When putting together wedding flower arrangements, it has to be perfect. You can go to a florist if you like, but be prepared to spend a lot of money to choose a style out of a catalog or possibly get a cookie-cutter approach to your wedding flowers. If you really want to add a special touch to your wedding, and save a lot of money in the process, you should consider a do-it-yourself approach.

Storing the Flowers

Being in a room with flowers for a wedding all around you sounds great, but how do you keep the flowers looking fresh until the wedding? You should make sure you have a cool place out of sunlight to store the flowers. On average, two displays or bouquets will fit in one bucket of water, so plan accordingly so that you don’t end up with wilted flowers on the big day.

Types of Flowers

You can look around online for ideas on arranging the displays and bouquets, but there are only so many ways you can put flowers together. Sometimes it’s more about the types of flowers selected and how they’re mixed together rather than the method used to put them together in an arrangement. Try to choose favorite flowers of the bride and groom so their special day will seem even more special.

Types of Displays

Traditional Flower Displays – The flowers on the tables for the reception can usually be handled by one or more vases of whatever types of flowers you decide to go with. The vase selection can also be an important decision because they will determine how the flowers are presented.

Floating Flower Displays – This is a little unique. Instead of putting the wedding flowers into vases, why not snip them so they have a one inch stem and float four or five of them in a shallow glass bowl of water. Certain types of flowers work better for this, but with a little experimenting, you can easily find the best way for a floating flower wedding centerpiece for the reception tables.

Practice Makes Perfect

As with anything in life, practice will let you get better and better when making wedding flower arrangements. A good place to practice is making just one or two flower arrangements at a time for your own use and not a wedding. Or you could volunteer to do a friend or relative’s wedding. If you go that route, make sure you work with them so they get what they want and not what you envision. It’s their wedding and you want to make them happy.