Novelty Flower Arrangements

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Instead of a regular flower centerpiece for you wedding, how about a whimsical flower arrangement in various fun shapes? These arrangements can look like various animals and are very cute. Your wedding guests will be talking about them for week. Also, you can even make these yourself.
Flower Duet, sells instruction booklets for each shape at [...]

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Wedding Flower Checklist

Remembering to purchase ALL of the flowers you need for your wedding can be difficult, especially if you’re getting them from different florists or making some of the arrangements yourself. Here’s a checklist of wedding flowers you need to remember to order before the big day:

Your bouquet
Bridesmaids’ bouquets
Groom’s boutonniere
Groomsmen’s boutonniere
Flower girl flowers
Ring bearer boutonniere
Corsages for [...]

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Wedding Flower Trends for Summer 2009

The busiest part of the year for weddings is coming up – spring and summer. Every year, there are certain trends that florists see, and you may want to embrace these trends for your summer 2009 wedding. Here are the most popular wedding flowers trends:

Bright, Bold Colors: Pastels and white flowers are classic, but we’re [...]

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Flower Girl Memory Books

When you’re purchasing gifts for your weding party, don’t forget to show your appreciation to your flower girl. Speak as a former flower girl (I was 5), this is one of the most fun and scary days of her life. Most little girls love to dress up, but most can also be a little nervous [...]

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Want Some Fish with your Flowers?

Betta fish flower arrangements are as popular as ever, and you can invite guests to take home the pets after the reception so you aren’t stuck with 20+ new fish at the end of the night. The fish actually swim in the bottom of the vase, with the flowers on top.
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Blue Iris Bouquets to Save the Oceans

If you’re looking for blue flowers for your wedding, consider Oceana Blue Iris Bouquet from Organic Bouquets. These flowers look beautiful, but more importantly, the proceeds from benefit Ocean.

Oceana campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans by working on a range of issues including seafood contamination, destructive trawling and cruise ship pollution. Its teams [...]

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Floating Bud Vases

These floating bud vases make great centerpieces at any reception. Flower heads (like roses) are often less expensive then stemmed versions of the same flowers, so this could help you keep the cost of your reception as low as possible.

“Inner Circle” Floating Glass Vase
Inside this large bowl floats the elegance of a single flower. [...]

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Choosing the Right Bridesmaids Bouquets

Coordinating your flowers with your bridesmaids dresses might actually be harder that you first thought. Not only do you have to make sure that the colors work together and that you don’t overshadow your own bouquet, but you have to also consider who will be carrying it, how long the flowers will last, and so [...]

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The Live Cat Wedding Bouquet

Want to use a bouquet that is eco-friendly? Instead of flowers, many brides are turning to the live cat wedding bouquet. Cats are a symbol of warmth and peace, and having them in the wedding is a way to symbolize those qualities in marriage.Â
The live cat bouquet is actually not new, but goes back to medieval [...]

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