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White or colored?

posted 3 years ago in Flowers
  • poll: White or colored bridal bouquet?
    all white! : (19 votes)
    23 %
    multicolored : (42 votes)
    52 %
    single color other than white (specify in the comments) : (20 votes)
    25 %
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    LoriLori    July 24, 2010   Long Beach Island, NJ

    Question for you all ----- if you're wearing a dress in the white "family" was (or will) your bridal bouquet be all white, mixed or another single color?  I am SO torn!!!!  I'm wearing white and can't decide if I want the "classic" all white look or a pop of color. 

     
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    tessabella76    September 12, 2009   Ohio

    My dress is ivory and I'm thinking of going with a multi colored bouquet. Since we're getting married in Sept., I'm thinking wildflowers....nothing too fussy or put together.

     
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    ES123    April 25, 2009   Laurel, MD

    My dress is a light gold/ivory color and I'm going with a multi-colored bouqet. I like the look of lots of different colors, to me it's more interesting.

     
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    HumarockBride    January 2, 2010   Boston, MA

    I'm going to have my ladies carry mostly white bouquets to stand out against their colored dress while I will have the colors of the dresses in mine to stand out against my white dress!  I love this look!

     
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    DC Anna    March 27, 2010   Live: Washington, DC; Wed: Atlanta

    I'm doing something similar to what HumarockBride is doing. My BM's are wearing blue dresses and will carry mostly white flowers (with perhaps a little blue thrown in). I'll be carrying mainly blue flowers with a little white/cream in there to spruce it up. I just love the way it's going to look!

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    sept09bride    Sept. 6, 2009   Richmond, Va

    @ DC Anna....that sounds pretty! What flowers are you going to use for blue?

     I'm going to have an arrangement of white stargazers and mini black calla lilies with grape hyacinths, but I've always wanted to somehow incorporate a peacock feather in with my bouquet...still trying to figure out how without clashing too much.

     
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    ipodgirl    August 8, 2008   Living in Bay Area/Wedding in Cancun

    I had pink tulips. I was afraid all white wouldn't stand out as much.

     
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    Erindesmar    October 17, 2009   Boston, MA

    My dress is ivory - I keep going back and forth between a multicolor bouquet (oranges, yellows) and an all orange bouquet.  My opinion is that color against a white dress looks fabulous.

     
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    ErinMarguerite    July 2009   DC Area

    I'm also doing white bouquets for the bridesmaids and blue for me.  Their dresses are teal ("tropical aqua" according to J.Crew).  I really wanted the pop of color.  To me, an all white dress with an all white bouquet seems a little boring.  It works for others, just not for me.

     
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    paigee    June 27, 2009   Louisiana

    My dress is white, but I'm using hot pink and burnt orange flowers with green hypericum berries and hydrangeas as a base to the bouquet. I really debated about whether to use white or colored flowers, but I decided that I loved the idea of having bright colors pop against the white of my dress. 

     
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    jcandy    May 16, 2009   Wheeling, IL

    my dress is a champagne ivory. i was afraid the white would look too stark against my dress. so while my bouquet is multi colored, i am going with soft muted tones of white, peach, ivory, and super SUPER pale pink. so it doesn't look too bland but it won't be a huge pop of color either. my main concern was that i wanted to keep my flowers a bit on the neutral side since my wedding colors are earth tones like a cream and taupe.

     
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    honeymyheart    9/09   Santa Barbara, CA

    planning on a multi colored bouquet with purple, lavender, plum, and yellow. maybe even some cream colored flowers.

     
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    sahcha23      

    im planning on a bouquet of muted pinks, yellows, oranges and some cream colored flowers.  my maids will be carrying bright pinks, oranges, and probably some white.

     
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    e.louise    10/24/09   Austin

    BMs will be carrying bouquets of mainly ivories & neutrals.  I think this will contrast nicely with their eggplant dresses.  My bouquet will be varying shades of purple (eggplant & lilac).

     
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    MsAnnaLytical    March 13, 2010   Orlando, FL--finally with my FI!

    Mine is going to be BRIGHT. I originally wanted mostly orange with purple accents, but then I saw this bouquet on proflowers.com and fell in love. The bridesmaids will wear dark purple dresses, carry orange and ivory and purple bouquets (the orange should "pop" against the dark purple) and mine will look like this.

     

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    miss sweets    8/7/2010  

    I love the pop of color against a white dress...I will be doing a mixture of all red flowers with my white dress.

     
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    RoddyBride09    September 5, 2009   Bethlehem, PA

    My dress is white with a black sash and I went for the mix of deep red roses and white roses.

     
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    lilneko69    August 2, 2008!   New York, NY

    My dress was diamond white and I went with bright reds and oranges. I loved the pop of color. The BMs had aqua dresses with bright orange bouquets. Kinda fun and funky!

    I do love the white bouquets with ethereal dresses, very soft and flowy. It just seems so romantic...

     
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    Kittyachi    August 2010   New York

    I'm planning on white lace and with mango calla lillies (my fav)

     
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    fontgoddess    August 8, 2009   British Columbia, Canada

    Lots of summery colours in mine! My MOH and flower girls are all in different colours (lilac, salmon, petal green) and I'm in white. I just gave the flower guy swatches and some photos of mixed bouquets and said "fly at 'er".

     
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    kpenn    September 20, 2008   Ontario, Canada

    I got married in September and I wore white and carried red roses - my girls wore red (the same shade as my roses) and carried all white roses. I LOVE how the pictures look :-)

     
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    katrinab    July 11, 2009   Boston, MA

    i love how elegant white and white looks! i am doing white calla lillies, and then the bms are carrying pink calla lillies. my color pop will be my fuschia shoes!

     
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    irmango      

    mine was orange/yellow/red.

    http://gallery.weddingbee.com/photo/jenns-bouquet

    i chose to go with the colored bouquet and my bridesmaids had the white bouquets to contrast their very bright orange dresses. :)

     
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    midwestelle    June 12, 2010   Des Moines, Iowa

    I am making the bouquets out of fabric, and am planning to make them out of our wedding colors...whatever our colors end up being!

    Best Wishes!

     
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    mandalynn17    June 19, 2010   Medford, OR

    I'm planning on doing an all one color bouquet.  I know white is traditional, but I want a bouquet that stands out against my dress!

     
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    mdarrah    4/4/09   Los Angeles, CA

    I decided that I was wearing white (well - off white but whatever) and wanted my flowers to stand out.  I LOVED IT!  THey were bright adn beautiful, they didnt distract from my dress like some people thought.  HIGHLY recommend!!

     

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