Website On A Little Break

As You Wish Floral Design is changing it up a little on the website.  My media director a.k.a. my husband is giving the website a face lift.  If you would like to see more of my work and some of my recommendations you can go to weddingwire.com and look under As You Wish Floral Design or the zip code of 50072 and do a search under flowers. 

So the break is just temporary and the new features should be fun to have and easy to use. 

Here is a fun picture of a couple taking a short break while

 giving the brides feet a time out between pictures and the

 ceremony along with a few others by Blush Photography.   

 I never tire of red as a wedding color.  So many combinations to

 put together.  Always delightful , red.  This was a wedding that I did September of 2008 at First Assembly in Des

 Moines, www.desmoinesfirst.org.

Photo courtesy of blush photgraphs.com

Fall Weddings

It is hard to believe that the fall wedding season is here.  September, October and November all are the months that hold fall weddings.  In the fall we welcome deep rich vibrant colors like deep purple, plum, navy, burgandy and amber.  This fall and winter another color to look for is  soft creme brulee along with bronzes, coppers and black.  Yes, black is back.

For weddings during the fall season don't forget the deep rich tones of fall in with rich reds, deep golds, royal purples and outstanding oranges. 

What About The Flower Girl

Flower Girls have been known to be a show stopper at weddings (that is until the bride makes her entrance of course.)  

Not only do the wedding guest look forward to seeing those adorable flower girls and lets not forget the handsome and charming ring bearers but also look forward to any surprise behaviors that might arise as they

 make their way down the aisle.  Even at my own children's weddings these members of the bridal party did not disappoint. 

Tradition has it that there is usually one flower girl but more modern weddings can include more than one flower girl.  I remember getting up at 2:00 a.m. to watch Princess Diana's wedding on television.  Her flowers were amazing and had me gasping.  I had never seen anything like that in my life, only in my floral day dreaming but here in real life was the largest, lush bouquet I had ever seen.  Oh, sorry back to the flower girls.  She had a large number of young ladies that accompanied her down the aisle.  Adorable. 

The flower girls dresses can be a duplicate of the bride or different in style but in a color that matches the bride.  They can also be in the same color family or complimentary to the attendants.  This is your wedding so do things the way you want.  Make up your own etiquette once in a while.  After all that's were trends come from. 

Some flower options could be the traditional basket with loose petals for them to drop as they make their way down the aisle, a pomander ball, a small nosegay, a flower wreath for their head, a wrist corsage (this will give them something with color for your pictures), or a single flower to carry.