As everyone knows, more marriages happen during from Spring thru Fall then the winter months, and the wedding season is quick approaching as I was reminded of when I was asked a very important question about wedding flower etiquette: Who is responsible for purchasing the wedding flowers, the brides parents, or the grooms?

Well this is a great question. Traditionally it is the bride’s side that pays for the wedding flowers. However, with today’s economy, many of the wedding traditions are falling to the wayside due to finances on everyone’s part. Traditionally, the bride’s side pays for the wedding and the grooms side pays for the honeymoon but more and more couples are either joining expenses and even more couples are funding their entire wedding and honeymoon. If one side of the new soon to be wedded couples’ parents is more strapped for funds, it is hard to ask for something they do not have to give. This is where it pays off for couples to have longer engagements in order to help off set some of the expenses by starting a wedding savings fund. However, if both families are financially capable, leaving you able to stick with tradition, then the bride’s side picks up the flower expense.

If you are newly engaged, it is smart to begin planning what type of flowers you wish to have at your wedding regardless of who is footing the bill. By doing so you have a good estimate on what you will need financially for the wedding flowers and can work it to fit whatever budget.

When planning a winter wedding, one may think the flower choices are limited due to the season. This couldn’t be further from the truth. In all actuality, there are some flowers that are just better suited for the winter and the natural blooming time in other parts of the world which make them perfect for a winter wonderland wedding theme.

Also it is important to keep in mind, that just because certain flowers are no longer blooming in your back yard doesn’t mean they are not blooming in another part of the world. Most wedding flowers of choice are available year round.

Some of the more commonly used flowers ion wedding flower arrangements are daisies, roses, and tulips in deep rich colors like burgundy and deep reds. If you live in northern climates where snow is a fact of life, accenting your wedding in solid blocks of color with your flowers plays nicely off the whitened landscapes of winter. Accents of gold and silver also play nicely in the winter wedding flower theme. Other considerations can be the traditional Christmas plaid or a blue/white/silver winter wedding flower theme.

Your florist from Brant Florist can help you select the perfect wedding flower arrangements that will set your theme and provide you with all the beauty you dreamed about for your winter wedding.

What is a wedding without flowers? Well, although one can get married with no flowers, it just doesn’t have that same traditional and romantic feel of a wedding adorned with beautiful wedding flowers. beautiful wedding flowers So I guess one can say, flowers are a very essential part of any wedding but not everyone getting married has the same budget to spend on flowers.

When choosing your wedding ceremony flowers, every couple must agree to a flower budget. Once you have your budget in mind then it is time to consult with your florist. A good florist will help you get the most out of your money and help you select the perfect flowers that will both accent your wedding beautifully but also keep you within your budget.

Convey to your florist what your wedding theme or colors are. That will help them in selecting flowers for your wedding that will look terrific yet keep you within your designated budget. If you are having a simple wedding, stick with less elaborate corsages. If you are having a solid color theme, stay away from too many colors in your wedding floral decorations.

A good florist will be able to walk you through your flower selections with ease and be considerate of your budget while making sure the quality you expect out of your wedding flowers is maintained. You can trust that Brant Florist will do everything within their powers to make sure your wedding flowers will look just as elegant as the bride.

Wedding Flowers: When it comes to flowers, Weddings are one of the largest events.  More flowers are used on a single wedding day than any other day of the year.  Weddings are big occasions for everyone involved; from the bride all the way down to the caterer – and the flowers are no exception.  The flowers are an important part of the wedding.  Without the flowers a wedding would be a very drab affair.  The flowers add decoration to the wedding location, but they also give the wedding energy and life.

Many times the wedding flowers are made up from the favorite blooms of the bride-to-be along with other flowers for the color of the bloom, which will fit in with the dress colors chosen by the bride-to-be.  The flowers and the colors of the wedding theme will go hand in hand.  It has been said that many look at the wedding flower arrangements online, but most never buy their wedding flower arrangement from the web.

Many brides-to-be don’t really have a clue as to the type of arrangement or how they want their bouquet arranged, so they must look at pictures.  Because weddings take so much time to plan, and in almost all parts of the planning the bride-to-be must be present, so it stands to reason the bride-to-be does not have a lot of free time when the wedding is in the planning stages.

