Part Four: Don’t even think of trying to match the color of your flowers to the shade of your bridesmaid’s lipstick!

There is a well-justified tendency to want to match colors in a wedding. This works great with fabric. Dresses, sashes, vests etc… can be understandably coordinated. Flowers work differently however. It’s something to do with how the light hits the petals of a flower. They never look the same color when viewed in different lights, in different times of the day, and most change color to some degree anyway as their blooms open and mature. Flower colors blend and balance other hues with a spectacular beauty. You don’t have to worry about your Red Freedom Roses matching that test-swatch of crimson dress fabric. It’s our experience that if you like the color of the flowers to start with, you’ll like how they look against the dresses. And please stay away from trying to dye your own flowers. We’ve seen some instances where there has been some success, but we receive many more calls from panicky brides needing to order last-minute flowers from us because of a spray-paint job that went awry.

Posted in Miscellaneous | Thursday, April 2nd, 2009