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Wedding Inspirations- Will You Be My Valentine For All Time

So you have:

Found love    ✔️

Got engaged  ✔️

Set the date   ✔️

And with Valentines Day falling on a weekend this year, what better day to get married, right?

I guess the upside of choosing Valentine’s Day for your wedding is that both spouses will find it incredibly hard to forget an anniversary. But on the down side, it is more than likely that if you choose to go with a red rose themed event prices are going to be sky high. It is true that all flowers are at a premium price on the approach to Valentine’s Day, but red roses will certainly see the biggest increase.

You will also choose to share your anniversary evening each year with more people than any other day on the calendar. Restaurants will be full, sittings will be short, menus will be simplified BUT, the atmosphere will be joyfully loved up and romantic. I guess it is all perspective.

If you are thinking about having a Valentine’s Day wedding here is some inspiration, tricks and tips to get the ball rolling….the sky is the limit to your creativity.

Get the Look:

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Colours:

As a general rule, red roses are see as the epitome of romance. Red is the colour associated with deep passionate love, therefore it makes sense that if you have chosen Valentine’s Day for romantic, sentimental reasons, the red rose will feature.

If you want to vary the theme slightly, you could consider teaming reds with pinks. Depending on the shade of red you favour,this could include anything from a soft blush pink to a deep burgundy ot even a fuchsia. Reds also look dramatic with aubergine, chocolate and black tones.

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Feature Flower Elements:

Red roses are of course the most popular flower on Valentine’s day. What else you use depends on the direction you choose to take. Keep it simple with lush foliage, and Gypsophillia, or add amaranthus and blackberries for a touch of drama. I personally LOVE the idea of having a compilation bouquet- a bouquet made from individual rose petals all wired and constructed together into one large rose. It takes a seriously talented, experienced and trained florist to make this bouquet, as it is truly a intricate work of art. It is a nice twist on the standard red rose bouquet for this theme.

Foliage elements:

Lush green foliage looks amazing teamed with red roses simply because red and green are complementary colours (that is, they sit directly opposite each other on the colour wheel). Complementary colours are the colours that provide the most dramatic CONTRAST to each other.

If you wish to add more depth and interest to your arrangements, also consider silver suede foliage (dusty miller) or dark burgundy/chocolate tones in After Dark, Red Myrtle, or Copper Beech.

Textured Elements

Amaranthus, berries, trailing pink peppercorn, doddavine, ivy trails and celosia provides interesting textural and linear elements to an arrangement. Spray roses are also a great way to add texture without adding any different flowers to the mix. It allows you have a variety of sizes in your rose blooms, at a variety of  stages of blooming, which can soften the often ‘uptight’ and ‘formal’ standard rose posy. To take this concept even further, you may consider using David Austin roses, garden roses, glass house hybrid roses and spray roses altogether.

Accessories:

To heart or not to heart? Obviously the ‘heart’ is symbolic of Valentine’s Day, so it would be remiss of me not to mention it in terms of styling. I think this is an entirely personal choice as to whether you want to go for the obvious association with Valentine’s Day or not. But, if you choose to embrace the symbol, you open yourself up to heart shaped balloons, heart embellishments on cupcakes, or  invitation details. You can even make DIY heart shaped garlands, or bunting with the iconic motif.

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Like with a public holiday, sometimes choosing a big commercial day like Valentine’s can dramatically affect the cost of your wedding, but I guess it just depends on whether you want to have a day with already special significance as your day with special significance.

Remember folks, wedding anniversary or not, Valentine’s Day is NOT a day that you want to ignore or pretend doesn’t matter, and with less than two weeks to go, I would suggest you have your gift ideas sorted, orders in and restaurants booked! If you still need a helping hand, as a Sydney based florist you can collect in store, or we can deliver locally- either way keeping you in the good books! Check out our range here.

Fwf x

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