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A New Generation Of Wedding Flowers
Bonnie Goodwin Ray
It’s
not your mother’s wedding, so stop worrying about doing everything her
way. This is a time for you to express your individual taste and style. So
what if she never would have dreamed of carrying “fake” flowers in her
bridal bouquet. In her generation fake flowers were plastic. Of course she
wouldn’t have used them!
This is a new generation and silk wedding flowers are the rage! Not
only have “fake” flowers evolved in leaps and bounds, but they have also
become very popular as alternatives to fresh flowers for wedding bouquets,
flower girl baskets, corsages and boutonnieres. From the exquisite
cascading bridal bouquet to the simplistic hand-tied wedding bouquet, silk
wedding flowers lend themselves to every style imaginable!
Elegant silk calla lilies look lovely, whether cascading downward
intermingled with ivy, or when in a hand-tied bridal bouquet. Silk roses
in a rainbow of colors combine nicely with a variety of other flowers in a
clutch bridal bouquet or in a cascading wedding bouquet. The look is so
close to that of fresh flowers that most people will never even know the
difference. But your checkbook will!
Purchasing silk wedding flower packages is what many smart brides
are doing. Eliminating the stress of last-minute florist mix-ups, ordering
your silk wedding flower sets from one of the online merchants is
convenient and cost-effective. With packages starting under $300, silks
have made wedding flowers affordable.
Beware of low-quality silks, however. Make sure that you’re getting
top-of-the-line silk flowers if you want to fool everyone that they’re
real. Quality silk wedding flowers are so realistic that people will want
to smell your bridal bouquet! To fool them, try spritzing your wedding
bouquets with rose oil or another floral fragrance.
Flower girl baskets can carry a stationary arrangement or an
assortment of silk rose petals to be scattered down the aisle for the
bride to walk upon. Walking on rose petals is symbolic of both beauty and
of the bride walking down the path of a new life that is about to begin.
Another alternative for the flower girl is for her to carry a silk floral
pomander. The flowers can match those in the bridal bouquet and your
little flower girl will look adorable swinging her beautiful pomander to
and fro as she heads down the aisle. This is especially conducive to very
young flower girls.
The ring bearer’s pillow has an alternative as well. A fabric
covered ring box can be carried down the aisle by your young attendant.
This is a more contemporary look for the ring bearer, who often balks at
carrying a lacy pillow.
In lieu of traditional corsages, consider giving the special women
at the wedding small hand-tied bouquets for them to carry. With today’s
flimsier fabrics, pin on corsages are sometimes too bulky to wear.
However, by using silk flowers, the weight of the corsages is dramatically
decreased. Maybe you could point that out as a benefit to your mother as
you gently remind her -- this isn’t her wedding after all.
Article Source:
http://www.free-wedding-articles.net
Bonnie Goodwin Ray
has more than sixteen years experience in the wedding industry. She is the
author of Wedding Planning Made Easier and has become a leading expert in
silk wedding flower
design.
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