Every bride carries a beautiful bouquet of flowers as she proceeds down the aisle at her wedding ceremony. But what if you could make your bouquet even more special by adding some sort of meaningful accent to it? Take a look at some of the ways that a bride can personalize her bouquet.
Let your bouquet show off your personality and style! Are you a super girly-girl? Add a lace ruff around the flowers that you carry. Choose ruffly romantic blossoms in pastel hues, such as apricot sweetpeas, yellow freesia, and pale pink garden roses for a complete package that will be the ultimate in old fashioned feminine charm. A ruff can be used to make other types of statements. A dramatic layer of black ostrich feathers encircling a red rose nosegay would be passionate and dramatic; a piece of Lilly Pulitzer fabric fashioned into a bouquet collar around pink peonies, hot pink roses and green hydrangeas would be the cutest preppy bouquet of all time.
You can also use your bouquet accents to show your allegiance to a cherished cause or in memory of someone special. Let's say that the bride recently lost her favorite aunt to breast cancer. A pink ribbon pinned to the handle of her bouquet wrap would be a fitting tribute to her dear aunt, as well as a way to show support of the battle to beat cancer. If your brother is in the army and will miss your wedding due to a deployment, maybe you would like to pin a red, white, and blue bow to your bouquet to have a piece of him with you on your special day.
A very traditional way for a bride to honor a loved one is by pinning a piece of her jewelry to the bouquet wrap. It could be your grandmother's cameo or your mom's pearl circle pin from her sorority days. Although the ornament does not have to match the rest of your wedding jewelry, it would be very nice if you could select pieces which complement the jewelry on your bouquet. In the case of the pearl circle pin, for instance, an elegant pair of pearl earrings would be perfect. Of course, if your bridal gown calls for crystal, rather than pearl, earrings, don't worry too much about matching.
Bouquets can also be personalized with details which tie in with the wedding theme or motif. If you have chosen a butterfly design for your invitations, perch a beautiful silk butterfly on top of your flowers. Or nestle real shells into the flowers for a beach wedding. A really cute idea is to tie a couple of silver or pewter charms to a ribbon which dangles from the bouquet handle. How about a pair of lovebirds or a charm to symbolize the city where you met (like a cablecar for San Francisco)? Or dangle a couple of crystal snowflakes from the bouquet for a winter wedding. The options are only limited by your imagination.
Another wonderful way to customize your wedding flowers is by adding non-floral elements to it. For an autumn wedding, take real acorns and replace the caps with tiny velvet ones, then wire into a nosegay of russet colored blossoms. (I once saw a wreath made of those altered acorns in a Martha Stewart magazine, and it was spectacular!) You can also capitalize on something from your wedding location. Perhaps you are getting married along a riverbank which has lots of cattails; cut them down to size and blend them into your flowers for a great local detail. From fresh fruit to dried seedpods, there are countless special additions you can add to your bouquet to make it uniquely your own.
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