In order for them to have some ideas regarding the wedding arrangements, the bride needs to look at pictures.  Her options there would be to visit the florist and look at the pictures they have in books, or they can look on the web.  The web can be accessed at all hours of the day or night. Many smaller florists close by 5 or 6pm and don’t open again until 9 or 10am the following day. The bride-to-be will find it easier to find time to look on the web.  She will be able to look at the pictures several times before making her final decision.  She can then print out the pictures to take to the local florist or to give to her wedding planner.

It is unclear why more brides-to-be don’t order their wedding flowers online.  Maybe they are not aware of how an FTD florist works.  Maybe she believes the UPS or the FedEx driver will be the ones who will deliver her wedding arrangements to the chapel.  However, if she lives in the Burlington, Ontario area of Canada, the florist on the web she is looking at could also be the local florist she chooses for her wedding arrangements.  Brant Florist in Ontario has an extensive web site, which includes wedding arrangement as well as a location close by in Burlington.

When we think of ordering flowers online, it is usually for Mother’s Day, or as another gift for someone who lives across the country from us.  It’s unusual to consider ordering flowers for our wedding online.  Why is that?  Maybe it is because we don’t quite grasp the concept of ordering flowers for delivery as a gift and ordering flowers for delivery to the church for our big day as being the same.  Do we know that it will be someone from a florist in our area filling the order and delivering the flowers?  Are we afraid of some sort of miscommunication will take place and we will receive the wrong flower arrangement?  That can happen anywhere.

Ordering flowers online is not much different than ordering flowers directly from the local florist.  Florists made arrangements with each other years ago.  If you ordered a bouquet of flowers to be delivered to your grandmother on her birthday from your local florist, that local florist would call the florist in the area closest to your grandmother’s house to make the floral arrangement and the delivery.  The same thing happens when you order flowers online.  The online florist will make the floral arrangements through the florist in your area who will also deliver them to the location you have specified.

You don’t have to worry about them going through the postal system or UPS.  FedEx doesn’t even deliver the floral arrangements for you.  You will have the flowers you ordered brought fresh and to the door by the local florist who has been contacted by the online florist.  When florist first started working with each other around the country and possibly even around the world, they started with the FTD florists.  Times have changed, but the way florist work together to make fresh flower deliveries has not.  They have had this practice in place for over 100 years and they do it well.

So now you don’t have to worry about where the florist is located when ordering flowers to be delivered.  The florist can be in Burlington, Ontario, but you will still receive a fresh bouquet of the flowers you ordered at your door.

Silk flowers are made from different types of material, which make them look very real.  Many people in the past have opted for artificial plants and flowers for a number of different reasons.  Some were to avoid the hassle of taking care of the real things, some because of the allergy sufferers, while some because they want the arrangement of flowers to last.

Years ago, florist would promote the silk flower arrangements for the bridal bouquet as a keepsake.  The silk flower arrangement was also more expensive than real flowers.  To have your wedding done in all silk arrangements would have cost you a lot more than having it done in real flowers, but times have changed since then.

Today, silk flowers look more like real flowers than they did back then, and the price of the silk flowers for your wedding will typically be cheaper than with real flowers.  More and more weddings are selecting silk flowers today, but this may be because of the allergy sufferers or maybe it’s a budget issue.

Silk flowers do have their advantages. They have a life-like appearance, and they will never wilt or die – regardless of how much you neglect them.  Silk flowers are beautiful for ever and they can be kept as keepsakes and passed on to others in the family for their weddings.  If you wish, you can even re-use some of the flowers in your home décor, with a few minor design adjustments.

Because time is not an issue with the silk flowers they can be made well in advance of the wedding for pre-wedding photos, or to check the whole order before the big day.  There will be no surprises on the special day, which is probably every bride-to-be’s fear.  There is a wide variety of flowers, so you don’t have to worry they one have the type of flower you want for your wedding.

Silk flower and plant arrangements can also be made for the home.  For those who are not sporting a green thumb or have allergies, but still want the beauty of plants and flowers around their home, silk arrangements are perfect for these people.

No matter what the type of plant or flower you are looking for, you will be able to find it in a silk variety.  They won’t need any maintenance or care and they will last you a lifetime.