| The wedding flowers that decorate the church will | | | | your wedding flowers around. In short, have a |
| go a long way toward setting the mood for your | | | | pretty clear idea of what you want in your |
| wedding. Done right, a selection of well placed | | | | wedding flowers before you ever start visiting |
| wedding flowers can give your event the sense | | | | florists and bring the pictures with you. This will |
| of joy, expectation, solemnity, or pageantry you | | | | help them understand your vision for your floral |
| and your intended anticipate for your wedding. | | | | arrangement. |
| Done poorly... well, your wedding flowers will set | | | | The second step is like the first: Don't even think |
| the wrong mood for your wedding at best. At | | | | of going to a florist without swatches of the |
| worst, your wedding flowers will make it appear | | | | material from your dress, the bridesmaid's |
| that your wedding happened in a tacky looking | | | | dresses, and any other fabric that might affect |
| facility or several decades earlier (actually, it can | | | | the wedding color scheme (this is true of your |
| get worse, but we won't talk about that. The | | | | cake decorator too). This is most especially true |
| point is to make sure we stay on the top of the | | | | of your dress. White wedding dresses come in a |
| scale with our wedding flowers, not the bottom). | | | | wide variety of shades of white, so to ensure |
| The success of your wedding flower | | | | that the wedding flowers will properly accent your |
| arrangements and decorations depends on your | | | | dress bring a swatch. A professional florist will |
| florist's attention to detail, sense of style, flair, | | | | know how to set it off so that the wedding |
| expertise, and the connection that the two of | | | | flowers draw the attention to you in just the right |
| you achieve. Don't assume that because a | | | | way. |
| particular florist is highly respected you will get the | | | | Once you have done your homework it is time to |
| wedding flower arrangement of your dreams. If | | | | start actually looking for a florist to provide your |
| there is no meeting of your minds, if you don't | | | | wedding flowers. As in every other discipline, your |
| feel like they are grasping what you are trying to | | | | first move should be to talk to people who have |
| communicate about your wedding flowers, theme, | | | | recently gotten married and get referrals from |
| or both, keep looking. In most cases your | | | | them. There is no shame in learning from the |
| wedding flowers will be more to your liking with | | | | success and failures of others and doing so will |
| your second choice that fully understands the | | | | generally save you a lot of grief. In the process, |
| theme and mood you are trying to set than with | | | | no doubt, you will discover that while most any |
| the reputed best florist in the city who isn't | | | | florist can provide wedding flowers, some are |
| listening or just isn't managing to understand what | | | | more skilled, gifted, and experienced than others. |
| you want from your wedding flowers. | | | | Your goal is to identify these people and choose |
| Finding the right wedding flower specialist is easy | | | | one of them to take the stress of your wedding |
| if you begin your search prepared and know what | | | | flower needs off your hands. |
| to look for and what to stay away from: Being | | | | Remember, wedding flowers work or don't work |
| prepared means doing some dreaming about your | | | | on the florist's attention to detail, creativity, and |
| wedding flowers. Doodle. Search bridal magazines. | | | | their ability to match your style. But part of their |
| Look at wedding flower schemes in books and | | | | ability to perform depends on you communicating |
| dream. Go to bridal shows. Go to weddings, if you | | | | what you want and providing pictures and |
| can get an invitation, and dream. Collect pictures | | | | swatches. It's your wedding; make sure it goes |
| of wedding flower arrangements that you think | | | | right by taking the time to prepare before you go |
| will fit into the theme that you want to design | | | | shopping for those wedding flowers. |