Showing posts with label Purple tulips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Purple tulips. Show all posts

Saturday, 4 January 2014

Tulip wedding

 Emily's wedding flowers were all about tulips, they are an excellent choice for April after all. From the word go nothing else was considered, it was just what colour to have?
Her bridal hand tie was a mass of pink and purple tulip flowers, nothing added with the stems wrapped in white satin ribbon.
 The bridesmaid, who's dress was a shade of pink, carried a similar bouquet but of white tulips.
 The men each wore a single white tulip buttonhole with ruscus foliage.
 While the groom matched his bride with a double tulip buttonhole.
 The mum's were given a small white tulip corsage with ruscus foliage and genista.

Monday, 28 January 2013

Purple bouquet ideas

 Are you having purple as your main colour? Looking for bouquet ideas? Here are a few examples that previous brides have carried.
Above, a bouquet of amnesia and avalanche roses with gyp and eucalyptus foliage.
 A mixed eustoma bouquet, purple, white and bi coloured white with a purple edge, with fountain grass.
 Picasso and schwartzwalder calla lilies with white gerberas and foliage.
Or how about an overarm bouquet of call lilies and beargrass.
Or a posy hand tie of Picasso calla lilies.
A mixed bouquet of avalanche roses and calla lilies with purple eustoma and freesia.



If you are looking for a more subtle colour mix, how about this bouquet of ivory roses, blue agapanthus, lavander, freesia, pink eustoma and veronica. Eucalyptus adding to the colour shade.

If you are after a truly purple flower, you can't beat purple eustoma. Teamed with ivory roses and fern it gives a stark contrast.
Want more purple? Add in purple freesia and less roses.
More subtle? Ivory roses, freesia and bouvardia, with a few eustoma flowers.
Having a spring wedding and want purple, how about purple tulips?

Just remember purple is a strong colour on its own and if your maids are in this colour they will need something lighter to carry. Be it a mix of darker and lighter flowers or just lighter ones. Think about having a range of shades from dark purple to very pale lilac this gives a more natural look to your flowers and if carried through your wedding does save on the difficulty of matching different fabrics etc. As long as it all tones it will work.
These are a few of my designs, I have plenty more available. Please ask for details.