215 days to go.
Roses, Lilies, Baby's Breath, Hydrandias, Orchids...so many flowers what to do what to do? I've never been the flowery kind of girl (ok, maybe as a teenager I liked getting flowers from my high school boyfriend) but in adulthood flowers seemed wasted on me. I would love to be one of those women how pick up fresh flowers just because or take pleasure in smelling a rose but in reality I am just not that woman; I manage to kill Basil plants for goodness sake. So imagine the tough time I had picking wedding flowers. Really I saw flowers as a formality, something you had to have in order to have a presentable wedding. I mean come on, what was I gonna carry as I walked down the asile. So I gave in....Flowers at the wedding, but what type?
I've always been about simplicity. Yes, I have my goddy drag Queen moments but more or less I like to keep things simple. Centrepeices...simple. So it was really a no brainer when figuring our flowers for my tables. My wedding colours are black, white and pale blue. I mean really there are only so many flowers that come in blue and I couldn't very well have black flowers for my wedding; so Hydrangea it is....simple. But what about the bouquet and the bonbaniers?
Here is were it got anything but simple. As I thought about it the more I realized that my flowers would be adding to the feel of my wedding. That the flowers I chose would be a relfection of the mood I wanted for my wedding. I went in armed like I was going to floral battle. I had made a list of flowers I liked and even an insperation board...I walked out with with different flowers then I went in with. To be honest I was a bit ticked off when they told me that my choice of flowers "may not be availible" really is any Bride happy when sh is told her choices and visions could not be realized? So I flipped though books and books of other alternative flowers. My original choice of flowers for my bouquet was a wild flower called Anemone, delecate white petels with black centres. I thought they were chic and different, so imagine my disappointmnet when i was told that they don't open well and may not be available. They suggested baby Gerbera Daisies (not me) or Roses (even more not me)... I endedup ordering white Lisianthus with Hydrandias and Fressias. Fingers crossed that it all turns out pretty.
So my point here is, and yes, I do have a point; is that I totally underestimated the power of flower. More then ever, I realize that it's all in the details. Every bow, every monogram, every flower. I'm sure my wedding will look better in my had then on the actual day, but it'll be one step closer since I'll have flowers. I know I will be met with upset at times, but all I can do is roll with the punches and plan the best wedding I can. Fingers crossed that it all turns out pretty.
