| The Fruits
of Summer
Summer offers up a bounty
of lush greenery at wonderful prices. Check with your florist and use "in
season" flowers in your bouquet and decor.
~Strawberries
are good for much more than eating. Add berries to your centerpieces for
a lovely feast for the eyes. (don't use berries for an outdoor table decoration,
they attract wasps)
~For an
outdoor wedding, frame your walk to the altar with lovely short plastic
fencing available at gardening stores instead of a runner. Runners flip
and trip attendants while the fencing defines your walk beautifully at
a minimum cost.
You can
also find wonderful plastic arches which can be decorated with garlands.
~Your summer
photo opportunities are limitless. Arrange with a local park or ornamental
garden and use their backdrop for your special setting.
~Yes you
can have an elegant barbeque! Skewered meats and vegetables, devine salads
and broiled scallops or shrimp turn an informal idea into a black tie event.
~This is
the most economical time for floral centerpieces. Make your own centerpieces
with a block of florists foam, chose stems of pompom mums and asters that
will coordinate with your colors. Add foliage to cover the base and
you creativity will be envied!
~ Buy yards
of inexpensive colored gauze or netting from your fabric store and use
it as bunting for the entry way and the table drapes, add greenery to the
netting for an inexpensive yet elegant display.
~
Make greenery garlands for decorating by tying stems to twine-it can be
used in many ways!
~ Buy some
florists twine and the ideas are many! Use a stem of gypsophelia
or
baby's
breath ($1.00) a stem and wrap it around the twine, insert small rose buds
and your flower girls will have gorgeous headpieces!
~To make
your own rose ball bouquet, ask your florist to reserve some roses that
will be "half opened" the day before your wedding to ensure the fullness
this type of nosegay requires. Purchase them in a "grower's dozen
if possible (usually only about 20% higher than a regular dozen and has
25!). Wrap the stems with lace that matches your colors and add a
few leaves!
Summer's
bounty can make your imagination the only limit!
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