Bridal Bouquets Perfect Creations for Your Wedding Day

Your bridal bouquet and the bouquets for your wedding party should reflect your unique style. You may choose from thousands of different types of flowers, styles, and shapes for the bouquets. Some brides choose the flowers for their wedding before deciding on a special theme, or even the color scheme, and build the entire wedding theme around the flowers. The colors chosen should complement the style of your wedding gown and the colors worn by your attendants. The custom of the bride carrying flowers for her wedding goes back to ancient civilizations.

Bridal bouquets have an unusual origin. Women in ancient Rome and in Grecian cities carried bouquets of herbs and garlic to keep away evil spirits. The bride and groom would customarily wear garlands around their necks. This was to symbolize a new life together. It was also symbolic of fertility. The custom has evolved into the bride and groom taking two candles to light a candle at the center of the altar, symbolizing the two becoming one. Celtic origins of carrying bouquets had a similar meaning to the Greeks and Romans, since they were meant to have magical power. Herbs were most often used, along with heather and thistle.

Florigraphy, also referred to as the language of flowers, became popular during the Victorian era, and the bridal bouquets would have a special significance based on the flowers that were used. Contemporary bouquets may be created from fresh or silk flowers. Some brides choose to have a second bouquet designed along with the flowers they'll carry for their wedding. The additional bouquet is the one that's tossed as the bride and groom leave the reception. This is a wonderful idea for the bride who wants to save her bouquet, but keep with tradition and toss a bouquet to the single women at the reception. The toss bouquet can be a smaller version of the bride's bouquet, designed with the same flowers and colors.

Although fresh flowers remain the traditional choice of many brides for their bridal bouquet, the preference of more brides is for silk flowers. Silk flowers that are created today look more realistic than ever before, and beautiful designs can be created for your wedding party for much less than you'd expect. Bouquets may be designed with colors that flowers in the shades of the bridesmaids' gowns. Another way to add emphasis to the bouquet is for the bride to wear a wreath of the same flowers used for her wedding flowers in her hair.