bridal bouquets : my florist recommended two bridal bouquets: one for me to hold and walk downthe aisle with and one for me to "throw the bridal bouquet". The floristsaid it's a bad idea to throw the bridal bouquet because it has that hardplastic holder that holds the flowers in place, and that the holder couldhit someone inadvertently during the bridal bouquet toss. I've never heardof this. Makes sense. But is she just trying to get me to buy more flowers?The Florist said to get a cheaper bouquet of flowers to throw. Is this a wayto sell more flowers or has anyone heard of this before? I think this is quite common, though the usual reasonI hear is that brides want to keep the bouquet rather thanthe plastic holder being a danger (though I can see herpoint). Some florists have the "throwing bouquet" as partof the bridal bouquet that is removed before throwing.Still, I'm sure some brides don't have a separate throwingbouquet--especially as some choose not to throw the bouquetto begin with ;-) I wouldn't say your florist is tryingto gouge you unless she's charging an arm and a leg forthe throwing bouquet (the cost should be minimal), butyou don't have to go along with it if you don't want to.
bridal bouquets : thanks everyone for the suggestions, advice. . .and the garter anecdotes ;)I think we're going to skip the garter thingee. Kind of glad there's a wayto keep my bouquet without seeming selfish about the toss part. Now aboutthat "saving the bridal bouquet" part -- are people keeping it beyond thetime it wilts? Do you preserve it somehow? How?You can buy flower preservation kits (read: silica gel crystals) at mostcraft and hobby stores, if you're doing this yourself you will probably haveto take the bouquet apart and dry each flower individually, then put it backtogether. I'd take it to a florist for this one. I took the easy way out,hung my bouquet (18 red roses) upside down from the ceiling (where the catswouldn't be able to bat it around) for a few weeks, now it's a lovely driedbouquet that I can keep in a vase, put in a shadow box, or whatever.I don't know about you, but I wanted to keep my bridal bouquet and have itpreserved. I also didn't feel like spending all that money on flowers tochuck in the air! I had my bridal bouquet done (without the plastic holder)out of 18 red roses, and had my "throwaway" bouquet done with 5 red rosesand 5 white carnations. The girl who caught it was delighted, I got to keepmy bridal bouquet, and it wasn't that much more expensive to get thethrowaway. I guess if you want to get one depends on how sentimental youare and do you really want to throw away your bridal bouquet?
bridal bouquets : My parents and grandparents owned a flower shop for 40 years. They ALWAYSmade two bridal boquets- the 'big' one for the bride to use and keep, and amuch smaller one (which they included as a 'complimentary' thing at nocharge) to throw. The thinking was two fold: 1. many brides like to keeptheir boquet as a keepsake and 2. the brides boquet is usually pretty big,and the holder that keeps the flowers in place IS heavy and can potentiallyhurt someone.I've heard of this, too. No, your florist isn't trying to gouge you. You canget a bouquet of carnations in your wedding colors and toss that...that'spretty inexpensive. I had a friend put her bouquet in a shadow box. I'm notgoing that far, but I think they are a nice idea if you really want to keepyour bouquet and do the toss as well.Due to the many weddings were I was dragged into the middle of a group ofreally serious girls, willing to push, throw elbows, trip you to get to thebouquet....I won't be doing a toss. Three of my single friends have asked menot to. whew!It seems like no one did what I did for my wedding bouquet. I reallywanted fresh flowers for my bouquet, and had a small silk bouquet madeas the "toss" bouquet.
bridal bouquets : Hi there everyone. I hope your all having a nice day.Anyhow, can anyone tell me how much they are spending per bouquet for therebridesmaids? I dont' want bouquets, I want something like Ginger Roots orBird of Paradise. Each girl is going to carry only one flower. What iseveryone else doing?I believe you confused ginger roots with ginger blossoms. You are probablytalking about either torch ginger or regular ginger which comes in either redor pink. Tropical flowers make great single flower bouquets.Evelyn Baker (416) 285-6085Apropos Floral Designs Inc. Bridal Open House May 15 and 16Toronto, CanadaI DID confuse them. Thanks for the correct name, I don't know what I wasthinking. I wrote it down now in my book. Thanks Evelyn!Happy hump day everyone!I'm going to do them myself. I'm just going to have each one carry adifferent of a large stemmed flower...I've had a vision that's going to be cost effective. Thanks ladies!Our female attendants are also carrying on flower, but they are roses.Large roses. We got them from Wicker Emporium.
bridal bouquets : "Our deepest fears are like dragons guarding our deepest treasures." - RilkePlease remove "NOSPAM" from email address to email. Thank you.I am spending $96 for my flowers. My bouquet is very full with roses,gerbeas, mums, calla lillies with a guilded edge, and carnations, with asemi-cascade.The bridesmaids are a smaller version of mine with only roses, mums, andgerbeas. Theirs are $46 with no cascade. But they are still prettyfull.Make sure the color of your flowers doesn't blend in with your/theirdress. I have seen some pictures where the color of the flowers getwashed out in the dress. If you are wearing white and white flowers,have some nice greenery mixed in. Some people think greenery is cheap,but actually it sets off the flowers quite nicely.--== Sent via Deja.com ==-----Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---We gave all the attendents the same boutennaire (sp?) regardless ofgender or whether or not they were there for me or for SO. No onehad a bouquet or carried anything except me.--Jennifer in California | Spring - An experience | in immortality. | Thoreau (1817-1862)--== Sent via Deja.com ==-----Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---
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