Even if you haven’t been to a wedding where you felt like you were sitting in a confused array of a garden, chances are you can imagine what it would be like. Similarly, poking your head to the left and right to be able to see someone across the table around a large vase. Because of these experiences, we’ve felt the need to blog about 5 wedding flower mistakes to avoid!
1. Know your budget. Too often we find that flowers are one thing that brides get most excited about, but knowing how much floral decor costs is always a big surprise. Before getting carried away, set a strict budget to have your florist help you work within.
2. Look at the big picture. Getting carried away with different centerpiece styles, bouquets, flower types, and colors is all so easy! Incorporating all of your favorites seems like a great solution, but keep in mind your colors, your linens, and the bigger picture. The last thing you want is a jumble of random ideas coming together, and looking like such.
3. Recycle! A great way to save on money for your wedding day is to reuse your flowers! Paying for all the flowers to decorate both ceremony and reception can be pricey. For ceremony decorations, plan to incorporate them into the table centerpieces for the reception, or utilize them in some way towards your decor so you can get more out of them.
4. Remember centerpiece height! So often, we are at weddings with gorgeous floral centerpieces, and everyone has a reason to admire them. Once they sit down, however, they guests are fighting for conversations with one another since they can’t see much besides the floral arrangement in front of them!
5. Not communicating with your florist. As your vendor, you must tell them what you want, and even what you don’t want! As an example, a bride we worked with heavily disliked white roses, and on her wedding day, some filler flowers the florist normally used were out of stock. In replacement, they used white roses to compromise, not knowing the bride couldn’t stand them! It resulted in some serious panic, a tear or two, and a couple extra hands to create a whole new bouquet. It all could’ve been avoided with a little communication.
