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Be Inspired to Plan your Wedding Flowers

On one hand, I love spontaneity. It’s refreshing, inspiring, and memorable. On the other hand, I love planning. It is gratifying, energizing and reliable.  I wonder, is it possible to have both while planning your wedding flowers?  Yes, I believe it is. In fact, I would encourage you to be a free spirit as you plan your wedding day flowers.

Stop to smell the roses. Literally, next time you see a flower shop, stop in. Don’t tell yourself you’ll do it another time. This is your chance to be spontaneous! Even if it’s nowhere nearyour wedding venue + you have no intention of buying a single blossom, simply exposing yourself to a world of flowers apart from your local grocery store display will do you well. It will create a memory. You will see things you like + don’t like. I can’t think of a better place to gather creative ideas to use as inspiration for you own than a flower shop! Believe me, your subconscious will thank you when it comes time to do the planning. For now though, just enjoy the blue thistle that you see inside the cooler. (Thank goodness it is labeled so you now know what it is!) And you may even notice a coral rose that you never knew existed until now. Is that a green tea carnation that will go perfectly with your bridesmaid dresses!? Who knew?!  Oh and when you see that rustic watering can on the corner shelf, it may be just the inspiration you needed for the reception tables.  Best of all, when the florist offers a free piece of advice about keeping flowers fresh go ahead and jot it down, because you will want to pass it on to your personal attendant before the big day!

After you have been fabulously spontaneous, you will be inspired and that’s when you know it’s time to schedule a consultation with your local florist to begin planning your wedding flowers. You will want to block off an hour of your time + come as prepared as you can. Your list of what to bring may include, but is not limited to: dress swatches, pictures, floor plans, ribbons, artificial flowers, your mom, the groom, etc.  By the end of your consultation you can expect to be educated, excited and impressed by their service. Yes, your florist should impress you.  You will also need to be able to trust your florist. Their expertise + experience should encourage you to give them the freedom to add the ‘Amaretto’ rose to your bouquet when it blends beautifully with the ‘Versilia’ rose that you chose during the consultation. It’s a beautiful vision of planning every detail until the unexpected stem of perfection is spontaneously added to make it the bouquet you always dreamed of carrying down the aisle.

So go ahead, be spontaneous. You might be surprised how fun it is to plan your wedding flowers!

XO, Reba

A Precious Petals Florist

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Winter Wedding Flowers: Can I take my wedding bouquet outside?

Flowers can be an impressive way to set the mood at your wedding, especially in the winter. As a florist and January bride myself, I couldn’t agree more. But what happens when, on the day of your wedding, the temperature drops? Romantic snowflakes fill the air and beg you to take outdoor pictures. The question is – “Will your flowers be ok outside in the cold?”

You should know the facts.

Like humans, fresh flowers are made mostly of water, some as much as 90%. As you know, water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. What you may not know is that frozen flowers do not look the same as their un-frozen counterparts – they look drastically different. When the water inside a flower freezes, it causes the plant cells to burst, resulting in irreparable damage. Damage that will show up on all of those ceremony pictures your photographer will be taking in a few hours.

Ok, so you check the temperature, it’s above freezing! Let’s go?!...

Not so fast!

WARNING! Fresh flower damage can even happen above freezing temperatures.

Flowers that are exposed to a temperature of 33-38 degrees Fahrenheit will naturally go into hibernation, and your gorgeous bouquet should not be asked to hibernate on your wedding day. A good rule of thumb is if the temperature is above 40 degrees Fahrenheit your flowers should be fine outside.

Still need to get those outdoor pictures with your flowers? There are options…

Options to consider:

1.)   Artificial flowers can be taken outside at any temperature. When my sister-in-law (December bride) asked me to duplicate her fresh flower bridal bouquet in permanent botanicals, she not only got to take her bouquet outside for wedding pictures, she had a keepsake bouquet for years to come. And since it was made up weeks in advance, she knew exactly how it would look on the big day. Now what bride doesn’t love that?!

2.)   Consider taking outdoor pictures after the ceremony. When the wedding officiant announces “you may now kiss the bride,” your florist exhales “you may now take your flowers outside!” Go get those winter wonderland pictures you’ve always dreamed of- snowflakes and all!

XO, Reba 

A Precious Petals Florist

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#hydrangeas wilt in cold water. Trim the stems, dip them in boiling water for 30 secs, then arrange them in room temp water. Revive them this way, too. #flowertip