Wedding Bouquets!!   Remember, your wedding bouquet should reflect YOU!!   A good designer should take many items into consideration when planning your wedding bouquet.  A few things to consider:

• How formal is my wedding?
• Do I want traditional or contemporary styling?
• What are my favorite Flowers?
• Do I have any sentimental flowers that I would like added to the bouquet, for example, your grandmother’s favorite rose, or you’re mom’s love of Lily of the Valley?

Remember, your wedding bouquet is very important and you should LOVE it!  It will be in most of your wedding pictures which you will cherish always!

Here are some types of Floral Bouquets to consider:

1. Nosegay – rounded hand-clustered of flowers tied with a ribbon.  Flowers can be wired.  This is a great alternative for the Mother of the Bride or Mother of the Groom to consider to replace the traditional pin-on corsage.  It helps to differentiate the importance of the two important people on your life!  There will be typically lots of greenery in this arrangement.
2. Hand-Tied -  a cluster of stems tied with a ribbon.  The most popular bouquet among brides, this arrangement can be simple or very elaborate.  Can also be made very formally or is equally at home in a more casual setting.
3. Tussie-Mussie – Victorian Era – small metal hand-held vase of small flowers – another great alternative for the Mother of the Bride or Mother of the Groom corsage.  Usually very fragrant flowers are used in this arrangement.
4. Cascade – a large bouquet where flowers descent below the main portion of design – lots of movement in this bouquet and a great choice for a very formal wedding. 
5. Tear Drop – sister to the Cascade – more stiff looking and a very controlled look.  Less movement.  Also appropriate for a formal wedding.
6. Presentation Style – long stemmed flowers cradled in the crook of arm – great idea for a bride on a budget.  The bride would be instructed in how to carry this bouquet properly.
7. Crescent – flowers are wired to drape over the arm.  Orchids are popular in this bouquet.
8. Biedermiere – Tightly concentric circles of the same color of flowers often framed by a collar of leaves or fabric or armature.
9. Composite – flower created by using the petals of another flower wired together to create one large bloom.  This is the glamellia – very striking bouquet that makes a floral style statement.  This design requires intense labor and is typically one of the most expensive bouquets.  It also requires delicate handling and would be best suited for a wedding where the flowers can be delivered and kept fresh before the ceremony.  Probably not recommended for a less formal wedding (i.e. beach wedding).