Post # 1
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Bumble bee
I am having a really difficult time figuring out what to do for my girls flowers. Mine will be all white. Simple enough. (although I did want some color, I was having the same problem I am having with theirs so I have up and went the easy route!) ok, so my colors are teal and black. Which means I have just made my job impossible! Every florist I talk to tries to steer me away from spraying flowers teal. Fine. So what can I do to give them colors that will make sense? I mean, I see so many gorgeous bouquets but teal isn’t a color in any of them. Any ideas?
Post # 4
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Bee Keeper
I sympathize; my dress is going to have teal or turquoise accents and it’s just not a color that appears in nature! (Or at least not in flowers.) I suggest adding another “accent” color to your decor – maybe red? If the girls are in teal dresses, you don’t want teal bouquets anyway because the flowers will just blend in with the dresses.
Post # 5
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Blushing bee
Post # 6
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Worker bee
Are there teal astomerias maybe? or teal orchids? You can also dye carnations pretty easily. Or what about a dark blue – like irises. I also agree that you may want another accent color.
Post # 7
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Sugar bee
What about talking to the florist about colors that complement? Maybe a very pale yellow rose? Or maybe some blue hydrangea? Or maybe your bouquet is fresh flowers, while the bridesmaids have a button bouquet?
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Post # 8
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Bumble bee
We have thrown around some accent colors and pink is the only color we have come up wth because our main flower is Cherry blossoms… but those aren’t actually blooming in July either so we can’t have those and too much pink and teal will remind me of florida. Besides, not a huge fan of the combo anyway. I have looked into blue orchids because sometimes they can look teal in the middle but they are crazy expensive (atleast for my budget) and you can’t guarentee they will actually have the teal. The dresses will be black so I’m not worried about too much teal and as far as silk? I’d rather not. It is just as expensive as real flowers most of the time and would look so unnatural in teal. Ugh. I promise I’m not trying to be picky! Would flower jewelry look right? I mean, if I added enough? But I don’t want it to look tacky…
Post # 9
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Bee Keeper
@kfricke89: In that case, I think brooch, button, or felt bouquets are your best options. Good luck!
Post # 10
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Bumble bee
I found these options. They have purple too but I might be okay with that.
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Post # 11
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Busy bee
my colors were “sea glass”- light aqua, seafoam, light sage.. so it is not really the same but this is what i did… i wanted lavender accents in the flowers for the girls.. but i asked for a lot of greenery/texture. My florist used a lot of leaves that were more of a dusty green or blue green to bring it all together (dusty miller i think is what that blue green leaf is). maybe if you did white roses with lots of greenery and some light pink accent?? mine had shells stuck in them and were wrapped with burlap… what if you did bright white bouquets (no greenery) with teal flower picks to give them teal accents. you can buy a pack of crystals and glue them on to bouquet wire for a cheap option and then have all the bouquets wrapped in teal fabric…
Post # 12
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Busy bee
here are some pics to kind of illustrate what i was saying.. or what about blue hydrangea or teal gerber daisies… hydrangea comes in a toooon of shades.. that was also what was in my bouquet..
Post # 13
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Bee Keeper
When I was in high school, I had a red, black and silver prom dress. My boyfriend went to florist in my hometown to order a corsage.
Well, the morning of prom, I went to the florist to get my corsage on the way to get my hair done. It had WHITE baby’s breath in it. Of course that was completely unacceptable and would cause the WHOLE PROM TO BE RUINED. I had wanted black flowers! Well, of course those don’t exist, but she said she’d figure something out (probably just to shut me up.)
When I came back, she had PAINTED the baby’s breath black! Not sure what she used, but it caused it to look glossy and sort of otherworldly. She tied the whole thing up with silver ribbon. Might be something to consider. And while you probably wouldn’t want to do this with full-sized flowers, I do know that white carnations can be dyed if you put certain food coloring colors into their water. You could maybe combine them with some black feathers or black crystals or something.
Post # 14
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Sugar bee
what about forget-me-nots? not exactly teal but blue??