A Wedding Flower Bouquet Idea From The Victorian Era

If you're still looking for a unique wedding flower bouquet idea, you might consider taking a walk through the pages of history to study some of the styles that were traditional during different eras.

A wedding flower bouquet idea from the Victorian era is a 'tussie mussie'. A tussie mussie is a tiny round nosegay arrangement of flowers, often with a lacy frill around the flowers. It stems from the 'nosegays' carried by upper class women (and men) in the malodorous old days - before good plumbing and waste disposal.

Their purpose was practical, much like a scented handkerchief - to overcome unpleasant odors. Today's bride has little to fear from unpleasant odors - but the tussie mussie is one of the favorite styles of wedding flower bouquet. Even when the bride carries a different style of wedding bouquet, the nosegay style is the style most often chosen for the bridesmaid's bouquets.

Compact, pretty and neat, it's also one of the most versatile of wedding flower bouquet styles. It works just as well with a formal, floor-length lace lavished dress as it does with a short jacket-and-skirt style wedding suit.

If you'd like to take your wedding flower bouquet idea from royalty, both Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth carried cascade bouquets of white roses, stephanotis and other white flowers. The Queen's wedding bouquet was simple - as suited her elegantly simple, old-fashioned dress and veil. The trailing greenery and flowers were designed to lengthen her lines by drawing the eye downward.

By contrast, the wedding bouquet carried by Princess Diana was as lavish and full as the beautiful gown she wore. Rather than the modified nosegay that Queen Elizabeth had carried, Lady Di's wedding bouquet was nearly a double armful of roses, lilies, stephanotis and greens.

The cascade of delicate flowers and greenery spilled in a diagonal line from one side of her body to the other. So beautifully did it complement her appearance and attire that day that Princess Diana's wedding bouquet is the focal point of many photos of that day.

Consulting with several florists for a wedding flower bouquet idea that you like will help you not only to choose your flowers, but also to gauge how easy they'll be to work with and how satisfactory their work will be. You'll find that many can offer your wedding flower bouquet ideas and suggestions and take into account things you'd never considered.

You've thought about the colors, of course, and perhaps even the shape of the bouquet and the flowers that you'd like - but when paging through Bride magazine or surfing florist's web sites for wedding flower bouquet ideas, have you considered that the style of wedding bouquet you carry can make you look taller or slimmer or round out your curves?

An excellent wedding bouquet florist with proper experience on how to make wedding bouquets WILL consider those things - which is why they're one of the best places to turn when you're looking for a wedding flower bouquet idea for YOUR special day.