it's a wedding post! huzzah!
even though I haven't written since October, and even though we got married a whole six (edit: eight) months ago, I still wanted to get some things down about the wedding. it seems a little late, but if anything, it will be fun to remember. I hope you don't mind if I take a few posts to do it. and I'd like to actually let you know what vendors I used for different things (photos, flowers, etc.) and tell you about my experience with them, in case there are any pre-engaged or wedding planners out there reading who are interested :)
today's post is on flowers!
all of my favorites are spring flowers - peonies, sweetpeas, ranunculus, tulips
and we were getting married at the end of the summer, in Utah. so much for those.
our solution was to use large light pink English garden roses instead of peonies. my bouquet was made up of the English garden roses with fuchsia stock, sweet william, mini garden roses, and greenery. I just got a bunch of carnations in my colors from Costco for my throwing bouquet and tied it up with a lovely ribbon.
bridesmaids' bouquets were simple bunches of light pink hydrangeas.
we used small sprigs of roses, stock, and sweet william for the corsages and boutonnieres. there were mothers' corsages and fathers' boutonnieres, as well as pin-on corsages for non-bridesmaid family ladies and smaller boutonnieres for family men. we didn't get a lot of shots of these, but here's one where you can see Andy's boutonniere.
there were two kinds of table centerpieces - some had 3 different sized vases with large dahlias and others had round bowls of light pink hydrangeas. the dessert table had dahlias along it and the sign in/presents table had a larger bunch of hydrangeas.
our florist was Calie Williams from Calie Rose Floral based in Orem, Utah. she did a really great job sitting down with us to get a feel for our ideas, colors, vases - everything that mattered :) the flowers were very lovely and Calie was wonderful to work with. I recommend her to any and all - they even deliver, so if you were getting married further north or south in Utah Valley, or even Salt Lake Valley, I would say her prices were competitive enough to warrant using her and having them delivered.
the bouquet is dried and still intact - it's sitting in its vase on my dresser :)
