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What color was/is your bridal bouquet? Did you go with white or colored?
Our colors are blue and orange. The dresses will have some form of blue. So I wanted to have the flowers orange. Everytime we discuss this I can hear my mother cringing at the idea of orange flowers. She says since I'm not having a blue dress I should have blue flowers since that's my main color, but I'd like the color of the flowers to match my MOH and don't like the idea of her having the same color flowers as her dress. Right now I'm thinking all orange roses or orange lilies or possibly with some blue accent flowers in the bouquet.
My mom tells me that since I'm the bride I'm supposed to have white flowers because it's supposed to match my dress. I tried to tell her that's not true anymore and I don't have to be stuck with white flowers if I don't want them just so they'll match my dress. I don't understand the logic of that anyway. If I think it's silly for the BM bouquets to be the same color as their dress, which would it make sense to have my bouquet be the same color as my dress?
Mine will be red (daisies, Peruvian lillies & lillies w/ Christmas greens) and intertwined white and red ribbon & my sister's will be white (daisies & Peruvian lillies w/ Christmas greens) with a red ribbon - she is wearing a red dress.
I think orange flowers with a blue accent would be gorgeous!
YAY! Orange and blue were my high school colors! :) I just googled orange and blue bouquet and I think orange flowers with blue accents looks great!! My bouquet had no white in it. It was red and pink roses with purple statice.
My flowers were a mix of reds, pinks and purples. 
My girls bouquets coordinated with mine but were smaller and had different flowers.
You can do whatever your little heart desires! I chose to do whites, with pops of pink.
I am doing silk flowers which is why I have pics already. Mine were originally white:
But then I realised I wanted my flowers to be my touch if colour so I DIYed and added some beaded decorations and some pink flowers, and voila:
The pic doesn't do it justice, trust me :) but I am much happier with that touch of colour...
TBH the last 4 weddings I have been to NONE of the brides had white flowers they were all larger versions of the BMs colourful bouquet, except for one who had a large red rose bouquet and her BMs had smaller white rose bouquets...
This really is a difficult decision. White is so traditional, elegant, and "bridal" and does not detract from the bride or her gown. On the other hand, a bouquet with color will provide wonderful contrast and will "pop" against your white gown. I struggled with this choice, also. Eventually, I decided on a bouquet of all-white peonies, and I loved it. My floral designer knew that I had an interest in pink peonies as well, and, bless her heart, on the day of the wedding, she brought me a second bouquet in pink at no additional cost! I had the opportunity to choose -- and I chose the white one. However, I did take one dramatic picture with the color bouquet, and that turned out very nicely. So, you may just decide to have both and use them for different events (ceremony vs. reception) or in different photos.
Why not do a mix? Mine were a bit of both - mostly white with greenery & the occasional pop of antique rose thrown in there.
My colors are Teal and Orange...My MOH have cream, teal and orange dress, BM teal dresses with orange mini calla lilies..My bouquet is white and orange mini calla lilies
Thanks for all of the beautiful pictures everyone! All of your flowers are beautiful! I do like the idea of mixing white with color. I'll have to discuss it more with my florist when the time comes. Nice to know I have lots of options!
@Cem0930: Now you have to come back and show us what look you end up going for. I love looking at flowers! :)
@DestinBride85: I love your bridal party dresses! Your girls are going to look fantastic!
Mine is totally multicoloured...my actual colours are white and coral.
@piglover: Aww, thank you 
....I took some heat from my Bridal party about the MOH dress...
Here is my bouquet minus the pearls and wrapped in teal ribbon:
Mine will be all white, but I don't think there's anything wrong at all with doing colored! It's not meant to match your dress; it's meant to match your taste!
I'm trying to do a broach bouquet but if that doesn't work out then I'm going to have a colored bouquet because 1) I'm not going to be able to get white flowers that are the same shade of white as my dress and 2) With an all white dress I think it would just be too much white.
I'm doing all white with rhinestone crystals for some sparkle (I made a paper flower bouquet). I just like the classic, simple look. Colored flowers look great with a white dress though (I mean, it's white! It matches anything lol!)
My wedding isn't until February, but we will be using color for our flowers. Our main color is sage green, so we are using a mix of lavender, purple, green, and white flowers.
I'm doing light pink peonies for both me and my bridesmaids. My FMIL keeps suggesting that the bride's flowers should be different than the bridesmaids, and I keep telling her that I want pink peonies. It's why we're getting married in May, after all.
Our colors were blue and orange as well. BMs wore cobalt blue dresses, and their flowers were mostly orange (gerber daisies) with some small light blue flowers around the outside.
My flowers were a mixture of white and orange roses. Our florist insisted I should have white flowers, but I knew I wanted some color, so I went with half white and half colored.
I think you should go with orange flowers with blue accents! I went with a red bouquet while my bridesmaids went with white. I liked having the contrasting color to my dress!
We had pink flowers for all the bouquets (bridal and MOH). They were a pop of color for our ivory dresses, but also went well against the MOH's burgundy dress. The first is one of ours (arm bouquet), and the second is the MOH's.
@alaydelette: omg date twins! :D
@Cem0930: Aww, thank you we have around the same colors so go for it. They are mini mango and white calla lilies. My bridesmaids are having all mango calla lilies.
I'm not anti-white bouquet, but I went with colored for my own wedding. I just liked the idea of pops of color and loved having a lot of contrast. I think it just depends on what you want. I love the pops of color, but have seen gorgeous white bouquets. So, just do what you want to go with. I think the orange with blue accents would be lovely! My colors were light turquoise blue with various shades of pink and pops of red.
personally I'm not a fan of solid white bouquets... I am bothered by the fact it is near to impossible to "match" the whites or ivories... I prefer color or mixed with whites.
and I think the orange would look amazing!!!
Mine is going to be pink and green. I'm having antique hydrangea and Esperance roses.
Jumping into this kinda late, but my colors were blue, orange and green. I used orange roses and blue belladonna with white callas & stephanotis w/orange crystals. I didn't like how the crystals turned out, as I was expecting more of a center "pearl" look, but overall my bouquet was amazing. It mixed traditional white flowers with color. 
I'm going with all ivory and the girls will have bit of green in their bouquets.
Mine was colored with a bit of white... And my girls' were colored too :)
Photos courtesy of Nick Dantonio Photography, http://www.nickdantoniophotography.com
Mine:
Close up:
The whole bridal party, a look at BMs' flowers:
Our colors are orange (my favorite) and green (his favorite), so you better believe I'm having the orange flowers! (and orange shoes) :)
Bridesmaid dresses are light grey w/ orange sashes, and they'll have white calla lilies. We're doing DIY flowers, and mine will be something like this:
I know this thread is kinda old, but figured I'd contribute! I was in a wedding a couple years ago where the colors were blue and orange. The BMs just had small orange daisy bouquets, and the bride had a big orange bouquet that was SO COOL. It had this blue wire stuff looped around the flowers. I wish I had a close-up of it to show you but I went and found what pictures I do have - they're kind of dark because it was under a ramada at a park, but seriously, they were so bright and awesome looking!
For my wedding I decided not to go with a white bouquet becaue my dress is BRIGHT WHITE and I didn't want my flowers to look yellow against it. I am having a simple bouquet of all chocolate dahlias, and my bridesmaids will have all white bouquets with different flowers I have chosen for them.
I'm doing dusty pink roses and orchids, just picked out my flowers today actually!
Mine will be white-ish. Ivory. Whatever, something to that effect. When I have my dress, I'll bring in a fabric swatch and match from there.
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