Light and Dark Pink Wedding Bouquet | Floret.ca

I thought I’d continue from last week on the topic of colours for wedding flowers and revisit a colour that ever enduring and regardless of the never ending options that seem appear will always be a popular choice.

Pink as a colour for wedding flowers is timelessing enduring as the ultimate colour of romantic, it can be displayed in its classic soft pastel form or for those looking for a little more pop can incorporate the brighter shades it comes in along with bright green accent to give it that modern twist.

Wedding Bouquet Of Creamy Yellow Roses, Gerberas and Orchids

“Classic” and “elegant” are the two descriptors that I hear most when I ask my clients how they want the wedding to look and feel.

There are numerous ways to go about beginning the process of creating a vision that conveys the feel that you want to share on the day and one tried and true way is with colour.

Classic and elegant always brings to mind mixes of neutral white and creams and the addition of pale yellows is a way to take things up a notch without feeling like your potentially on colour overload.

It’s the next closest choice of colour after cream and it’s inclusion creates and beautiful and soft warmth.

Roses mixed together in these colours are the ultimate in elegance. Using more contemporary flowers like gerberas and orchids this mix creates a modern twist.

There are so many places that inspire ideas for a wedding and the venues of choice for the festivities ranks very close to the top.

Panorama on the 51^st floor of the Manulife Centre in the heart of downtown Toronto was the setting for the wedding reception of Aya and Carlos.

With a perfect view of the city from every vantage point, this floor to ceiling windows room filled with cool black leather lounge furnishings and brushed steel copa tables.

From orchid bouquet in two different shades of pink to lime accented containers filled with white hydrangea, pink gerberas and green berries, this wedding was certainly not your traditional pretty in pink.

Wedding Bouquet of Deep Pink Orchids

Modern Pink Centerpiece Accented With Limes at Panorama 51st

I must be on a roll from my last post and I spoke too soon about all spring weddings being colourful.

I had the pleasure of creating the wedding flowers for Kimberly and Derek who got married a few weeks ago at Deer Creek Golf and Banquet Facility.

Their vision was to have white spring flowers to complete a black and white colour theme.

One of the neat feature of the flowers were the monofloral bouquet that each of the three bridesmaids carried.  Here’s is my favourite of the three.

Wedding Bouquet of White Tulips

Most of my time in the early months of a year is spent meeting with couples who are planning their nuptials for either later in the year or early next.

When I started thinking about ideas for this post, I thought about the questions that are most frequently asked of me and one of the most commonly asked questions is one of seasonality.

While not knowing one’s flowers might just be an occasional inconvenience when you’re wanting to place an order for a bouquet to be delivered, it’s a puzzling impairment when a bride-to-be is trying to figure out what kind of flowers she likes and then has no idea whether she can get what she has just clipped from the magazine.

Every wedding season brings with favourite blooms and one of them is the peony.

Loved for the large luscious blooms that come in varying shades of white, cream, pink, hot pink and reds. It is a favourite among those getting married.

However, its season of availability is very limited. While typically classified as a late spring, early summer flower, it’s dependent on the weather as it is grown outdoors and once the rains come, the season is done.

For those who are heart set of this flowers, imported options are available and the costs with imported rise as well.

Hand-tied Bouquet of Creamy Pink Peonies Accented With White French lilac

A new year always brings with it thoughts of starting again or beginning fresh.

When it comes to wedding flowers, the discussion almost always begins with the bridal bouquet.

While this is not always the case, it can be the design to inspire all the other choices of colours and flowers since it is the most important and most personal design to be carried and photographed on the wedding day.

The style and shape of choice for the moment is still the hand-tied look.

Created and tied with the stems of the flower, it is the most natural of all bouquets because the technique considers the shape of the flower which isn’t always round. A rose hand-tie will come out more round and a calla hand-tie will come out more long.

Whether you are wanting a bouquet that appears rustic and hand-picked or a clean formal look, a hand-tied bouquet is lovely choice.

An added bonus is that unlike other types of shapes, the stems of the flowers can take water directly for a vase which means a longer and fresher life for your wedding flowers.

