A Planning Secret: Sample Bouquets

Sample bouquets are a new idea that brides everywhere are taking advantage of. Sample bouquets allow a bride to envision how a bouquet will fit into her wedding decor or how her wedding accessories fit with her chosen bouquet.

For those who have never heard of a sample bouquet it is simply a faux bouquet that brides can use when choosing their dress or other decorative aspects to their wedding. Using a sample bouquet can ensure that everything will tie in together flawlessly. If a bride is unsure of the bouquet she wants, but already has her dress chosen, she can use several sample bouquets. By holding each bouquet while trying on her dress, she can pick the perfect combination.

Using sample bouquets can be quite expensive when going through a florist. Wedding bouquets are one of the most unusually expensive wedding accessories. One tip on saving money is to ask a florist to use older flowers that might be thrown away for the samples, as the bride will usually only need them for one day. Another tip is to have the florist make each bouquet smaller than the actual wedding bouquet will be. These two tricks can save when using samples.

For a longer lasting bouquet, brides might decide to make samples from cheaper faux flowers. This works well when trying to coordinate colors and flower types. It can be a bit tricky and time consuming, however the end products will last forever and is well worth the effort. This is also helpful for a bride that needs the bouquet for more than one day, as it can be used throughout the entire planning process.

Sample bouquets are a fantastic idea for brides today. Having a consistent variable when coordinating all aspects of the wedding is helpful to both the bride and the professionals she works with. Sample bouquets allow everyone to see the vision of the wedding and pull it together accordingly.

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Whitney Acke is a freelance writer from Lexington, Kentucky. In addition to freelance writing she also enjoys songwriting.