So…it’s been a while since I posted, huh? Well, to try and keep everything organized, I’m going to try to recap everything.

We settled on Bloomers Flowers for the florist, and are going to go with round bouquets of spring roses, hydrangea, and I THINK stephanotis. (This is why I should have blogged about this sooner!) The people on the isles will be adding regular sized roses.

Sami’s bouquets will be similar, and the corsages will be roses…I think. I’m not sure. I was disappointed that lilies wouldn’t be able to be included in them, but the only ones the florist had access to would have been too big for the bouquet size I wanted.

We are also ordering ferns for the gazebo, and are having little cups filled with flowers hanging from the chairs on the isle. I bought containers that I thought would work, but it turns out that they might be WAY too big. But they were only 87 cents each, so if they do work, it will be quite the steal!

And our idea for the centerpieces has COMPLETELY changed. We are no longer going with the idea I had in college, but we’re taking a cue from the place that we’re getting married. I bought bird feeder gazebos off ebay, (seen above) and my dad was able to get the tops off, so we can add flowers inside. It’s going to be sooo pretty! He also added these little tabs so the lids won’t slide around. They’ll have to be glued or nailed again if they are ever going to live as bird feeders, but they’re great for our purposes now.

The seller (xtremebuys4u) was really great with communication. Shipping was crazy expensive, but the bird houses were only 5 bucks each, so it was ok. Two of them arrived a little damaged, and when I told the seller, he sent me two more at no extra charge. Sweet!

I also a birdcage at Michaels for $20 that will be great to put the cards in, once it’s lined with fabric. It was originally $40, but was 50% off. Can you believe it?! I *so* lucked out!

Lots to catch you up on!  I went to a bridal show on March 31st, and am just now getting to going through all the fliers, business cards, etc. that I received at the show.

Right now I’m trying to narrow down florists and photographers.  My friend Geoff has offered to take the photos as a wedding present, but he hasn’t sent me over any example photos, so I’m still looking.

Ok, so at work we held an auction, and one of the clients, The Magic Garden Florist, was a florist.  I almost bid on the certificate, thinking that I had already researched them.  But when I looked through this blog (thank goodness I have this thing to keep all my notes organized!) I realized that I hadn’t!  So I researched them today.

They really don’t have a lot on their site about weddings…just a page to call to set up a consultation. I’ll still add them to the list (maybe I can get some kind of CC discount?) and see what they have to offer.

As far as florists that I found out about via the bridal show, I found out that the Wegmans in Pittsford does wedding flowers. Who knew?! They don’t have a website or anything though. I’ll probably pop in there one day if all the other florists have problems.

Another florist at the show was Marguerite Herbert, but she was kinda rude and didn’t really look at me/act towards me like I was important. I hate that. I think vendors should treat everyone amazingly because EVERYONE IS A POTENTIAL CLIENT. So I’m not really considering her, but I figured I should look her up just in case her arrangements are awesome.

At first I thought her site looked pretty good, but then I realized that she doesn’t even have a gallery for the “up” and “down” bouquets; she just has an example of each!  All together there are 9 examples of everything she does.  Lame!  Do I smell a site-for-flowers trade?  Probably not.

All images from the various florist websites.

I’m having a hard time picking out a bouquet because I’m not sure how my flower idea will work. I want the people on the isles to add flowers to my bouquet as I walk down the isle. Maybe start off with a small bouquet, add as I go, and have my mom tie a ribbon around the whole thing before I stand next to John? That would be nice.

These are some bouquets I like from Bloomers Floral & Gifts:

Except I would have pink lilies and I would use lisianthus instead of the daisies.

Might have another flower instead of the red roses. I don’t want a rose-heavy bouquet.

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These are from Enright Florist.

I don’t know if I like the long ones dangling though.

My version would have MUCH LESS green in it though…

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And some from Joseph’s Floral & Gifts.

I’m actually ok with the green in this one.  I would replace the little pink flowers with white ones though, maybe stephanotis or sweet peas, if they work.

But not ok with the green in this one, lol.  I don’t like how it’s pretty much only lilies though.

These are not the final flower choices, but these are the ones I liked. I did some research, and I think at least most of them (if not all of them) are fall flowers.

- Lilies because Tiger Lilies are my favorite flower.  I would use pink lilies though, since orange doesn’t match my color scheme.  I suppose they probably should for a fall wedding, but alas… It wouldn’t be my wedding without pink, now, would it?

- Roses are classic wedding/love flowers.  How could I not include them in the mix?

- Phlox… I’ve never heard of this kind of flower, but I think it would be a nice accent scattered in the bouquet.

-  Stephanotis is a weird name for a flower, and I have no idea how to pronounce it, but it’s another one I thought would be nice scattered throughout the bouquet.

- Hydrangeas remind me of my childhood. We had a hydrangea bush that grew in the front yard of my childhood home.

- Sweet Peas are just sweet!  And they’d be a nice white addition to the bouquet.

- Mini Cala’s add a little bit of drama.  I think the height could be cool.

- Lisianthus are nice and round.  I adore the size and shape of this flower.