Bridal bouquet is one of the integral elements of the bride's image, which creates a sense of completeness and gives a special accent. Ieva Amoliņa/ AMIE flowers gives practical suggestions on how to get to your bridal bouquet.

Choosing the most suitable flowers

• It is necessary to decide what the color scheme of the wedding will be. Not only the bridal bouquet , but also the decorations and the rest of the flower design will be made in it;
• An excellent result will be achieved if decorations and flower arrangements are made by one team of professionals, coordinating information;
• Since the bride will hold the bouquet for a large part of the day, you should think about it not being too big and heavy;

• You should tell the florist what your favorite flowers are and - which ones you definitely don't want to see in your wedding compositions;
• The groom's pin is like a small part of the bride's bouquet, usually it includes similar materials. Sometimes if the groom wants to dress in a casual style without a jacket, the pin is not used;
• Special flowers grown by the bride or received as a gift from the older generation can be included in the bouquet;

Bright colored flowers will suit an autumn wedding , original accents, such as succulents or artichokes

For a spring wedding – peonies, tulips, ranunculus, anemones

For a winter wedding – roses, orchids, carnations in various in shades

When to order a bridal bouquet?

If the groom knows the future wife's taste and guesses her image, he can surprise the bride and arrange the flowers himself. However more often the bride chooses the flowers herself,

receiving and handing flowers to the bride can be left to the groom.

Start negotiations with the florist about the preparation of the bouquet during the active wedding season preferably no later than a month before the wedding. Florists are very busy at this time and may have to turn you away. The minimum time to order a bouquet is two weeks before the wedding. But the sooner the better. Especially if the bouquet includes flowers that are not available in the flower base and must be ordered.

To keep flowers longer

If the flowers were ordered from a professional, experienced florist, there would be no need for the flowers to be in shape throughout the day need to worry. The flowers are picked fresh, before that they are properly processed, arranged and sufficiently smelled. Current forest materials will rot faster than purchased greens at flower base .

Bridal bouquet costs

The price of a bridal bouquet starts from 65-70 euros. Often the young couple wonders why bridal bouquet the cost is relatively high, and from what it is formed. Costs consist of several categories:

• Time spent by the florist to listen and gather ideas;
• Flower search , ordering . Not always all desired flowers can be ordered and to buy at one specific base, you often have to visit several flower bases;
• Materials are selected with particular care, matched tapes, etc. are searched for;
• The materials are also not available in one place, because it is not always possible to find the selected shades immediately.

The article was made in cooperation with Ieva Amoliņa/ AMIE flowers

Author of the article: IEVA KRASTIņA

Photo: ILZE OSE

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