Knot Plan

When choosing your bridal bouquet keep your body shape and size along with your wedding gown in mind. The bouquet should not overpower you, nor should it be so small that it is lost. An elegant gown should pair up with an impressive bouquet, but a simple gown can also provide a nice background for an elaborate bouquet. Here are a few examples of bouquet styles:

• Constructed bouquet: clusters of flowers are taped or wired together to create a structured form. The stems can be wrapped in ribbon or the arrangement can be put into a small bouquet holder called a tussy mussie(a Victorian era bouquet holder usually made of silver).
• Nosegay: a tight, small round, bouquet usually made of one type of flower.
• Hand-tied: flowers have a “just-picked” looked, where the stems are tied with a bow and some of the stems are left exposed.
• Cascade: flowers and greenery trail downward from the main body of the bouquet.
• Pomander: a small sphere is covered with flowers and suspended from a ribbon handle.
• Boutonnières: small flowers or greens worn in the left lapel by the groom, groomsmen, fathers, grandfathers and godfathers.

Brides can add there own personal touches to their bouquets by using lace or ribbon from their mother’s or grandmother’s gown, or using antique pins on the ribbons used to secure flower stems. Sometimes brides duplicate the bouquets of their mothers, others may carry small bibles with flowers attached. Make your bouquet as personal or as different as you dare!