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This article was written by a lady who's daughter was planning her wedding. It shows just how important a bridal bouquet can be to some people. If you are not the type of person that is keen on flowers then this is probably not such a big deal to you. But, there are people who believe that flowers and bouquets are one of the most important part of there wedding theme.
We all know that planning weddings can be a very stressful time. For some women they have envisioned their wedding day since they were little girls, so they have many expectations and many details to fulfil. There are other women who are quite comfortable to leave the planning to others and still more women who simply want to forget the whole Big Day thing and just elope. No matter which category the woman falls into, even if it's a small civil ceremony, every bride seems to want the tradition of carrying bridal bouquets.
My own daughter is certainly no exception to this statement. In fact, she has been obsessed with bridal bouquets since she was a little girl. When ever she saw a wedding picture the first thing she would look at would be the flowers the bride was holding. She was always so intrigued by the bridal bouquets that my mother and her attendant carried. My mom weighed ninety four pounds and stood five feet one inch tall at the time of her wedding. Her small frame seemed to emphasize the size of the bouquet of flowers that she carried. My parents got married in 1941. The trend in those days was to have large arrangements for the bride to carry. Mom’s arrangement had a dozen roses, a dozen cannas lilies and ivy and baby’s breath. Her attendant’s bouquet was almost the same size. After seeing the photo's my daughter was convinced that she wanted to have the same bridal bouquets in her own wedding.
So, now my daughter is engaged and is planning her wedding and we are looking into the price of the clothing, reception space rentals, decorations and flowers. My daughter is also very petite so she asked my mother if she could try on the wedding dress that she wore back in 1941. This dress is now over sixty years old. The white satin has turned a kind of rich ivory color. It turned out that the dress was too small for my daughter and we agreed that it was too precious to try altering. But, She did take lots of photos took these to a seamstress to have a replica made for her. She also took a picture of the wedding bouquets to a florist to have them replicated. The wedding dress has a very simple design without a great deal of embellishments so it was quite reasonable; but the estimated price of the bridal bouquets were very high and this came as a bit of a shock. The florist showed my daughter picture of arrangements that are popular today, but she wanted to have the large arrangements she set her heart on. Today the trend is to carry flowers by the stems that are held together with a ribbon. My daughter thinks they lack character. I told my daughter to go ahead and order the bridal bouquets that she wanted. You only get married once and she has been dreaming about mom’s bouquet since she was a child. I think my mom will be pleased to see the dress and flowers. It is a compliment to know that your taste and ideas are being repeated by someone else so far into the future.
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