Purple Wedding Flowers For Bouquets and Centerpieces

One of the prettiest colors for wedding flowers is purple. Ranging in tone from pale lilac to rich eggplant, purple can be right for a romantic wedding, a formal wedding, and even a country wedding. These are some of the most beautiful purple wedding flowers for bouquets and centerpieces.

If you are having a traditional wedding, purple roses are gorgeous. One of the most beautiful ways to use them for bouquets is in a range of shades from lilac to medium purple. Silvery accents like Lamb's ear add interest to rose bouquets with a cool lavender tone for a looser arrangement or opt for the classic tight nosegay in multiple shades of purple. You can carry this into your bridesmaid attire by choosing light purple dresses and giving them bridesmaid jewelry gifts in deep amethyst colored crystals.

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There are some gorgeous options for romantic purple wedding flowers. Tall footed urns overflowing with lilacs, sweetpeas, and French tulips would be breathtaking for a garden wedding. For coordinating bouquets, omit the lilacs which will wilt out of water. Use a mix of white and lilac sweetpeas with deeper purple French tulips for the bride's bouquet, and the same floral varieties done entirely in shades of purples for the bridesmaids. These bouquets would make a wonderful complement to flowing soft chiffon dresses - white for the bride and lilac for the bridesmaid dresses, worn with delicate drop crystal earrings as the bridesmaid jewelry gifts.

Purple Wedding Flowers For Bouquets and Centerpieces

For tall centerpieces and ceremony displays, there are numerous purple flowers from which to choose. When you want to add height to an arrangement, tall stalks with multiples blossoms will get you the most bang for your buck. Combine purple snapdragons, gladioli, and purple-blue delphinium to make impressive displays. The gladioli and snapdragons also come in lovely shades of pink and white which can be used as accents to the signature purple hue. Round it out with some dark purple irises for a lovely effect.

Purple flowers are wonderful for creating a sophisticated or exotic style as well. A deep eggplant arm bouquet of calla lilies would be perfect with a slender elegant silk sheath gown. Another favorite wedding flower which comes in shades of purple is the orchid. Always dramatic, orchids can be found in every conceivable purple hue, from pale lilac to plum with spots to bright fuchsia. When you are looking for a sophisticated yet vibrant flower for bridal bouquets, the orchid is ideal. Purple orchids also look fantastic for submerged flower centerpieces for the reception.

Brides who like a wildflower style will find some lovely options in purple. The simplicity of lavender asters with purple mums and bachelor's buttons makes a great casual bouquet. These flowers work very well as a fall wedding decoration for couples who prefer to avoid the standard autumnal oranges and reds. A terrific way to display these informal purple flowers is to create small arrangements using eggplants as the vessels instead of regular vases. Very simple and yet memorable. With so many ways to use them, it is no wonder that brides love purple wedding flowers.

Purple Wedding Flowers For Bouquets and Centerpieces

Look to Bridget for advice on planning your wedding. Check out how we can help with your bridesmaid jewelry gifts at http://silverlandjewelry.com/. We offer free crystal samples for color matching and complimentary shipping on all jewelry orders over .

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Purple Wedding Flowers For Bouquets and Centerpieces

One of the prettiest colors for wedding flowers is purple. Ranging in tone from pale lilac to rich eggplant, purple can be right for a romantic wedding, a formal wedding, and even a country wedding. These are some of the most beautiful purple wedding flowers for bouquets and centerpieces.

If you are having a traditional wedding, purple roses are gorgeous. One of the most beautiful ways to use them for bouquets is in a range of shades from lilac to medium purple. Silvery accents like Lamb's ear add interest to rose bouquets with a cool lavender tone for a looser arrangement or opt for the classic tight nosegay in multiple shades of purple. You can carry this into your bridesmaid attire by choosing light purple dresses and giving them bridesmaid jewelry gifts in deep amethyst colored crystals.

There are some gorgeous options for romantic purple wedding flowers. Tall footed urns overflowing with lilacs, sweetpeas, and French tulips would be breathtaking for a garden wedding. For coordinating bouquets, omit the lilacs which will wilt out of water. Use a mix of white and lilac sweetpeas with deeper purple French tulips for the bride's bouquet, and the same floral varieties done entirely in shades of purples for the bridesmaids. These bouquets would make a wonderful complement to flowing soft chiffon dresses - white for the bride and lilac for the bridesmaid dresses, worn with delicate drop crystal earrings as the bridesmaid jewelry gifts.

