Wildflower Wedding

"My wedding was in my brother's back yard. The morning of the ceremony, my husband and I got up at sunrise, and went and picked wildflowers in the woods for my bouquet, and we made a halo garland for my head. The sunrise was beautiful, picking the flowers was very romantic, and we had a chance to spend some time alone together before a very hectic day." Katie from Philadelphia, PA

Florist Trauma

"Be careful that your florist knows exactly what you want before the day of the wedding. I thought I had communicated to her what I wanted my bouquet to look like, and when it arrived I almost had a heart attack! It was nothing like what I wanted. Show them a picture, draw them one, anything - just make sure they get it!" Dottie from St. Louis, MO

On The Same Page

"Pick a florist who is willing to go over actual pictures and groupings of the flowers that you are interested in. That way you know that you are both on the same track BEFORE the big day." Jennifer from Hampton, VA

Keeping It Simple

"I think simple, elegant and artistic combinations make the best bouquets. For my bridesmaids, I selected a small cascade of three Asiatic lilies and ivy. Not only is the combination unique, but keeping it simple really highlights the beauty of the lilies and the rich green of the ivy. My suggestion is to think outside the box and come up with your own unique idea - just remember not to overdo it! You want people to appreciate the look of the individual flowers - not get all confused with a "busy" bouquet!" Sara from Brick, NJ

Honor Bouquet

"Instead of tossing my bouquet (which is made up of roses and daililies held together with ivy), I plan to give it to the couple who has been married the longest." Sarah from Salt Lake City, Utah

Useful Tossing Bouquet

"In planning my wedding I wanted the tossing bouquet to be useful, so I decided to make flower pens and tie them together to form a boquet. Them I decorated a small flower pot that had some styrofoam in the bottom and moss on top. I'll be tossing the boquet and then giving the flower pot to who ever catches it so she'll have something to put the flower pens in.

If you want to be really sneaky you can put ribbon on each of the flowers individually and then loosley tie them together with a different colored ribbon. Then right before you toss it untie the ribbon, fan the flowers and chuck them as high as you can. They'll separate and will go to more than one girl, thus spreading the luck even farther. If you want to know how to make the pens e-mail me." Sara Joy from San Jacinto, CA

All In The Family

I wanted to include family members and friends that I couldn't put in my wedding party. So, I'm putting all those special people in the aisle with a flower from my bouquet. I will walk down the aisle and take each flower from them, at the end my mother and my future mother will come forward and tie a ribbon around it. Lorenza from Denver, CO

A Simple Bouquet

"Instead of making an entire bouquet for my bridesmaids to carry, I'm having them carry 2 long stem silk roses and dried baby's breath, tied together with some cury ribbons. I had a similar thing in a friend's wedding, and I still have the flower. In fact, I've used it to decorate! It easily hides those hard-to-hide places from previous owners!" Becky from New Port Richey, Florida

Sweet Flowers

"My friend had all of her floral arrangements made out of silk flowers and candy, they are Candy Bouquets that are just beautiful. She is allergic to silk flowers and didn't want just plain, ordinary silk flowers." Linda from Jefferson Township, NJ, USA

Birdhouse Centerpieces

"I plan to use centerpieces that a friend offered. Our wedding is quite casual and we are using wildflowers - from a florist, so they will be more elegant. My friend made the cutest birdhouses out of a piece of fence post and some plywood. She had a piece of post cut about 6" tall and nailed a square base of plywood on the bottom and had the top cut in a peak and put the two pieces of board on top for a roof. A small hole was drilled in the front of the post about 2/3 the way up with a short piece of dowel attached underneath for a perch. Then my friend "whitewashed" the plywood roof and base with a mixture of pastel acrylic paint and water so the woodgrain shows, but there is a soft color. To finish them, she put Spanish moss in the hole "opening" and around the base and hot glued a feather butterfly (from Wal-Mart) on the roof and a mushroom bird in complementary pastels on the base or perch. They are so cute and country or outdoorsy for the wedding and then could be donated to a nursing home or church if you didn't want them. If you want to make them, and my instructions you find confusing, email me." Sunny from Marshall, MN, USA