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I just saw a wedding with spider mums, hers were green, not sure what all colors they come in but they're a really funky looking but pretty flower
http://photos.weddingbycolor.com/p/000/014/148/m/80856/p/thumbnail/234281.jpg
white or ivory roses/spray roses, fiddlehead ferns, greens (like a moss color), antique hydrangeas
I love fiddlehead ferns, I think they are so cool looking. I saw a great arrangement one with antique hydrangeas, moss, and fiddleheads and looooved it. Our colors and style just ddnt support them :(
So you guys think I should go with earthy neutrals (ivory, brown, mossy green)for flowers?'
I was originally thinking that I would do bright pinks, oranges, greens, but now I am not sold on that.
Also I have attached a pic of what our centerpieces will be like. They will be peaches (the fruit!) and people can take them home at the end of the night. :)
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fiddlehead ferns? are those the ones the curl at the end? man, those things give me the heebie jeebies!
If you're on a budget, I suggest looking into what local flowers will be in bloom during your wedding season. You might be surprised ~ AND if you know local flowers from the get go, your potential florists can't rip you off as much. :)
http://offbeatbride.com/2009/03/wedding-flowers#more-1857 is one of my favorite flower related articles. I've shared it with a few others; hope it can help you!
I love the idea of the peaches, and since you are incorporating fresh fruit, I do think it would be better for you to stick with earthy shades of brown and green like you suggested.
Personally I think bright colors would clash with the peaches, and neutral would blend nicely.
I really love when for the boutennieres they're used as the accent piece to the flower
or even just as the main piece
I like this bronze colour ... I am also doing brown and am undecided on flowers..
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hahahahahah @ daydream! they used to FREAK me out too! Until I stared at them long enough to finally accept them hahahaa. I do think you should stick with neutrals for flowers if youre going with peach centerpieces (love them by the way!) The peach will look great as an accent, but if you start mixing those too much next to brown and champagne it COULD look a little Halloween-y. These were our original colors actually, and we mrried 9/12. Ended up going navy and cream with yellow accents instead, but I found over and over that the neutrals worked so much better than colors.
I agree that staying with neutral tones would make it look so elegant! I love vendela roses, which are warm and I think would go nicely with the peaches. I like the idea of staying with soft textures, very fresh. maybe some creamy tulips? Anyway. Just my thoughts. I love soft, light, neutral colors, so I'm biased. :)
I'm thinking of looking into fiddlehead ferns myself. It could be nice. I also like the idea of adding some green into the mix to freshen it up and brighten?
:) This is fun, thanks for letting us in on the inspiration fun of flowers. mmm....
I really like the idea of using neutrals, but long for some color at the ceremony. Any ideas? FI likes the look of the those light orang/yellowly roses. Bad idea?
Personally I really love burnt orange, but I also love this bouquet with yellow roses
http://lauradowling.typepad.com/.a/6a01116861ae10970c0120a548dcfa970c-800wi
and I'm not always a fan of roses.
nah, definitely go for it at the ceremony! We did opposite; primarily cream at the ceremony (few splashes of blue hydrangea) with color at the reception. you can definitely pull off color with altar arrangements or with pew/chair decorations. You could do with hanging mason jars with small sprigs of flowers, or with pomanders of orange or peach spray roses or peachy carnations (i know you dont like them but they look really cool when bunched together). Maybe manzanita branches at the altar with some strung orange blooms?
and this bouquet for the lil color but still earthy
http://media.theknot.com/ImageStage/Objects/0003/0047516/large_image.jpg
or what about sunflowers or black eyed susans, if you're going for yellow
@daydreamwanderer: LOL, I didn't know what fiddlehead ferns were so I googled it. Yup, kinda gave me the heebie jeebies!!! LOL
We're also using chocolate brown and gold and were originally thinking of going with reds and oranges. Having second thoughts about that because it gives it too much of a Halloweeny feel which isn't ideal for a June wedding. Definitely considering a peachy, light gold scheme for the flowers now.
I found this cool post on this wholesale flower website bloomsbythebox.com about mixing colors...a couple of posts, one about colors and the other about hue or shade. It totally changed what I was thinking (or I guess I wasn't really thinking!). They actually have a lot of posts on selecting and combining flowers.
http://blog.bloomsbythebox.com/diy/designing-fresh-flower-arrangements-working-flower-color-wheel/
http://blog.bloomsbythebox.com/diy/color-fresh-flower-bouquets-arrangements-2/
I'm another that doesn't like fiddleferns... they don't look like flowers at all to me!
I think greens and peaches would be a great way to bring some color without being jarring against your color scheme. I think pinks or oranges would be too bright, but soft peaches look great with champagne and brown, as do shades of green.
since youre in september dahlias should be an option. i would have loved to use those and chrysanthamums for my bridesmaids, but i'm in the spring:(
Ok, so I am feeling more inspired. Thank you ladies! I am attaching some pictures from a wedding I just saw on style me pretty. I love the feel of the flowers in this wedding. I think I will try to use orange for my boquet and FI's bout. I will also try to incorporate more brown and greens. Aren't these flowers gorgeous?!
I also have a dozen aqua mason jars at home that I can use!
Oh and the last picture is of our ceremony site!
Thank you so much for these ideas!
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Hi Everyone!
FI and I need to start looking at florists before all the good ones are gone! I think I have been procrastinating on this because I have little flower vision.
Our colors are chocolate brown and champagne (light gold). I like roses, but not those blood red roses. I am also not very into calla lilies, gerber daisies or carnations. Any ideas for flower colors and type of flowers?
Thanks in advance!