What are your Flowers?

A wedding's just not a wedding without flowers!!! So what are we all having???? :?:

My flowers are going to be orange calla lillies, gomphrena strawberry fields (which are a little red everlasting that looks like a strawberry on a long, fine green stem) and lucodendrums - I might also put in some yellow and orange everlastings as well, it will have lots of green gum leaves too. The girls are going to be in orange, so this will hopefully look gorgeous!

The table decorations are just going to be plain clear vases with a bunch of gomphrena losely placed in them. Really simple, but very elegant.

Your flowers sound amazing Katie! Have you got any pics? Would love to see

I haven't got any pictures just yet sorry! I've sort of got images of the different flowers but nothing of them alltogether!

Am going to see the florist in a couple of weeks so hopefully I might have something then!

Jeanette, how do I attach an image?

You will need to have something like photobucket or a host photo site.
On the top navigation bar you will see what looks like a little picture icon, click on that an an internal box will come up
and insert between this ( [ img ] * [ /img ] ) where I'v inserted a * the image code of the pic you want to upload from your photobucket or similar

Let me try this.... image is a bit big... but will see how we go! These are the gomphrena flowers...

These are the calla lillies....



And these are the lucodendrums.... so put them all together, I'm looking for something like this...

This is what the boys button holes will most likely be like... - sorry about the massiveness of the photos.. I'm still working out how to shrink them for web viewing!!

OH KATIE !!!! They look incredible, you must be so excited to see the end result? I know I would...WOW, lost for words

Don't they look gorgeous.. that's the first time I've really seen pictures of them side by side like that.. I only just found the picture of the calla lilly button hole, but they are so nice!!! Gettin' excited now!!! I is gonna look like a princess!!

WOW! They are Beautiful! So bright and colourful!

It is such a creative idea too! I think I need to get creative with my flowers too! I can't wait to meet with some florists and see what we can come up with!

I started off knowing the colour only.. I didn't know what flowers I wanted, but I knew I wanted some wildflowers. I happened across the gomphrena at a relatives house, she had them on the table and I just loved them! I'd seen the cala lilies just searching the web.

Google is your friend when you are looking for things like this!

Nobody's posted in a while so I thought I'd get things moving! I'm off to my florist tomorrow morning to sort out my flowers! YAY!!!

Hope your appointment went well Katie?
Come back to tell us your final decision

We are going with the calla lillies, lucodendrums and if we can get them, the strawberry fields flower

It's going to be a ball bouquet with some greenery in it.... The button holes are just going to be the orange calla lillies.

Can't wait!!!

YAY!!! sounds amazing Katie....Hopefully I'll get to see them on the day
can't wait myself so I can only imagine how you feel hehe xx

They look beautiful Katie. Love the brightness of the flowers

Thanks I'm so glad you like them.

I'm not really a white and pink rose kinda person, and I just love orange flowers! I want it to be colourful and fun.. a bit like me

Wow...that is gorgeous Katie!

I thought I might stick with the good old white roses....have ordered them....but I am thinking I may need some colour....I did want peonies...but they are not in when i am getting married....so am gonna see if i can change to david austin roses....and im not sure what else yet

We've had a bit of bad news on the flowers... The strawberry flowers and lucodendrums are not in season in November.... Would anything else like to go wrong??? I'm hoping with all the stuff that's being going on beforehand will mean that nothing will go wrong on the day!!

Oh no!!! I hope you can find something equally as gorgeous xo

We are just going to go with all calla lillies... they will be ivory calla lillies with orange calla lillies sitting in the bunch. It should look really nice actually .. simple.

that will be stunning...I LUUUUURVE calla lillies...it was what i was originally going to go with...it will suit your dress so well

Thanks! The bridesmaids are in burnt orange, so it should hopefully look stunning... I hope so anyway!!

Sounds just lovely... freesias are beautiful. They have a lovely smell too. You must be sooo excited!!!!

Katie wrote:

We've had a bit of bad news on the flowers... The strawberry flowers and lucodendrums are not in season in November.... Would anything else like to go wrong??? I'm hoping with all the stuff that's being going on beforehand will mean that nothing will go wrong on the day!!

I just saw about your flowers Katie sounds like your replacements will be equally as beautiful though! well done xx

Coralbride your centerpieces sound stunning! I can actually picture them but it would be lovely to see pics if you get some
All these incredible flower ideas....Flowers have come such a long way, it's so exciting!!

Well done ladies

BDB wrote:

Katie wrote:

We've had a bit of bad news on the flowers... The strawberry flowers and lucodendrums are not in season in November.... Would anything else like to go wrong??? I'm hoping with all the stuff that's being going on beforehand will mean that nothing will go wrong on the day!!

I just saw about your flowers Katie sounds like your replacements will be equally as beautiful though! well done xx

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I've had a look at some pictures and I think it will be just as lovely with just the white and orange calla lillies. I've gotten to a place, where while I still care about the day, I'm not so obsessed with must having certain things. I've worked out that sometimes, stuff happens, and you have to accept that. No point in getting upset about it.

It's all going to be awesome!

That is EXACTLY right hun! Well done on finding your happy place

Make the best out of the situation you have, if you keep dwelling on the things that go wrong you don't experience the joy in the things that go right

xx Jeanette

It's only taken 10 months! I don't know if it's something that you can tell others either, it really is the sort of thing you can only work out on your own!

Your flowers sound lovely Katie!

I'm not sure if i want flowers as i have had my heart set on Parasols but i have seen button bouquets

They are just so different but apparently really heavy.
Would love to know if there was somewhere in Adelaide that makes them.
They have buttonholes for the guys as well.

Wow! How unusual... not sure if it's my thing, but they really are quite interesting. I've not been able to find anywhere in Adelaide doing a quick search, but I don't think they would be difficult to make.

Wow, I have NEVER seen anything like that before Ally. Certainly would be a talking point and not easily forgotten!
Would you make it yourself? It's something that could really have the imagination go wild. I have seen lady bird buttons they would be cool to have every now and then on top hehe. Could really do anything! Quite amazing

Yeah i thought they were really interesting but not sure that they were my thing as well. I did show a few pics to FH and he does not like the idea one little bit. So i guess i will go to the florist and see what they have because i like different things and see if i like any flowers. Unfortunately i'm really not a flower person so i really don't know what to do

wow ally love the button bouquet i love unusual ideas
love the orange calla lillys katie sounds like you have everything sorted the pictures are stunning

getting there Amy! Only 3 and a bit months to go and just putting the finishing touches on a few things! Must write my BDB blog too!!

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Well i am having buttons - This is a picture of my actual bouquet which i made myself.

My bridesmaids are having similar bouquets but a bit smaller and with black tulle instead of the feathers



I am really pleased with the result - the pic is one a friend took as my actual wedding isnt until May. I have had a mixed reaction of the feathers, but i love them.

It's so different! This one is a bit art deco, 1920s style! Very nice!