Maybe floral bouquets for me and my bridesmaids but then buttons for centerpieces? or the other way around? Orrr, some combination of buttons and real flowers in bouquets and centerpieces? I dunno.
But my fantasy is just going to some floral vendor at a farmer's market the day of our wedding and grabbing some combination of springy awesome flowers and making bouquets on the spot. Because honestly what I Want to do is wander around and pick little blooming crocuses and daffodils and forsythias from random peoples yards.. but pretty sure I would run into some objections if I tried that...That picture isn't Exactly what I have in mind but something like that. Just a really colorful awesome pretty mix of super springy flowers.
Here is the tester button bouquet I put together recently. I was just making a bunch of button flowers and decided to try to put them together into some semblance of a bouquet, just to see what it might look like. Let me tell you, it was a lot more difficult than I expected! Those buttons on floral wire do not behave the way I'd like them to. Also I think it looks a little messy and silly. My mother thinks it looks awesome; I think it needs a little more work.
I would like to say, in my defense, that the photographs don't do the button bouquet justice. It IS adorable!! I will say that I find the idea of buttons and flowers an intriguing idea. There must be some clever way to combine the two into a pleasing arrangement.
ReplyDeleteAbout making bouquets the day of the wedding... I love the idea of fresh-from-the-market flowers! Your wedding is in the evening, true? All things being equal, that should give us enough time to wrestle the bouquets; might be good to practice ahead of time and come up with a good system, especially if you want to incorporate buttons into them.
What a creative and beautiful wedding this is going to be (just like the bride)!!
I like the idea of a flower/button combo. I think the button bouquet looks really good, but I agree with Rachel that maybe its not quite wedding quality yet. Hopefully you can make it to the year-round farmer's market soon to see what kind of flowers are available locally. Love the pilfering idea though! too bad you wouldn't be able to get away with it :) That's what I do all spring and summer, on a smaller scale though. As soon as flowers start appearing I pluck one from random places to put behind my ear for the day. I restrict myself to flowers that are reachable from the sidewalk though :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, Sarah, well, I'm sure that unless the flowers you're picking are some sort of heirloom breed that is being nurtured for a county fair, most people wouldn't mind the occasional, er, purloined blossom.
ReplyDeleteAnd, Rachel, if you're thinking of swiping things like branches of forsythia, I doubt the owners would mind that, either, since the bloody things tend to take over the world, anyway! ;)
Having said that, I'd hate for you to be arrested on your wedding day! LOL.
Apparently, my Saturday work hours are going to start at 10 AM (until I get a desk job, anyway), so unless you're wanting to get up at the crack of dawn, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you to the Farmers' Market. I usually leave for work about 9:15, so you can plug that into your calculations and let me know.