Flower Bouquets: Make Them Last Forever
Flower bouquets are of various shapes and styles and vary in sizes from small to large. A round bouquet is simple and elegant. It is a traditional style that is suitable for both formal and an informal wedding. The flowers can be tied in a cluster or loosely arranged. However, the flowers chosen for the bouquet can influence the formality of the bouquet. For a more formal look, roses would fit the bill while daises project a casual and informal look. A cascading style bouquet can be designed very dense with flowers and foliage or arranged more loosely for an airy look. This type of elongated bouquet implies sophistication and features fullness and an abundance of blossoms at the top tapering down with flowing floral streamers, foliage and ribbons. The basket bouquet has flowers arranged in a smaller basket. These are often used in garden-like settings – carried mostly by flower girls and junior bridesmaids.
A bride’s bouquet should complement her personality, attire and proportion, since a bride’s bouquet is one of the important wedding accessories. Brides who are tall should carry a large bouquet or a cascading style bouquet while a short bride should consider a small bouquet. The bigger and longer the bouquet the more flowers it will require thereby escalating the cost.
Most flowers have a meaning. For example violets mean modesty and hope, ivy means fidelity, friendship and marriage, tulips mean enchantment and a dozen red roses means romance or ‘be mine’. Hence, when choosing your flower bouquet for that special day these aspects can be considered. Flowers for the bouquet should be selected also from the point of view of lasting for the entire day. Flowers should look gorgeous when you walk down the aisle
Air drying and floral pressing date back to before Egyptian times. However, freeze -dry methods, have today become perfected and is employed extensively in the floral market too, besides the pharmaceutical manufactures and food producers. Floral freeze drying has been mastered over the last 15 years or so and has become a combination of science and art. If done properly freeze-drying does not make the flowers brittle and lifeless as compared to traditional methods.
In order to protect your flower bouquets few aspects have to be looked into: whether the company undertaking freeze-drying pre treat and rehydrate flowers before freeze-drying them. This helps retain the colours and opens the cells so that they freeze-dry having a natural look.
Whether, the flowers have been post-treated after freezing-drying. Each flower is coated with a thin transparent layer, protecting them from light and humidity. These steps require time and labour and if not ensured, your flower bouquet will not retain its natural splendor reducing its life span.
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Written by Bobbie on March 28th, 2006 with
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