Creating your own floral arrangements

I've been a bit slack recently on my blog writing.  Life takes over.  From now on I am making a dedicated effort to blog more frequently.  I desperately want to keep up to date with all the new wedding trends and also keep our ideas fresh and new.  This takes so much time and is all consuming.  It is still Summer 2015 but we need to start thinking about what colours and trends will be in vogue in Summer 2016.  I tend to go more off of what is in the clothes shops now to get an idea what might carry forward into weddings next year.  The colours that I've seen the most of and have a penchant for our Navy and Coral.  I seem to have a half a wardrobe full of Coral coloured clothes.  

I'm loving pinterest for getting inspiration and for sharing ideas.  I am a complete addict!

With regard to flowers for the wedding day I've noticed that a lot of the styles are a lot looser and natural in form nowadays.  This got me thinking about whether those budding florists out there could possibly create their own floral displays.  We used a magnificent florist for our own wedding but I've always wished that I had done them myself.  Not because they weren't brilliant, the flowers at my wedding were everything that I wanted and more!, but because I was obsessed with trying to get our day to be as personal to us as possible.

So if you want to create your own floral displays then the first step would be to use a tool like pinterest to make a mood board of ideas and how to videos.

Next you need to be visiting car boot sales, flea markets, all your relatives for vessels to put your flowers in on your big day.  I love the idea of loads of mismatched crystal vases and small jam jars of loose posies of flowers.

 If you plan far enough ahead then you could even grow a lot from seed yourself.  Sweet peas are a stunning addition to a wedding bouquet and they are relatively easy to grow.  

Then you would be to visit the local flower market.  The biggest and the best being Covent Garden.  Speak to the wholesalers and tell them what you are doing, buy British and make sure you ask for advice on how to get the best from the flowers.  Always keep them in a bucket of water for a day before trying to arrange them so that they have soaked up as much water as they can.  If you are using oasis make sure you also soak this in water over night so that your flowers aren't wilting during the wedding breakfast.

You'll need a helping hand or two and plenty of workspace to get creating.  Make sure you have purchased plenty of foliage.  You'll notice that without foliage the flowers don't look quite right.  Raid your friends and families gardens for any interested greenery such as ferns, eucalyptus and grasses.

Have a little practise and see how you go. I don't think this is really about saving money but about putting a bit more of your own personality into your big day. How to create your own wedding bouquet

I also wanted to share with you a link to a fab blog on budget weddings.  This is actually our own wedding and some of my ideas.  The Budget Bride