Bride’s bouquet

Lovely calla lilies in ivory and dark purple for the bride with bright color accents of dahlias and hydrangea for the bridesmaids in their sangria color dresses.

More bright dahlias for her cake.

The beautiful bride! 

Thanks for the photos Andy! 

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All white flowers for an April wedding at Texas Old Town in Kyle.  Such a lovely bride…and lucky groom!

The smiling bride with her classically white bouquet.  Just enough ivory to provide depth and range to the white.  I just love these photos provided by the talented Andy Sams  with the right touch of country elegance! 

Thanks for the photos Andy!

A  photo of the tasty and elegant cake by Matty Cakes.

Who should receive boutonnieres and corsages at the weddinngs?

Boutonnieres:

Groom

Best man

Groomsmen

Ring bearer (if he is at least three years old)

Fathers

Grandfathers

Ushers

Friends helping at the wedding (officiant, guest book attendant, musicians, readers)

Special family members and sponsors

Corsages:

Mothers

Grandmothers

Friends helping at the wedding (officiant, guest book attendant, musicians, readers)

Special family members and sponsors

Of course this list is a complete list of everyone who could recieve a body flower. But you should adjust this list based on personal preferences, cultural issues and budget. Very often the bride and groom choose not to give out flowers to anyone beyond the bridal party, parents and grandparents.

A few etiquette notes:

Step parents: Your wedding day is not the time to let the world know how much you dislike your new step-mother by giving her a smaller corsage or not giving her flowers at all. Step parents should be honored in the same fashion as your blood parents. Better to keep the peace.

Everybody or nobody: If you are going to give a boutonniere and corsage to your God parents make sure you do the same for the groom’s God parents. The same goes for aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings.

Personal preferences: Some people really, really dislike wearing a boutonniere or corsage. Ask your family what they would like. Women can wear a pin corsage, wrist corsage, hair flowers, flowers on a purse or they can carry a posy bouquet. Men are limited to a boutonniere. But if your wedding is especially casual and the men are not wearing a jacket with a lapel you can choose to omit the boutonnieres altogether.

Let them choose: If your mother would like a pin corsage and the groom’s mother wants a wrist corsage it is okay. They do not need to match. Let them choose whatever makes them most comfortable.

Pictures from a Victorian inspired wedding in Mayfield Park in early spring this year.  The lovely couple researched the victorian era to recreate a lovely and very different wedding.

The bride’s bouquet of fragrant spring flowers in shades of purple to compliment her handmade bridal gown.

A centerpiece of tulips, hyacinths and anemones in shades of purple

Bride and groom - now man and wife!

Congratulations to a lovely couple! 

Thanks to Tanya Saenz for the wonderful photos from this wedding.  Visit her website and blog for even more photos.

For a treat check out Offbeat Bride for a special post on the groom’s victorian wedding dress…plus some other really “offbeat” weddings and ideas.

For an early November wedding, bouquets in shades of orange and red for the bride and her flower girl.  Flowers of ranunculus, tulips, freesia and anemones with mokara orchid blooms for the bride.

Ranunculus, tulips and freesia for the flower girl.

Thank you I Do Photography for the great photos!

Flowers in bright colors for a late October wedding at Casa Blanca on Brushy Creek.  Colors of red, yellow and orange with pops of green are great colors for summer weddings also.

The lovely bride with her bouquet of mini callas, ranunculus, tulips, roses, mini cymbidium orchid blooms, hybrid lilies and freesia.

For her ring girl – what a sweet idea for a young girl – we designed a ring pillow of green “kermit poms”.  This is a great photo!

Our thanks to Randy Tinney for the great pictures!

I know that I haven’t posted in a while.  Too much to do and just not enough time, particularly during the holidays.  Then I get involved with reading everyone else’s blog and don’t have time for ours!  There is just so much neat “stuff” out there.  I can understand how brides get information overload!

We have worked with some wonderful brides over the last few months and it is always so nice to hear from them after the wedding.  One of our sweet brides wrote – “Thank you for the wonderful flowers!  I had no doubt they were going to be perfect and they were.  You did a wonderful job; I couldn’t be more grateful!”.   Thank you Audrey!  It was a privilege to be part of your special day.

The bride’s bouquet was a short cascade with orchids, roses and more orchids.  Regardless of the rain, she was a lovely bride and I am looking forward to photos by Lisa Shepherd.

Several of Mancino Iron Works pieces graced the reception.  We decorated with blooms to complement the iron and centerpieces with dusty miller to capture the platinum color accents.

A lovely elegant look for a happy couple.

Rain symbolizes good luck…according to tradition, the more rain the better the marriage.  In that case Jessica (of I Do Photography fame) and her new husband will have a fantastic marriage.
They were married on a drenching rainy Saturday – remember the rain that broke the heat wave – that was their day!  And, it was a wonderful wedding with family and friends.
The only decent photo I managed to capture was of the wreaths on the chapel doors.  I cannot wait to see and share the “real” photos taken by her partner Erica Nix “I Do Photography”.