Spring Wedding: Bouquets, Flower Arrangements & Other Wedding Ideas

Spring is approaching and that means spring flower arrangements and spring time flowers. Spring also means wedding season! So to all you brides to be out there, you’re probably on the hunt for the perfect spring wedding bouquets for you and your lovely bridesmaids.

Spring is the start of so many great things coming up.  Spring break trips, bucket lists, Easter and wedding season. With the warmer weather in bloom, we get to enjoy fresh, spring flowers. Flowers perfect for decorating your NYC home or office with spring flower arrangements, or for beautiful, spring wedding bouquets.

Prepare for Your Spring Wedding: Bouquets, Photo Booths and More!

Coming from a blogger who is also a Bridesmaid veteran (after October, I will have been in 7 weddings), ‘tis the season to start planning those special days!  Starting from the invitations, to food tasting, to thank you cards, to spring wedding bouquets, to the first dance music, there is a lot to think about for your special day.  Take a look at some trending new ways to make every detail that much better at your spring time wedding celebration: [Read more →]

“Something Blue”: Choosing a Truly Blue Bridal Bouquet

Glorious, elusive blue flowers; only a few blooms naturally have the prized “true blue” color. It reminds us of clear sunny skies, cheerful breezy days, and sparkling seas. Energizing yet calming, blue is a favorite color for many brides who are cho

osing their wedding flowers.

Morning Glories from my porch in Brooklyn.

Many brides request blue wedding flowers and blue bridal bouquets in NYC in order to incorporate “something blue” into their bridal color palette – one of the traditional good-luck tokens a bride should carry on her way down the aisle that symbolizes love, modesty, and fidelity.

Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a silver sixpence in her shoe. [Read more →]

A Blissed-out Bride’s Tale: How Wedding Flowers Changed My Life

My wedding day was the happiest day of my life.  Really.  Even today, almost 9 years later, all I need to do to feel a tingle of pure joy is remember that day.  Besides the sublime wonder of officially becoming family with my fantastic husband, it was amazing to be surrounded by family and dear friends, to be wearing a gorgeous dress, and carrying the most spectacular wedding bouquet in the world.

2 seconds after I received my wedding bouquet!

I had to have my bouquet surgically removed from me to dance our first dance as man and wife.  At one point, our photographer begged me to put it down: “Just one picture without the flowers, please?” [Read more →]

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New York Wedding Flowers: Summer Color Schemes

Summer in New York! Weddings! Flowers! It’s that time of year, and one of the main concerns of the bride and groom (other than living happily ever after together) is that their wedding and reception flow nicely. That flow includes timing, seating, m

usic, and décor.

One of the main things that can make or break your wedding décor is your color scheme. You can pick as many colors as you want, but more colors always means more variables to juggle – and depending on your ability to multitask, you may want to just pick one or two colors.

Summer Wedding Flowers for New York Brides

If you haven’t already nailed down your color scheme, or even if you have but would like a little inspiration, our Big Apple wedding florists made up a little “bride guide” to some wedding flowers by color.

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Phalaenopsis Orchid, Calla Lilies, Roses and Green, Lilies, & Hydrangea

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Unique Wedding Centerpieces for Non-Traditional Brides

Attention, maverick brides – are you combing the internet for fantastic non-traditional wedding ideas? Do you have the perfect vintage wedding dress, a memorable wedding venue, and your own handwritten vows? Don’t stop there – we’ve got some fantasti

c ideas for equally unique wedding centerpieces for your reception.

Submerged Flower Centerpieces

Many types of flowers look really beautiful submerged in tall containers.

Below is a beautiful arrangement using a Cymbidium Orchid stem. You can also include branches, curly willow, and/or colored rocks at the bottom for the perfect unique wedding centerpiece.

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New York Wedding Florists & Brides, Prepare: It’s Wedding Season!

Perfect flowers for the perfect wedding. Schedule a consultation today!

Even if you’ve been dreaming and planning your wedding day since you were little, putting plans into action can be an enormous undertaking. One of our favorite websites to help you plan for your wedding day is The Knot. Whether you need advice on finances, fashion, food, flowers, or anything in between, our New York wedding florists at Big Apple recommend finding inspiration and guidance here.

For example – here is a helpful list of 14 Wedding Flower Tips that can help both you and your New York wedding florist make your wedding dreams come true!

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5 Ways to Help Your NYC Wedding Florist, Help You

Wedding planning can be hectic. Avoid last-minute worrying and hassles while working with your NYC wedding florist by keeping these 5 tips in mind:

Know Your Style

The best way to ensure that the NYC wedding florist you’ve selected can hel

p you is to find a NYC wedding florist that you can trust, who shares your tastes, and whose work you love. Every designer has a style, whether it’s traditional and feminine or modern and ultra-chic. It also helps to bring images of the kinds of styles you like when meeting with your NYC wedding florist. [Read more →]

A New York Wedding Florist Knows How to Help

Coming up with a floral theme for a wedding can be a difficult task for a bride and groom. Every couple must decide on a concept or theme for their wedding, and ensure that their flower choices are consistent. With hundreds of flowers and color choic

es, the decision can be a far from easy. That’s where the help of a local New York wedding florist or floral designer comes in handy; choosing wedding flowers can be much easier with experienced professionals to help you choose the most beautiful and appropriate flowers for your event.

Wedding Season is Here! New York Wedding Florist Trends

As the spring/summer wedding season approaches, couples have a larger selection of flowers to choose from – almost all flowers are in season and easily procurable during this time of year!

Wedding florists in New York get many requests for peonies.

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Traditional Chinese Wedding Flowers: NYC Can Provide the Perfect Bouquet

According to the Chinese calendar, 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit. This year is traditionally associated with home and family, relationships, and peace, which makes it an especially symbolic year to be married!

When planning a traditional Chinese

wedding, it’s important to choose appropriate décor and arrangements just as you would choose an auspicious wedding date. The selection of wedding flowers in NYC is unmatched, so you’re sure to find many wedding flowers in NYC that will help bring good fortune to your marriage.

Photo by George Lu, Flickr

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