Something Borrowed

Have you ever had problems thinking of your 'something borrowed'? I just came across an article thanks to my Daily Candy updates that sounds so unique! A brooch bouquet.

Here is how it works: you collect about 50 to 60 brooches, cuff links, watches, earrings, and pendants from your dear friends and family. Once you've collected enough, Amanda Heer who is a florist based in San Juan, will take your box of goodies and create a beautiful bouquet. Not only is it unique but you will have a sentimental heirloom for years to come. Even pass on to your family! How awesome is that!!?? The price: $350. Her website is http://www.broochbouquets.com/.

I wish I thought of this idea before I put my deposit down on my flowers! Would you consider a brooch bouquet instead of real flowers??

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Giddy over flowers

I've always loved flowers at a wedding and have been picky about them for quite some time. I fell in love with my sisters bouquet when she got married in 2005 and fell in love with stephanotis with the pearl in the center. So when it came to my wedding I knew that was one of the flowers I wanted to incorporate into my bouquet. I browsed probably over a thousand pictures online of wedding bouquets and I started to narrow down my search.



I thought about soft yellow roses with stephanotis but the look wasn't what I expected. Then I thought of white and yellow roses but nothing caught my eye. Blue hydrangeas are gorgeous and I loved the way they looked by themselves in a bouquet and pictured myself holding them. So I contact Pat from Enchanted Memories and told her about my idea of a full bouquet of blue hydrangeas and she got back to me quickly and mentioned that they could create a blue hydrangea bouquet but the quality of real touch flowers for hydrangeas isn't as nice as roses, lillies, or orchids. So that put me back to searching for the perfect bouquet.



I was totally against all white bouquets because I feel like it adds no color and just meshes in with the gown but I kept seeing these gorgeous bouquets of ivory roses and I just couldn't resist it. Then I stumbled upon this amazingly beautiful bouquet from a bride on weddingbee and it was instant love. Without any doubt I knew this was the bouquet I wanted.

Joie de Vie's bouquet was made up of ivory roses, blue hydrangea and coffee berries. It has just enough color to not be entirely all white/ivory and that was perfect for me. I drooled over and over again looking at these photos. Look at how massive her bouquet is in the last picture! So I e-mailed my florist and she assured me that she could recreate the same bouquet with no problem. I also asked her to add the stephanotis with a pearl center since my dress has pearls in the broach. I'm not sure how that will look but i'm confident I will love it no matter what.

I actually love everything about Joie de Vie's wedding from the beautiful flowered arch, her hair, and the bridesmaid dresses! Kudos to her for having such a gorgeous wedding!!!

I'm extremely excited that I found a bouquet and quite surprised that I went with something I said I wouldn't want (i.e. white bouquet). Now it's a matter of what to do for the BM bouquets.

Dun Dun Dun! Stay tuned!

My ideas are blossoming!

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So now that i've got the dress, picked our location/theme and colors...the next best thing is to decide on the flowers! Now typically most brides like the incorporte the tropical theme into their wedding by having local flowers from the island in their bouquet. Even though we are getting married in the caribbean I still want to maintain a simple, classy and elegant affair in a far away place. Does that make any sense? NOT saying that having a tropical themed wedding is not classy nor elegant but I want to keep it simple and not go too bright with the colors. Thanks to the Facebook Group "Majestic Colonial Brides" I was able to stumble upon real touch flowers. What are real touch flowers you ask? Well they are state-of-the-art-man-made flowers that look and feel geniunely real. They are not the type of flowers you find in Michaels or any other craft store. AND they won't wilt in the hot humid heat! I realize many brides use these flowers for their weddings since they don't have to worry about the flower being in season or not.

So I wandered around the internet for companies that provide these services and stumbled upon two that really catch my eye. Angels Accents has many gorgeous options and I've heard wonderful things about their products although their ordering process is a bit intimidating to me. There is also Enchanted Memories Store that also provides not just flowers but favors and such.

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LOVE hydrangeas and think they look so amazing in a bouquet.

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Love to incorporate yellow flowers into the mix to add some accent color with the blue. Tweedie flowers are so cute!

The Knot
I'm thinking this would be a top candidate for my bouquet.

Have you ever considered getting faux flowers for your wedding? If so, did you enjoy the quality? Would you do it over again with faux flowers?