Purple Wedding Flowers For Bouquets and Centerpieces

For tall centerpieces and ceremony displays, there are numerous purple flowers from which to choose. When you want to add height to an arrangement, tall stalks with multiples blossoms will get you the most bang for your buck. Combine purple snapdragons, gladioli, and purple-blue delphinium to make impressive displays. The gladioli and snapdragons also come in lovely shades of pink and white which can be used as accents to the signature purple hue. Round it out with some dark purple irises for a lovely effect.

Purple flowers are wonderful for creating a sophisticated or exotic style as well. A deep eggplant arm bouquet of calla lilies would be perfect with a slender elegant silk sheath gown. Another favorite wedding flower which comes in shades of purple is the orchid. Always dramatic, orchids can be found in every conceivable purple hue, from pale lilac to plum with spots to bright fuchsia. When you are looking for a sophisticated yet vibrant flower for bridal bouquets, the orchid is ideal. Purple orchids also look fantastic for submerged flower centerpieces for the reception.

Brides who like a wildflower style will find some lovely options in purple. The simplicity of lavender asters with purple mums and bachelor's buttons makes a great casual bouquet. These flowers work very well as a fall wedding decoration for couples who prefer to avoid the standard autumnal oranges and reds. A terrific way to display these informal purple flowers is to create small arrangements using eggplants as the vessels instead of regular vases. Very simple and yet memorable. With so many ways to use them, it is no wonder that brides love purple wedding flowers.

Purple Wedding Flowers For Bouquets and Centerpieces
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In Lieu of Flowers, Consider Memorial Seed Cards As a Funeral Gift

Perhaps there is a reason that the term, "in lieu of flowers" has gotten so popular. The trend seems to be that families direct well wishers to putting that money towards something more lasting and meaningful. Often people say, "in lieu of flowers please make a donation to..." and they list their loved one's favorite charity. While it's been a tradition at weddings to provide a little something such as a keepsake gift or wedding favor, now funeral favors or gifts are becoming a popular option to sending flowers or making a donation.

Instead of or in lieu of flowers, I recommend memorial seed cards. The cards are eco-friendly and instead of sending flowers that die, friends and family can grow flowers in memory of the departed. The seed paper is handmade and in the paper making process a variety of wildflower seeds or forget-me-not seeds are added to the paper. When the paper is planted the flowers grow. The most popular memorial card option is plantable heart seed cards. The top of the card says, "Plant this card and wildflowers will grow" and the bottom is personalized with, "In Loving Memory of...... Always in our Hearts." Cards are often purchased by family or friends and the cards are handed out at the service. There is a growing trend in office coworkers sending these plantable seed cards as an appropriate funeral gift to family members of coworkers or if the coworker passed then the office gives the cards to the family to distribute at the funeral. We suggest that a child or young adult hand each person who enters the service a card. Sometimes the cards are handed out with a memorial folder or program.

It's also becoming popular to send a memorial seed card before the service as an invitation to people who may want to attend the service. The card is custom printed with the time, date and location of the service. That same type of card has also been used after the funeral as an eco-friendly thank-you note to those who may have sent a donation or provided a meal for the family. Another use for the flat memorial seed cards has been for class reunions. A card is handed out to each of the attendees saying, "In memory of our following friends from the class of 1979 who are gone but always remembered", and the names of the departed are then listed on the card.

In Lieu of Flowers, Consider Memorial Seed Cards As a Funeral Gift

It's common in the Catholic church to provide a prayer or mass card at a funeral. A more modern memorial card choice is a plantable cross seed card. The cards can be printed to say, "God called her home, and now heaven's gardens are more beautiful. Plant this cross and wildflowers will grow in loving memory of......" Another option is to use more of a celebration of life focus for someone who may have been more spiritual than traditionally religious.

Another option is the butterfly seed cards that contain forget-me-not seeds. This option is a folded card and allows you to add a poem or verse on the inside left side, and the loved one's name on the right side.

Hopefully, now when you see "in lieu of flowers" you'll know there is an option to send a gift of keepsake cards as a funeral favor that grows wildflowers or forget-me-not flowers in memory of your loved one.

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Mary Hickey is an urn designer and thought leader in the funeral industry. For some drastically needed new life celebration ideas, contemporary memorial poems and verses visit her site Next Gen Memorials. She is co-founder of Renaissance Urn Company, based in San Francisco.

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