 2 tone to match my 2 tone dress.

Hi debs, love the 2nd picm that could be done with the red or the pink so would be nice offset to the dress then.

Purrfect, I gather your lillies were real yes? were they expensive as I havent had a price for them!

Have you thought about a swarovski crystal bouquet instead of flowers?

good ones are amazing and a real talking point.

I did but they are so expensive and out of my price range! Were did you get yours from?

I love the black and white flowers but not sure if they would look better if your dress was one colour. The dress is really lovely but i agree with the others maybe have your flowers in your other colour.

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I have decided im going to go with the red roses as we have chosen this as our accent colour.

I got mine from startstruck designs.

when is your wedding? I would happily lend mine as its a shame looking at it sitting in a box.

Kerri made it for me and it was £250. well worth it to be honest as i had it at a wedding show in feb this year and the amount of people that came to ask about it was unbelieveable. I was using it as a decoration for our dental stand so it wasnt as though it was on a dress stand or something.

Wow thats lovely QueenBee. My wedding is 21st august 2010!

Hye queenbee, forgot to add my email, drop me a message on bean_head2007 @ hotmail co uk, thanks for the offer! x

Hi

I think the photos you've shown are all a bit too fussy for your dress. You don't want to distract from the detailing. Anemones are great to have for a b&w theme due to their centres and they look great with pink and black too. Or you can mix the cream and black ones with other coloured flowers.

But these are only a tiny amount of flowers what would work for your theme. Had you thought about what centrepieces you want to have?

Ruth

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