Beach Wedding Bouquets

This was my BEACH WEDDING BOUQUET. This is one of the weddings "must have" that you don't stress about, most flower shops or all bouquet experts know much on what sort of style, flowers, or colors that would match your theme! It doesn't have to be complicated, just know what's available on the spot and work from there. As for myself, it was our very first to visit Mauritius (our wedding venue), apparently, we didn't know exactly what sort of flowers I was going to have for my wedding! Since we've got to be there at least 3 days before our big day (minimum days arrival requirements for destination weddings), we had time to see the flower shop and chose ourselves, showed us their photographs of samples and to choose from there.

A beach theme wedding is, by nature - SIMPLE... There aren't a lot of decorations or sparkling lights - in essence, you're using the beautiful beach and the magnificence and simplicity of the ocean as your wedding backdrop. There are a few things that stand out at a beach wedding though, the bride's bouquet being one of them. It is one of the largest floral arrangements at a beach theme wedding ceremony and during your walk down the sandy aisle, everyone's going to be eyeing it. Here's how to select excellent flowers for your beach bridal bouquet that will "wow."

Tropical Colors

Many beach brides simply use white as their overall color, incorporating that into the bridal dress, the groom's tuxedo and even into the flowers. This usually gives a light, sophisticated aura to a beach theme wedding. Some brides, however, crave a little bit more than what white alone can give them. A perfect place to incorporate colors into your beach theme wedding ceremony is in the bridal bouquet itself. Select tropical flowers such as birds of paradise, or simply use flowers that are brightly colored. Orange and pink tiger lilies are excellent in beach bridal bouquets, while vibrantly tipped roses can really be eye catching. Talk to your florist or use your imagination to come up with a colorful, tropical bridal bouquet that brings out the best of the beach.

"Beachy" Additions

There's nothing that says that a beach bouquet has to consist only of flowers - don't limit yourself! Incorporate large, tropical leaves, pearls or even seashells. Pearls are a great addition to a white bouquet, but tropical leaves edging brightly colored flowers are a great touch. You can use a combination of leaves, pearls, seashells or other types of beach items in your bouquet, just remember to let them be accents and not let them take over the entire bouquet. Alternatively, a bouquet made entirely out of seashells and pearls can be an extremely unique and one of a kind beach wedding bouquet.

Shape and Size

The shape and size of your beach bouquet can vary, depending on how bold you want to be. A smaller, simple wedding calls for a smaller bouquet, but if you want your bouquet to be the focal point of the ceremony, feel free to make it larger and more noticeable. A cascading bouquet is a beautiful addition to any beach wedding ceremony, mimicking the cascade of the ocean waves themselves, but a handheld beach bridal bouquet is just as classy.

Talk to your florist and use your creativity to come up with different styles of beach bride bouquets that you like! Thumb through a few bridal magazines and pick out a few different bouquet elements that you like and discuss with your florist how to bring those elements together for a truly unique and one of a kind bouquet. A silk bouquet is a good option if you want a keepsake, but fresh flowers truly embrace the spirit of beauty and simplicity of the beach!

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Wedding Theme Color Collections
Peach-Orange-Cream Theme of My Beach Wedding
7 Ways of Using Flowers At Your Beach Wedding
10 Unique Ideas For Beach Wedding
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Beach Wedding Brides
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The Wedding Flower Guide For Every Bride

Choosing Your Bridal Bouquet

Having difficulty in searching and choosing your bridal bouquet?

I had the same problem too, especially that you could see loads of choices from the internet which make you even more confused as to what sort of style, color and type you want to have. I tell you what, it took me ages to decide mine... one day I decided one, and another day I saw another one and decided to have that one, and so on and so forth.. very very confusing indeed!

However, you need to set a time frame in each task especially you are planning your own wedding. You'll have to be patient sometimes and believe in your own taste.

Until one day, I decided to pull out my bouquet collections, go through all of them one by one and leave the best ones on my file. So these are the few ones which were the best for me, they were my inspirations...

Note: You have to be aware what type or sort of flowers your wedding place has to offer (especially to those having weddings abroad).

When we arrived Mauritius and had to finalized everything, (it was 2 days before the wedding), we were given an option by our wedding coordinator to choose and pick from the photographs or visit the flower shop ourselves, which we did visit and talked to the bouquet maker herself and saw all sorts of flowers and colors available that month (it was November).

and look at my gorgeous bridal bouquet, and also my bridesmaids' bouquets...