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Wedding Bouquets

There's no doubt that wedding bouquets are one of the most photographed details from a wedding. It's important that you choose high quality flowers. What does that mean? There have been times when we have zoomed in to take a photograph of a brides bouquet only to see wilting flowers or flowers with brown all around the edges. That's not what you want for your wedding day. You want a bouquet that will photograph beautifully

One of the ways you can make sure of this is by hiring the right florist. Ask questions such as "How fresh are your flowers"? "When does my bouquet get made"? "How are they delivered"? "When are they delivered"?

Let's say that you want to make your own bouquet. Again quality flowers are a must. You also need to make sure that if you purchased the flowers the day before in order to make them yourself they need to be kept in the refrigerator in water.

The type of flowers you choose are totally up to you and depend on your style.

There is also the option to have silk flowers. Silk flowers have come a long way and if you didn't know it you couldn't tell!

Your silk fowers can be as full and fancy as you like. The possibilities are endless. The great thing about having a silk wedding bouquet is that you will have them forever as a keepsake which to me is even better than saving a few pedals and keeping them.

I wish I had thought about silk flowers. I kept a rose from my wedding bouquet and had it pressed into a cooking book that I used growing up. I had two keepsakes in one. When we moved to Florida over 14 years ago we had friends help us move. Usually when we moved we did it all ourselves but since it was a huge move we thought we'd have help. Can you guess what got lost? You got it! My cooking book with my pressed wedding flower. Had it been the entire bouquet I doubt it would have gotten lost.

Whether you choose real flowers or silk choose what will be an accent to your wedding dress. You never want a bouquet that is overpowering you or the dress.

Tip: Your wedding bouquet should be no bigger than your head.

What kind of bouquet are you thinking of having? What colors will your choose? We'd love to hear from you!

Toni Nelson - Nelson Photographers/Videographer

Photographer & Certified Wedding Planner

941-662-0022

Wedding Photographer

Comment by Mary Thompson on February 6, 2012 at 11:20am: Professional Photos and your preserved bouquet will be two of the most seen memories from your wedding day. Your beautiful dress and veil will be carefully packed away, the meal and cake are fond memories. While bought with care and so right for your wedding, most favors end their life in someone's junk drawer, When I had my fresh shop I looked for ways for my brides to preserve their bouquet and pressing the flowers was the most economical. I think freeze dried flowers are beautiful. They are somewhat fragile and need to displayed under glass or in a shadow box if you want them to last for years. They can also be made into a wreath or other arrangement but are not forever. Freeze drying is expensive. You can dry your flowers at home in silica. I believe there is a way to do this in the microwave. Some flowers colors change a lot. Try this with only a few blooms well in advance. All of these require you have the money and time right after the wedding to do the work or ship the flowers while still fresh to the company who is doing the work.

With silk bouquets our brides just pack them up and send them home. Silk flowers are also light weight and come in colors you will find rarely in natural flowers. We even custom dye them for our brides. They don't suffer from heat or extreme cold. Many silks are a fraction of the cost of fresh flowers. These are just a few advantages of Silk Bouquets.