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As June is traditionally considered the wedding month, I thought I would share some images from our son and daughter-in-laws December 2012 wedding. I have published posts on the build up HERE and HERE. Unfortunately, the photographer had to be coerced into finally delivering on the photographs. We received the full set of pictures in August of 2013.
Rather than share with you a host of pictures, like the overzealous traveler who shows you slides (did I just age myself? I meant digital images) of their latest vacation, I will show you a few of the pictures and zero in on the topic of wedding bouquets. Like most brides, my DIL is a talented designer and had a specific vision of how she wanted her wedding to be. For the reception, the 100 guests were all at one long table, candlelight was used over traditional lighting. [This is why getting the pictures from the photographer was essential, most photographs taken by friends were taken with a phone and were too dark]
DIL’s vision was extraordinary by it’s unique blend of ‘winter wedding meets English castle’ feel to the setting, and thereby all components of the evening. The wedding was staged at the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art. Dinosaurs were abundant. The wedding ceremony took place in the African Mammal room and the reception took place across the hall in the American Mammal room. Her attention to detail transported guests and the feel of the rooms was magical.
Sarah’s bouquet complimented the theme, as did her maid of honor and bridesmaid’s bouquets.
{Sarah’s bouquet, held by her mom, during the ceremony. Note: The bouquet probably weighed in at 10 lbs or so}
{Bridesmaid bouquet}
After seeing the first picture of the wedding (top of post) my bff blog friend, Victoria, suggested I do a post about wedding bouquets {thank you, Victoria}. I’m always eager to have a suggestion for a post since I’ve been known to have dry spells, creatively speaking. So here are some beautiful examples of wedding bouquets I found online.
In my day the trend in wedding bouquets was all white flowers. I love the variety of unique plant material that is added to bouquets today,and the color variations of the flowers.
Ranunculas and Roses, with petite daisies and the sage green leaves of a eucalyptus branch makes for a beautiful bouquet.
The beauty of planning a wedding in today’s world is that there are literally thousands, if not millions of ideas floating out there. Between Pinterest and dozens of blogs dedicated to weddings, you can be inspired and possibly confused by the abundance of ideas.
I can imagine using Sunflowers for a late summer / early fall wedding. I love this bouquet.
This bouquet is right up my alley, peonies, roses and ranunculas, all in soft ballet slipper pinks and whites…sigh. Aren’t they beautiful?!
The lavish use of gardenias, such a delightful choice. I once heard of a wedding where on all of the windows at the reception hall, there were fresh gardenia wreathes hung. The fragrance would be fabulous. Hopefully, none of your guests would have allergies.
{enchanted forest wedding photo by Emily Steffen // flowers by Johnny and Dottie via Pinterest}
The tree ferns in the bouquet above give it a magical fairy-like feel.
I really like the bright orange flowers with dusty miller and the purple thistle in this bouquet. I also like the diminutive size of the bouquet.
If you were planning your wedding today, what would your wedding bouquet look like?
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