Have You Ordered Your White Wedding Bouquet Yet?

So you've been dreaming about your white wedding seemingly forever; your time is finally approaching and you've carefully planned a caterer, selected dresses for yourself and your wedding party, picked out tuxedos, auditioned for and hired a band, even...but have you selected and ordered your perfect white wedding bouquet?

Just when you thought you had every detail planned to the tee, something still slipped in under the door. Never fear; there are stress- and money-saving ways to get you through your white wedding bouquet crisis scrape-free.

It's hard not to get sucked into the standard white daisies or lilies for classic "white wedding bouquets." These are the flowers that have usually already been pre-arranged by the florist, which would of course save a few dollars and time deliberating on a particular design.

While these simpler flowers are always lovely, don't be afraid to experiment and be bold and beautiful with your white wedding bouquet. Pink and red roses can add to the elegance of a white wedding, bringing an aura of passion and romance to the ceremony.

Try adding candles and soft music (perhaps violin) to add to the romantic mood. Coordinating arrangements or small replicas of the bride's white wedding bouquet are great wedding favors. They are thoughtful gifts for the members of your wedding party and as centerpieces at the reception. Corsages are a uniquely special touch, and small white flowers can also be worn in the bride's hair or in the locks of the members of her wedding party for a softer touch if your wedding budget affords such a thing.

If you are being forced to plan your dream white wedding on a narrow budget, it may be helpful to select the flowers and design of your arrangement on your own and ask your wedding florist to physically arrange them for you, rather than giving them the opportunity to do all the work for you (and charge you for that convenience).

To pinch even more pennies, you can select and purchase the flowers for our floral arrangements yourself, and put together the wedding bouquets and floral arrangements the night before the ceremony. It's a great way to catch up with family and bond before the big event, and who better to build the perfect white wedding bouquet than the wedding participants?

Perhaps you are spending a load on your perfect white wedding bouquet. People take pictures with the flowers, pictures next to the flowers, pictures near the flowers, and even wearing the wedding flowers! Along with the bride's dress, the floral arrangements and decorations are the most memorable part of a wedding!

Take pride in your white wedding bouquet and in your flower decorations. Choose them carefully and with taste, but don't be afraid to bring a little color into your floral arrangements to accent the white theme of the ceremony.

Just a tip: 1-800-flowers and 1800flowers.com are great sources for you wedding planners on a budget. You give up some of the hands-on part in the project, but it's great when time and/or money are a big factor.