| A critical step to beautifying your home is creating | | | | significance. One of the best ways to add beauty |
| a desirable atmosphere. This atmosphere is | | | | to the wedding is to add flowers. Flowers can be |
| created by using a good blend of colors, styles, | | | | used not only as decorations but as part of the |
| textures, and furniture pieces. When you are | | | | ensemble for many people in the wedding. |
| decorating with more natural tones and textures, | | | | Corsages, boutonnieres, and bouquets are among |
| greenery is an important element that helps unify | | | | some of the ways flowers are worn at weddings. |
| and give life to the room. When adding greenery, | | | | There are flowers decorating the wedding site |
| make sure you know the size and positions of | | | | and the reception area. It may seem like an |
| the areas you will utilize so that you choose | | | | overwhelming job to coordinate all of this, so |
| pieces with complementary shapes and styles. | | | | break up your task into smaller steps. The most |
| Vertically, you will want one to two feet of space | | | | important decisions for wedding flower design are: |
| between the ceiling and the top of the tree. Make | | | | first, the color; second, the flower types, and |
| sure that the branches of the tree do not look | | | | third, the arrangement styles. The color is usually |
| crowded or condensed. Plants come in many | | | | a very simple decision as the bride will already be |
| shapes and sizes - if you are planning on having a | | | | choosing the color or colors for the wedding. |
| tabletop display, a shorter plant like a bonsai tree | | | | When it comes to choosing which types of |
| would be perfect. Hanging plants add greenery to | | | | flowers will be used, the bride may have some |
| places that otherwise may look too bare, such as | | | | strong preferences there. Roses are a very |
| the corners of your ceiling. The lack of sunlight is | | | | traditional choice. Though the styles for arranging |
| not a limitation on greenery if you choose to use | | | | are incredibly numerous, if you stick to two or |
| artificial plants; as long as you choose a quality | | | | three designs, no matter how traditional or unique |
| piece, the look will still be very realistic. | | | | they are, the overall look of the wedding will be |
| Keeping your Decor (Relatively) Simple | | | | enhanced with a degree of continuity. Breaking up |
| Home decor can be a lot of different things to a | | | | the job of arranging wedding flowers into these |
| lot of different people. One thing that it should | | | | steps will simplify your task immensely. |
| never be is dysfunctional. Though "less is more" | | | | Making and Displaying Wreaths |
| doesn't always have to be the rule when | | | | Wreaths are one of the easiest ways to add |
| decorating, "as much as is humanly possible" | | | | some flair to your porch. Wreaths vary in many |
| hardly ever looks nice. There are those who | | | | ways: the materials used, the shape chosen, the |
| decorate so enthusiastically that there is hardly | | | | style emulated. For a simple wreath start with |
| enough space to stand up or sit down. You may | | | | any desired foam ring and silk flowers; these can |
| have had the experience of walking into | | | | usually be obtained at a local craft store. Most |
| someone's garage and seeing that it is so full of | | | | likely, the stems of your flowers will be too long; |
| decorative materials that there is not enough | | | | trim them so that there is about 1 inch of stem |
| room for anything else (like an automobile). | | | | remaining. Next, decide how you want the flowers |
| Though form is important, remember that | | | | to be arranged, and add them individually to the |
| function comes first. For example, the kitchen is a | | | | ring by pushing the stems into the foam. |
| highly trafficked area, and counter space is usually | | | | Strategically place them so that they are close |
| more valuable for cooking than for decorating. | | | | enough to cover up the foam, but not so close |
| Bedrooms, by contrast, are a great place to add | | | | that they look bunched or crushed. Your wreath |
| flourishes and accents, since it is mainly a room | | | | will last a very long time if you use a hot glue gun |
| for resting and for storing personal times. One | | | | to add small amounts of glue where the base of |
| rule to live by is that if something has to be | | | | the flower touches the ring. Vines or other |
| moved three times a week or more to not be in | | | | standard greenery can be used to add a festive |
| the way, it should probably be kept somewhere | | | | flare. You can choose to create wreaths using |
| else and replaced with something more practical. | | | | one kind of flower in many colors, or one color |
| Wedding Flower Decor | | | | using many flowers-or a combination. To finish, tie |
| There are arguably few things in life that parallel | | | | a string around your wreath and hang it on a |
| the wedding in terms of specialness and | | | | small nail in your front door. |