Hand-tied bouquet of callas and roses

In my last post,  I wrote that one way to celebrate a wedding during the fall or winter season was with rich warm colours.

Another classic way to celebrate a winter wedding with flowers is to consider all the elements visible in nature now and take the whiteness of snow and the pine trees wrapped with twinkle lights as inspiration for a wedding flower palette.

From hydrangeas and roses, to orchids and lilies, there is a plethora of flowers that come in beautiful shades of cream and white and incorporating winter greens such as cedar or pine, creates a texture that is elegant and classic look for a seasonal arrangement.

This combination can be used everywhere from boutonnieres for the groom and his groomsmen with small sprigs of cedar to accent a single white bloom to coordinate with the bouquet of the bride and that of her bridesmaids to large arrangements for ceremony and head tables and the matching centerpieces.

Beautiful arrangement of white hydrangea and roses and winter greens

Have you ever heard of a game show from the 80s called “Name That Tune”? During a consultation, there are numerous times when I feel like I’m playing the wedding flower version of that game called “Name That Wedding Flower”.

Brides bring everything from laptops and USB keys to good old fashion manila file folders overflowing  with wonderful and inspirational pictures of wedding bouquets and wedding flowers.

As a wedding florist, I find this to be one of the most interesting parts of a consultation, because while the bride may feel that there may be no rhyme or reason to her choices, a common thread, whether it by colour, flower or style is always readily apparent.

Also, while she may not know the name of every flower in every picture, as she tells me her thoughts behind every image she chose,  a floral style that is uniquely reflective of her begins to take form.

This process of going through magazines or the endless resources on the internet is one of the best ways to begin the planning of your wedding flowers.  

They can be organized in a few ways:

• by type of design: bouquet, boutonniere, centerpieces etc.
• by colour: purples in one folder, reds in another
• by flower: roses in one folder, tulips in another

The few moments that are spent doing this are well worthwhile as you will end up with wedding flowers that are not only beautiful, but intensely personal to your vision for the wedding day.

A typical day in November is gray, overcast and cold, but with the weather so unusually warm and sunny for the past few days, you’d think we skipped winter and that it was spring again.

It got me thinking about all the beautiful spring flowers that will be available in just a few short months and all the lovely bridal bouquets and wedding flowers that will be possible then.

It’s really a wedding florist’s joy to be able to work with seasonal flowers that are in their prime and not to be found at any other time of the year than in those few short months.

Elegant tulips, fragrant hyacinths and ranunculus with its circular shape and delicate petals are the flowers that are symbolic of the spring and are divine when combined together in a wedding bouquet.

It’s made even more special because spring flowers are one of the most seasonal of flowers. They start early in the year and are finished by the time you see the tulips sprouting outdoors.

These spring flowers are available in the most magnificent array of colours from soft white and pale pastels to bold and cheerful colours of yellow, orange and bright pink.

And while the colours could be combined together, sometimes there’s nothing that quite as elegant and as lovely selection of spring flowers in a singular colour to make a beautiful seasonal wedding bouquet.

Hand-tied Spring Bouquet of Tulips, Hyancinths and Ranunculus | Floret.ca

Colour is the thread that will tie all the visual parts of your wedding together.

You can start thinking about colour combinations for your wedding flowers once you have chosen your main colour.  This colour is very often seen in the colours of the bridesmaids’ dresses and the colour scheme or colour combination can be seen in their bouquets.

Your choice of colours and how to choose to combine them in your wedding flowers and in the other wedding decor aspects will depend largely on your own comfort level with it.

For example, if you are a bride who isn’t comfortable with the idea of strong colour, but don’t necessarily want to carry white, then perhaps warm creams or muted or pale pastels might be something to consider.

On the other hand, if you are a bride who enjoys bolder, richer colours and wanted your wedding day to reflect that, then you might opt for brighter strong colours, such as oranges fuschias, or reds.

Gone are the days of rules, the wedding and the wedding flowers should be first and foremost about conveying your personal taste and style.