September 2009 Weddings
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PIP: Bouquet
PIP your bouquet. Would you change anything about it now?
Re: PIP: Bouquet
I loved my bouquet. I think the only thing I would change about it is that I wouldn't have listened to the florist when she said 18 flowers would be too many. She talked me down to a dozen roses.
I also wrapped my grandmother's rosary (that she received for her first communion) around the stems. She died 2 years before I was born. It was my something old.
I loved all of the flowers in my bouquet! I've gotten more compliments/questions about the blue flowers (blue dendrobium orchids) than I ever thought I would. The florist added the beautiful touch of the little circles of crystals to match my dress and jewelry. I had my grandmother's necklace on my bouquet; she wore it for her wedding day and my mom also wore it on hers, so I was happy to continue the tradition in my own way.
The only thing I might change is the shape of the bouquet. I kind of feel like the hanging down part looked a little cheesy. I might have changed it to make it look a little rounder and fuller with some different greenery. But overall, I loved and though it went well with everything else.
I loved my bouquet. More than any other little detail, it turned out exactly how I wanted.
In this picture, you can see the vintage brooch that was pinned to it. It was my something old.
Loved, loved, loved my bouquet and all the flowers we had put together. I remember this was the part of the planning that I kept flip-flopping on really bad. I must have changed my mind about florists a gazillion times. Then I started posting on the knot. And then *i think* it was Arbolita who said she decided to use Whole Foods for their flowers... so that inspired me to look into it. I'm so glad I did. I never actually met the guy who did our flowers, I only spoke to him on the phone. He did an awesome job in my opinion. I told him for my bouquet I wanted it all white, and use "fluffy" flowers so the bouquet would look cloud-like and for the bridesmaids just add touches of green. He asked me if there were any flowers I had to have or didn't want. I told him not really, just have fun with it.
You can tell he did because they looked great.
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I wouldn't change anything
I loved my bouquet, and my girls' bouquets. I kind of wish I had pursued getting it professionally preserved....
Here is a detail shot, I had my grandpa's pocketwatch wrapped around the stems.
Here's a head on shot. I wouldn't have changed a thing, they were perfect
This is about the best shot I have. My photog sucked, as I've mentioned many times. Anyway, I DIY'd my flowers, and I was really happy with how they turned out. My bouquet was 18 white roses, tied with a silver ribbon, and tied to it was my grandmother's ring (as my something old.) the only thing I would have changed was the stems would have been cut evenly like they were supposed to have been. Someone didn't do their job *cough-mom-cough*
I do like my bouquet... I don't know if I would do anything differently. I wanted a red rose bouquet from the beginning and it's exactly what I received, and then some.
I also still love the BMs bouquets, so I don't thiink I would change anything with them, either.
I was, however, disappointed with the preservation..... *sigh*
updated 10.03.12
I also loved my bouquet, it was exactly what I wanted. Our florist did a really great job interpreting what I wanted from a handful of pictures and me saying "i like this about this one, and this about that one..."
The only thing I would change is for the stems to be a little shorter. I loved the exposed stems, but they were kind of long and at times were awkward in pics. But that's pretty darn minor. You can kind of see the length in this pic
BM bouquets - loved theirs too. Same stem issue though.
So pretty! I love it. It looks very romantic:)
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I loved my bouquet. It was sweet, southern, and simple...just like the rest of my wedding. If I were to change anything, it would be the number of flowers I used. I think I would have like it just a tad bit bigger.
I loved mine as well. Very much me!
It was tied with black satin and rhinestones to match my bracelet and topped with my moms pin and her necklace.
I was absolutely thrilled with my bouquet... 60 miniature calla lilies. Of all of the flowers (that I went $1000 over budget on), these were the one thing that came out exactly as I pictured. Now... do you think my photog got good pictures of them??