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Finding Your Floral Fantasy

Flowers are one of nature’s greatest gifts and can be such an extraordinary way to convey and express many different emotions. Whether you choose bright pops of colour or whimsical shades of white, the flowers for your wedding day should represent love, life and celebration. They should be an extension of your wedding decor and styling. Your floral combination should compliment your wedding gown, the overall theme of the day and most importantly, you!

But how do you choose the perfect floral design? There are many things that need to be taken into consideration when choosing the flowers for your big day. A lot of decisions have to be made prior to designing your floral concept. Your bouquet is one of your accessories and it has to have the perfect balance of being a statement while complimenting and not overpowering your wedding gown. The colour, texture and detail of your floral accessory needs to coheres with the style of both the bride’s and bridesmaids’ dresses. To ensure that you achieve this balance, talk to your florist about your chosen selection.

Just like everything else in your wedding, you should know how much money you and your partner want to spend. Choosing flowers that are in season is an easy way of saving money. This ensures that you can get the best price on all of your floral needs. No matter what time of year your wedding is, find out how you can take advantage of the flowers that are in season for your wedding day.

Floral arrangements, either flamboyant or shear simplicity can add to and compliment your styling and decor at both the ceremony and the reception. Whether it’s a romantic petal aisle way, a statement floral arch or large vases of flowers framing your ceremony location, flowers are a great way of adding more nature to an outdoor wedding here on the Sunshine Coast. Floral centrepieces at your reception are a fantastic chance to really show your personality. Whether it’s the structured or just picked look that takes your floral fancy, with flowers there is something for everyone.

And even though your bouquet may not last forever, the image created will reflect the enduring love that you and your partner share.

Below bouquets all by Magnolia Grove FlowersPlan My Wedding Sunshine Coast

Image by Bee Bella Photography

Plan My Wedding Sunshine Coast

Plan My Wedding Sunshine Coast

Image by Woodland Photography

 

SOMETHING OLD…. how to create a vintage style wedding

Getting creative with your wedding styling is half the fun but my advice is don’t get too carried
away. Pick a couple of pieces you can do yourself and then get an expert to help you. You will
need someone on the day with an eye for detail to make sure your vintage vision comes to life
and doesn’t look like a garage sale.
Vintage styling is all about the details, i have listed below some beautiful ways to add that
special vintage touch to your wedding day.

  • Vintage travel globe – if you met your partner while traveling this is a great idea. Add a
    vintage travel globe, some old maps and an old model aeroplane. It would be a great talking
    point on your gift table.
  • Time for Tea – raid your grandmothers and your aunties cupboards and see how many vintage
    tea cups and saucers you can find. It would be a lovely idea to serve guests their tea at the
    end of the night in these beautiful family heirlooms.
  • If tea is not your thing… why not a retro drinks station. Set up a table with old silver trays
    with crystal glasses and a vintage champagne ice bucket. You can have this after the
    ceremony with drinks on the lawn for guests while you are having family photos.
  • Colour choice is really important when you are trying to create a vintage style. Make sure you
    select pastels with a vintage feel – nothing worse than a bright baby pink. Your colour choice
    should have a little more dusky feel to them.
  • Old books are a great simple way to create the look you are after. You can find them at second
    hand book stores and charity shops. Make sure you get books that are old looking and the
    colour of the hard cover is important too. Add books to your centre pieces, on your gift table,
    cocktail tables with little bunches of flowers and finish them with a beautiful ribbon.
  • Beautiful keepsake – why not give all the ladies vintage hankies at the ceremony for those
    “tears of joy”. Its a lovely moment of your day.With all things stylish, less is more! Keep a clear vision in mind of what you are trying to
    achieve and just make sure you don’t just add things for the sake of adding them.

Plan My Wedding Sunshine Coast- Marion Jonkers Photography

Image by Marion Jonkers Photography

Wedding Budget – do I need one?

Unless your name is Ivana and your dad’s name is Donald…. we all need a wedding budget!
A wedding budget is not about having a cheap wedding, its about making compromises on the
things you decide are really important and the things that are less important to you. For you it
may be wedding flowers or it may be drinks at the reception every couple is different. The one
thing everyone has in common is that we have a figure that we need to work to. The trick of a
good budget is to show you where you are spending money (before you actually hand it over)
so that you can make adjustments along the way.
Keeping things realistic is the key to having a wonderful wedding, the stress of spending way
too much money will make the whole wedding planning process a nightmare (and out of those
nightmares I am sure bridezillas are born).
Your wedding budget is not set in stone, you can change it as many times as you need too.
Some of your compromises may be simple ones like still suppling drinks at the reception but
just not including the most expensive champagne and spirits.

Plan My Wedding Sunshine Coast - Ben Connolly Photography

Image by Ben Connolly Photography