| Just because you are getting married during the | | | | bouquets looking over the top. Dress place |
| colder months, you do not need to be restricted | | | | settings with gold Christmas wedding favours for |
| when it comes to choosing flowers for your | | | | show stopping tables. Chinese lanterns, poinsettias, |
| special day. | | | | holly berries, Christmas Roses, Grand Prix roses, |
| Many brides want a wedding with a key look | | | | leatherleaf fern, beargrass in gold, crisp white |
| associated with a wintry time of year. A wedding | | | | flowers of any kind, ivory roses, Mistletoe, gold |
| with a particular theme needs careful planning so | | | | foliage, twisted branches and pine cones are to |
| that everything blends in well together. It is true | | | | name but a few ideal choices. The most popular |
| that at certain times of the year there are | | | | of all choices really is the red rose; these are the |
| certain themes that work well for weddings - | | | | epitome of beauty, romance and seduction. So |
| such as Christmas and Valentine's Day as these | | | | many brides focus their entire wedding theme on |
| have strong visual images to work with. Opting | | | | the red rose and why not? You need not be |
| for plants and flowers symbolic of the time of | | | | restricted to roses solely in the bouquets, they |
| year can give guests a sense of time and place. | | | | may also be used as button holes, as napkin |
| These can then be easily developed within the | | | | decorations, attached to placecards, placed in |
| wedding flowers. | | | | bowls of water along with floating candles, on the |
| When is comes to colours, there is considerable | | | | wedding cake and petals scattered on the tables. |
| difference between Autumnal flowers and Winter | | | | Team the red roses with cream roses and insert |
| flowers and their fragrance. On the other hand, | | | | diamante or pearls into their centres to give the |
| some blooms are clearly suitable for either season | | | | occasion a sense of festive opulence. There is no |
| and - depending on the colour - can be | | | | way that when done properly, these beautiful |
| incorporated into a winter or autumn themed | | | | flowers could ever look inappropriate or tacky. |
| wedding. | | | | Hopefully you will now see that just because you |
| Obvious choices for Autumn may be berries with | | | | are having a cool weather wedding, you need not |
| plenty of dark green, brown, orange and gold | | | | be restricted at all when it comes to beautiful |
| foliage. Equally though, purples, dark pinks, | | | | floral arrangements for your wedding. With careful |
| burgundies and anything in chocolate browns look | | | | planning, your flowers can reinforce your autumn |
| quite at home during the Autumn season. In fact, | | | | or winter wedding. Seek the advice of your florist |
| if there is an introduction of a different colour it | | | | if you are still unsure, but as a general rule of |
| can prevent arrangements looking contrived or | | | | thumb, it should all look great if the flowers are in |
| clichéd. If you focus your flowers around a | | | | season and match well with the overall theme of |
| 'Harvest' style theme, and work outwards from | | | | your wedding. When looking at your overall |
| this centre point, then you can't really go wrong. | | | | theme, remember to consider your gown, |
| Autumn is such a great time as there is such an | | | | reception venue decoration as well as the general |
| abundance of seeds, fruits, berries and grasses | | | | 'feel' of your event - i.e. modern, simple, fairytale, |
| that contrast beautifully together. When choosing | | | | lavish, funky, minimalist etc. Try to ensure that all |
| flowers to accompany berries, seeds, twigs and | | | | your flower displays are finished with co-ordinating |
| foliage choose from or combine vibrant orange | | | | ribbon & accessories to complete the look. You |
| Tiger Lillies, Chocolate or peach roses, | | | | could continue the theme by using this ribbon on |
| honeysuckle, cream freesia, orange gerbera and | | | | your napkins, favours and wedding cake. |
| ivory carnations. Your florist will help you with | | | | World of Wedding Favours is proud to bring you |
| which flowers are seasonal if you are still unsure | | | | another usefu article. For fantastically fabulous |
| as to what to go for. | | | | favours, visit: Christmas Wedding Favours. |
| When it comes to floral arrangements for Winter | | | | This author - Emily Tanner - writes exclusively for |
| and Christmas weddings there is still plenty of | | | | World of wedding favours. |
| classy choices without your reception tables and | | | | |