Are you NUTS?
This question is the first one to come out of anyone’s mouth when I start talking about my wedding flowers.
Let me assure you, I am not, indeed, nuts, although there have been days in the last seven months, that I have wondered.
After reading many bridal books and looking at a friend of mine’s initial wedding flower proposal (gasp!), I decided to “create” (there is that word Mom loves!) my own wedding arrangements. Now, I am not foolish enough to think that I can create bouquets and boutonnieres, but I have done flower arrangements for weddings before. Okay, make that one wedding, 10 plus years ago, but still! I have done it. Actually, my best friend and I have done it, so I enlisted her and her mom’s help.
This, by far, has been the biggest challenge. For months now, we have poured over books, websites, magazines, anything we could get our hands on, really, to try to figure out a design.
We have been to the Flower Mart to look at flowers and vases. We have done trial runs. We have bought flowers and put them in water to see how long they last and what they look like after a few days. We have done our homework. Cross your fingers! I have 6 volunteers that are willing to help the Friday before the wedding, so I am hoping to make fast work of it (or at least be done before the rehearsal!
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