Our Wedding Flowers- The Wedding Party

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Next up in my little series on our wedding flowers is our wedding party. The starting point for flowers for our wedding party was actually the bridesmaid's dresses. The reasoning here was not-so-much the style of the dress, but more the color. We wanted the girl's bouquets to "pop" against their dresses. Since that pretty much knocks purple out, and it would look funny for the girls to be carrying white if the bride isn't carrying white, we were left with green. Our florist recommended bouquets of green hydrangeas with green hypericum berries for texture, and purple limonium for a hint of color. I was sold.

This would probably be a good place for me to mention my growing love for hydrangea. When ordering a bulk amount of flowers, the florist usually charges you per stem of whatever flowers you want. In the case of roses, a stem yields a single flower. This brings the price up quickly. In contrast, for hydrangea, a stem can have literally dozens of flowers on it in one big poof. In the case of my bridesmaids bouquets, the girls will each be able to carry a good sized bouquet, which in reality is only about four stems. This is definitely something to look into if you are like me, and not so thrilled with the idea of your bridesmaids carrying single stems in order to save money. Anyway, I digress.

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Once the bridesmaid's bouquets were decided, the next step was to determine the groomsmen's boutonnieres. I actually have to hand full credit on this one over to the florist. She suggested hypericum berries with hints of limonium for color. They will match the bridesmaid's bouquets in that they will be green with a touch of purple, but at the same time, they are not completely matchy-matchy. I love the idea and I think the hypericum boutonnieres are a bit more masculine than the traditional flower ones. I am also happy that the florist was able to suggest this to me, because I was racking my brain in attempt to figure out how to make hydrangea work in a boutonniere. Our groomswoman will wear a larger version of the groomsmen's boutonniere with ribbon on it for a feminine touch. Our ring bearer will wear a smaller version of the groomsmen's boutonniere.

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The only member of the wedding party that is left is the flower girl. She is the exception to my "real flowers for the wedding party" rule. Our flower girl will be just over 2 1/2 at the time of our wedding. I know that rose petals are non-toxic, but one can never be certain about the pesticides used on the rose petals. To play everything safe, I've opted to fill her basket with lavender and ivory silk rose petals. To my surprise, I have since learned that there are other benefits to silk petals. They are much more cost effective than actual petals, I do not have to worry about natural pigments staining my dress, and they are significantly easier to clean up after the ceremony.


What did your wedding party's flowers look like? Did you use real flowers or silk?