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It's not your mother's wedding, so stop worrying about doing
everything her way. This is a time for you to express your
individual taste and style. So what if she never would have
dreamed of carrying "fake" flowers in her bridal bouquet. In her
generation fake flowers were plastic. Of course she wouldn't
have used them!
This is a new generation and silk wedding flowers are the rage!
Not only have "fake" flowers evolved in leaps and bounds, but
they have also become very popular as alternatives to fresh
flowers for wedding bouquets, flower girl baskets, corsages and
boutonnieres. From the exquisite cascading bridal bouquet to the
simplistic hand-tied wedding bouquet, silk wedding flowers lend
themselves to every style imaginable!
Elegant silk calla lilies look lovely, whether cascading
downward intermingled with ivy, or when in a hand-tied bridal
bouquet. Silk roses in a rainbow of colors combine nicely with a
variety of other flowers in a clutch bridal bouquet or in a
cascading wedding bouquet. The look is so close to that of fresh
flowers that most people will never even know the difference.
But your checkbook will!
Purchasing silk wedding flower packages is what many smart
brides are doing. Eliminating the stress of last-minute florist
mix-ups, ordering your silk wedding flower sets from one of the
online merchants is convenient and cost-effective. With packages
starting under $300, silks have made wedding flowers affordable.
Beware of low-quality silks, however. Make sure that you're
getting top-of-the-line silk flowers if you want to fool
everyone that they're real. Quality silk wedding flowers are so
realistic that people will want to smell your bridal bouquet! To
fool them, try spritzing your wedding bouquets with rose oil or
another floral fragrance.
Flower girl baskets can carry a stationary arrangement or an
assortment of silk rose petals to be scattered down the aisle
for the bride to walk upon. Walking on rose petals is symbolic
of both beauty and of the bride walking down the path of a new
life that is about to begin. Another alternative for the flower
girl is for her to carry a silk floral pomander. The flowers can
match those in the bridal bouquet and your little flower girl
will look adorable swinging her beautiful pomander to and fro as
she heads down the aisle. This is especially conducive to very
young flower girls.
The ring bearer's pillow has an alternative as well. A fabric
covered ring box can be carried down the aisle by your young
attendant. This is a more contemporary look for the ring bearer,
who often balks at carrying a lacy pillow.
In lieu of traditional corsages, consider giving the special
women at the wedding small hand-tied bouquets for them to carry.
With today's flimsier fabrics, pin on corsages are sometimes too
bulky to wear. However, by using silk flowers, the weight of the
corsages is dramatically decreased. Maybe you could point that
out as a benefit to your mother as you gently remind her -- this
isn't her wedding after all.
About the author:
Bonnie Goodwin Ray has more than sixteen years experience in the
wedding industry. She is the author of Wedding Planning Made
Easier and has become a leading expert in silk wedding
flower design.
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