Your To-Do List For Your Flowers For the Week of Your Wedding
July 27, 2009 by Elegant Bridal Accessories
Filed under Bridal Ideas
If you have decided to make your own wedding flowers, you need a clear sense of direction and plan of action. Have a schedule so you’ll know exactly what you need to do when.
Four Days Before Your Wedding
* Pick and condition your foliage and any flowers that you want that would come from a garden.
* These flowers and foliage were picked 2 weeks before your wedding day and you tested them to see if they were hardy.
* Contact your flower arranging helpers to discuss a meeting time for the day before your wedding. An early start is recommended.
Three Days Before
* Prepare the floral foam. Fit it to the containers, cut it to size, and tape it into place.
* Fill the containers with water so the floral foam will absorb the water.
* Once the floral foam has absorbed the water, fill up the containers with water again. It is very important that floral foam stays wet. After it starts to dry it is no good any more and must be tossed out.
Two Days Before
* Pick up your flowers and some empty flower boxes from your florist. You’ll want the boxes to store your bouquets, corsages, and boutonnieres.
* Condition the cut flowers and put them in clean bucket full of clean water with flower preservative.
* Keep them in a cool, dry place away from drafts and direct sunlight.
* When putting them into the buckets of water, you can organize them by putting in the correct number of flowers for a specific arrangement. Label the buckets so you’ll know which bucket is for which arrangement.
The Day Before
* Meet your helpers very early at the church to show them how you want it decorated.
* Arrange all your wedding flowers and put them into the boxes. The pieces that simply must be put in the boxes are the bouquets, flower girl basket, headpieces, corsages, and boutonnieres.
* Mist the bouquets and all the rest with your spray bottle, spraying both the back and the front.
* Cover the box with plastic to seal out any air and to keep the moisture inside the box. If you do not cover the boxes with plastic, the water will evaporate and the flowers will wilt.
* Have corsage pins in a container beside the boxes. You don’t want the pins in overnight – they could start to rust.
* Put any of your other arrangements that are meant for either the reception or the ceremony in their positions. Top up the containers with water and mist them gently.
Your Big Day
* Ask your helper to go to both the ceremony and reception locations to check on the flowers. They should top up the water and mist them gently.
* Get the best man to pick up the boutonnieres and corsages and give them to the correct people.
* Take the plastic off the boxes with the bouquets to see if everything still looks fresh and perky. If they look a bit dry, mist them gently and cover loosely with plastic.
* Just before leaving for church, gently shake the head pieces and bouquets to get rid of any extra moisture.
* Attach the headpieces, pick up the bouquets and you’re ready!
Follow this schedule for how to organize everything. A clear plan of action will help you see through it all and will spare you from missing any important details that could lead to panic. You want your wedding day to be as stress-free and enjoyable as possible.
About the Author Nadine Visscher
Nadine Visscher has arranged flowers for more than 15 years and has written The Beginner’s Guide to Wedding Flowers found at http://www.WeddingFlowerDirections.com
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