Real Green Wedding: Bianca in Coral Pink
If you think being eco-friendly with your wedding will mean boring colors and limited choices… think again!
Just one word... YUMMY!
I am so happy that one of our dedicated GREEN flower growers are really taking the initiative to greater heights and are planting more colors and flower varieties to, (hopefully in time) serve all our wedding needs and beyond.
Here's the bridal bouquet in shades of coral with a nice touch of local magenta rice flowers to bring some accent to the whole arrangement.
So when one of my nicest brides Bianca (I seem to have a lot of those, I’m just so lucky) came to me with the sweet recommendation of my cousin-in-law Stella (also just the sweetest) with a CORAL color theme, I knew I can give her the best flowers literally and figuratively.
Green Wedding Idea #5:
HANDTIED BOUQUETS
Consider hand-tied bouquets rather than those bouquet arrangements requiring plastic bouquet holders to execute. It is just as beautiful, more contemporary and you are so much kinder to the earth.
Of course here's a little something you can keep of your lovely bouquet, wouldn't be the same without it. Don't you think?
It may also be a handtied bouquet, but colors, size, flowers, accents, fillers and leaves will change the whole look and feel of every bouquet.
Here is the bouquet for the Maid-of-Honor, with friendly gerberas and twists of green lace to add that little playfulness in the design.
Green Wedding Idea #6 :
USE REUSABLES
My brides also like the idea of using these lovely teddy bears for their little flower girls. Yes, the bears are not biodegradable but it definitely will not be thrown out in the trash! Sometimes, being earth-friendly means that while you try to used biodegradable as much as possible, you also use materials that will have a life even after the wedding.
How about this little teddy? Nothing like a teddy to give a little more cuteness for the lovely flower girls... and keep them busy at the same time.
Green Wedding Idea #7
Hairbands vs Headdresses
When you think of flower girls, the first thing that comes to mind are humongous headdresses. Personally, I don’t like them too much (gasp). At the risk of thinking the unthinkable, is it really that cute? like make-up on the little darlings? I like them as simple, innocent and lovely as they are.
So just a simple sided flower headdress would do more for them than having them wrestle flowers bigger than their tiny heads! Imagine 2 or 3 year olds with just wisps of baby hair holding on to those flowers, believe me you’d rather not.
In that line of thinking, why not use a hairband instead?
Think how easy it is for your flower girls to put this on and be just as cute.
Three reasons why I like it:
- It stays put, no matter how old or how young they are.
- It’s easier for the moms to put it on the little darlings.
- You can use it again! Just remove the flowers when its wilted of course.
Thank you Bianca for being so nice, I’m still waiting for copies of your pictures : ) My best wishes to you and your husband.
Be happy. Be Healthy. Be Whole
Make the Quaint things count,
Theresa
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10:27 am
Hi Tet! I like the teddy bear idea for the flower girls… Maybe for my 20th anniv? Haha… I love your flowers and I hope I can think of an event where I can have them… Hmmm… hope to see you soon
3:20 pm
Hi Issa! I’d be so honored to do your wedding anniversary! but that will take quite a while hahaha… or maybe leave a hint with hubby hehehe… see you soon!