Have you always dreamed of walking down the aisle carrying an all-white bouquet?  Or maybe you are considering carrying something with a little more drama?  Whatever your preference may be, there are a few words of wisdom when it comes to selecting the perfect hue for your aisle accessory.

While an all-white bouquet can be ultra chic in person, an all-white bouquet doesn’t show very well in photos against a white dress.  One suggestion is to add a few light hues of creme, or a beautiful rose such as the ‘Sahara’ to give contrast against your white gown.  Adding another hue gives contrast, depth and interest to the white palette you already have going.  Something as subtle as silver foliages or a naturally found green accent would also give the perfect contrast and compliment to your white florals.   You may also consider collaring off your bouquet with sleek leaves or scented geranium {one of my favorites!}  Some florals such as freesia, veronica and tulips show a bit of green naturally in their blooms, so you can also get contrast right from these blossoms.  Whatever option you choose to go with your white hued bouquet, make sure you take into consideration how your white blooms will show in photos.

For more drama you may be considering carrying a bouquet full of color.  Whether it be monochromatic {all one color} or a variety of colors, there are some do’s and don’ts when it comes to colorful bouquets.  A monochromatic bouquet to me says high drama!  The new popular trend of having matching colored shoes to your floral bouquet is quite stylish too!  You really can’t go wrong with a monochromatic bouquet, it is very classic.  When it comes to multi-colored bouquets, you want to make sure there isn’t too much going on.  No bride wants guests to be distracted by a bouquet that takes away from your natural beauty on your special day.  Keeping things simple with colors, and adding textural elements within your color palette will help avoid these wedding day don’ts.

No matter what you hue you choose to carry, you will be the center of focus, so make sure your florals compliment your look.  As a seasoned wedding florist, we are able to come up with the perfect florals, color palette and style to make you look your best!

Photo By: Botanica Floral Designs

This white toned bouquet also has some very light peach tones in addition to green accents found in the flowers themselves.  See how the bouquet shows against the white gown?

Photo By:  Element Studios

This bouquet features not only white florals, but a taupe colored roses as well.  The green calla lily stems add contrast as well as movement to this piece.  Large pearls tie in the color from the ‘Sahara’ roses to add a bit more elegance.

Photo By: Kristy Huston Photography

This monochromatic yellow bouquet is created with yellow ranunculus and is collared off with scented geranium.  The all yellow hue has contrast against the white gown, and shows in this Sacramento bride’s photos.

Clients Michelle and Thomas tied the knot mid-December, and chose to hold their Sacramento wedding at the beautiful Arden Hills Resort.  For a California destination wedding, Michelle and Thomas planned their wedding from nearly 2,500 miles away!  Michelle also works in the wedding and event industry, and contact me through an organization we both are a part of, NACE, the National Association of Catering Executives. Because we have worked with similar situations as this in the past, Michelle and I were able to communicate via email, phone, sketches and photos to achieve the exact wedding flowers she was looking for.

Michelle’s blue bridal bouquet was created with light blue hydrangeas, delphinium blossoms, white lisianthus, roses, silver brunia and a collar of dusty miller.  The subtle silver tones with the brunia and dusty miller were the perfect compliment to the cool blue tones.  The stems were finished off with an ivory ribbon laced up with a cornflower blue french twist treatment.

The gentlemen wore boutonnieres to compliment the wedding flowers the girls carried.  White spray roses accented with silver brunia and cornflower blue ribbon gave a polished look to these boutonnieres.

The impeccable cake was designed and created by Freeport Bakery, and they did an excellent job!

Lighting and emcee services were provided by Mike with Creative Memories.

Congratulations Michelle and Thomas!