6 tips for Making A La Carte Wedding Flowers Easy
If you know that A La Carte designs are the right fit for you, I’ve got 6 helpful tips to make sure you’ve got everything covered to fully enjoy your fresh flowers on wedding day.
Not sure if A La Carte is the better option for you than Full-Service designs? Check out my blog post that deep-dives into the different strengths of both of these options.
Photograph by Sam Bond Photography. For this styled Shoot, these lovely artists asked for a smaller-size bridal bouquet. I think it was the perfect size for this beautiful gown worn by Hannah.
Top 6 Tips for A La Carte Wedding Orders
💗 Have an easy-to-execute plan: Have a simple plan in place for getting your blooms from point A to point B. As long as you make sure your blooms can stay in clean, cold water until showtime, you’ll be rewarded with perky and fresh flowers. It helps to have a few vases or containers on hand at the ceremony or reception venues to hold bouquets in water as long as possible. You want to send those beauties off to your floral preservationist after, right? Right!
💗 Go along with Mother Nature: A La Carte flowers are highly seasonal here at Strawberry Moon Blooms. If you have your heart set on including certain flowers, check with your farmer-florist to see what's going to be in season during your wedding date. Just keep in mind that sometimes nature has different plans.
💗 Focus on the most bang for your buck: Opt for a larger arrangement size or ‘featurability',’ rather than quantity. Floral Features tend to draw more attention than large quantities of smaller arrangements. For example, opt for a cascading bridal bouquet or cake meadow to make a lasting impression for your guests.
💗 Top tip: opt for most-photographed designs. If you want to make sure to infuse your wedding memories with floral magic, focus on the pieces that will be photographed the most: bridal bouquet, groom's boutonniere, ceremony feature, or flower crowns. People tend to be photographed the most, naturally, so Personal Flowers is the category to focus on to achieve this.
💗 Lighting is just as impactful as flowers at setting the mood or vibe. Carefully choosing well-designed florals and high-drama lighting for soft ambiance will heap loads of rewards for overall aesthetic, especially for an evening reception.
💗 Don’t be afraid of a little DIY floral arranging. The great thing about using locally-grown flowers for your diy designs? They’re already gorgeous! Seriously, the bloom sizes, fragrance, and unique colors, shapes, and textures that locally grown flowers bring to the table are wonderful. And casually arranging some bud vases or playing with flowers with your bridesmaids makes for super special memories.
Wishing you a stress-free day filled with fresh flowers,
Sara
