Craspedia

Sunflowers and Succulents in Silk Wedding Flowers

Alexandra’s modified cascading silk bridal bouquet was a little bit wild and a lot bright and sunny. This custom wedding flower design for her spring wedding incorporates Sunflowers, Succulents, Craspedia, Freesia, Mini Mums, Heather, Twigs, Smilax, Amaranthus, and Vegmo.

The silk bridesmaid bouquets included all the same flowers but in a more round style and with an asymmetrical design that incorporated one large succulent.

This smaller package of flowers included just a few boutonnieres to match. I liked the idea of not going with a traditional look of one larger flower, greens and ribbon. For the groom’s boutonniere, I used a Craspedia, mini Mums, Vegmo, Heather, and greens with a twig to match the bridal bouquet. The groomsmen's’ boutonnieres had a mini Sunflower, mini Mums, Heather and greens.

Alexandra chose to have a custom altar arrangements made to match. I decided to once again go the non-traditional route with an asymmetrical arrangement that incorporated all the same flowers and elements of the bridal bouquet including the twigs and greenery. This table spray will be an awesome accent piece for their ceremony.

If you need some more inspiration for your spring or summer wedding flowers and using Sunflowers, check out these examples:

-Summer Sunflowers for Minneapolis Wedding

-Maize and Blue Wedding Flowers

-Bright Fall Wedding Flowers

Check back next week for another amazing Sunflower themed wedding.

Contact me today to start designing your custom silk wedding flowers.

Monochromatic Flowers for Spring or Summer

Many brides like the classic white-on-white or cream-on-cream look. But many haven't considered how to take it a step further and incorporate another color in their wedding while keeping it monochromatic.

Here's an example of a classic monochromatic bridal bouquet that incorporated beautiful Peonies and Calla Lilies. The different textures make it interesting and this look will never go out of style. We wanted all of the arrangements to be cohesive but bring in a bright and sunny yellow to her wedding flowers.

We chose matching monochromatic flowers: Peonies and Calla Lillies in a beautiful yellow color and added an additional pop of texture with the cute Craspedia, or Billy Buttons as they are sometimes called. These bouquets looked amazing against the bridesmaids neutral palette dresses in a tone of gray. 

If you want some cross over in your color scheme and flower arrangements after doing monochromatic bouquets, keep it simple. Here we chose just the Calla Lilies in both colors for a cute and classy toss bouquet.

Like these styles but have questions? Send me your ideas and let's get started!