Flowers Flowers Flowers

Today we are going to talk about wedding flowers. How to style, save, and what some of the hottest trends are going to be in 2008.

Lets start by determining what you are going to need. First, you need have to have all your colors and themes set of before you can really choose the right flowers. Once you do this, it’s time to start looking at what’s out there. Know I know we all have our favorite flowers, but what if it doesn’t go with your theme? You don’t want to have flowers that look out of place, don’t panic, find someone who is good with a spray can. Know I know what your all thinking, you can’t spray paint flowers, but how do you think some of the flowers you see get those unique colors. You can use this process to take your favorite flower and make them fit your theme. Also, be sure that you look all types of flowers out there, there might be a flower you have never seen before that will really compliment your wedding. Now, the big question is how many flowers do you really need? This all depends on what “you” want. You don’t want an absence of flowers and you don’t want to be over kill. What I recommend is having small designs going down the isle and at least an arrangement on each table to really create the full effect. Then you need to determine how many small bouquets and boutonniere’s you will need for all your brides maids and grooms men. Next you need to have your tossing bouquet, and of course your main bouquet. Which brings me to the next topic, your main bouquet. This is will be the most fun to plan out, all your favorite flowers in your hand on your special day. Can this get any better? I think not. Take some time on choosing what you need for your bouquet. Do you go simple or extravagant? Well some of the biggest trends out this year for all your brides out there are going big, bold, and creating zen-like arrangements. Don’t stress over this topic, remember all of this is supposed to be fun. Look for someone to help you out with these decisions, websites, blogs, forums, anything to bounce ideas off of other brides to be. For flower help visit my site www.worldwideweddingflowers.com we help with all your flower needs.

Ok, the most important topic for almost everyone. How do we save money, but still create that beautiful look? This is where you need to do some surfing and find whats out there. Like I said above, my site has the best prices on the net. www.worldwideweddingflowers.comBut there are many places out there that’s will be able to help you style and save for your wedding. Check out some “do it yourself websites”. Arranging flowers is not that hard, you just need a little bit of practice and you can create that celebrity look yourself. Before letting your wedding planner do all this for you, go and talk with some of your local flower shops and see what they will charge for designing your flowers. Also ask them if you buy your flowers from another source, will they still design them? Do your home work, you can have all the flowers of your dream for less than you think.

What’s hot for ‘08? Well let me just sum that up with one word. “GREEN” This is the biggest trend we will all see this year. Eco-friendly everything is in. With recycled jewelry & invitations, green is the “in” thing to do this year. As far as flowers go, huge high arrangements, and one of my favorite, the round arrangement. Basically you have a small vase, or something to hold your flowers, and create a big over flowing arrangement that is perfectly round. Zen will be in this year, simple elegance will always be around I think. Pick up a couple of magazines, read some blogs, and most importantly ask questions. You can bounce anything off me, I will help the best I can. Just remember, don’t stress, have fun, and make this the day of your dreams!

Well, I will wrap it for today, next we are going to talk about to DIY ( do it yourself ) We will cover making arrangements, and other ways to help you save money. Plus your wedding will have “your” perfect touch. Thank you all so much for reading today.

The Wedding Guy

www.worldwideweddingflowers.com

Wedding Fashion

Wedding Fashion………Where do we start? There is way to much here to discuss, so lets just dive right into some of the biggest trends this year!

Ok, lets start with the most important, the dress. First you have to find your budget. I know you ladies hate this part, but its necessary. I know most of you out there love all the designers, but look hard and you can find that designer look for less. Whats the hottest style dress for 2008? We have a few that will really catch your eye. Asymmetry is in again, check out some styles inspired by the Romans. Brioche shapes have really started to become popular, and will prove to be a great trend through this year. Something that will really catch your eye, the new, short dress, perfect for your destination wedding where temperatures will rise. Now, for all you princess out there the quirky ball gown dresses are the right up your alley. From pink , to pure white witth gloves, these styles will really make your fairy tale wedding come true. One of my favorite I have found, is the multi-tiered dress, a strapless dress with layers upon layers of luxurious fabric, this is sure to take every ones breath away. You can find all these styles this year no matter what your budget is. Do your home work, schedule your fittings, and fall in love with one of these magnificent styles.

Onto brides maid dresses. Some of the biggest trends this year are Steel grey, bold colors, and deep hues. Try to find dresses for your lovely ladies that will really set them apart. White weddings are becoming very popular again,so spice it up with bold, exotic flowers ( www.worldwideweddingflowers.com )and some of these beautiful dresses to make your wedding have that unique edge. 

From chocolate diamonds, to eco-friendly rings, here are some of the most popular engagement trends this year. Neutral colored stones are very in this year. Look for chocolate, and lite colored diamonds to really be in style this year. Diamonds, Diamonds everywhere! One of the hottest styles this year will be to in-circle your beautiful ring with diamonds. This creates tons of extra sparkle, and helps your main stone pop. Intricately raised settings are beautiful and will cost a little more, but this style is sure to attract a lot of attention. These settings have very detailed and elegant metal work, and are sure to top the list this year. Vintage is coming back, from ceremonies to jewelry look for the classic trends we all know and love to make a big come back this year. Eco-Friendly rings are sure to make a hit this year. With our concern about the environment, check out rings with conflict free diamonds, and recycled metals. This is the perfect way to help our environment in style.

Well, I think that’s enough for today. Next we will talk about all of the flower trends we have this upcoming year. Thank you all for reading.

 The Wedding Guy

www.worldwideweddingflowers.com

Gay Marriage

Ok, here we go. I know this is a hard topic for a lot of people out there, but I think we all need to step back and look at the big picture and dive in head first.

WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL!! Ok, there are too many people out there so up in arms about this topic, quoting bible verses and what not. Now I don’t know the bible by heart, but one thing I do know is I am a good and very faithful Christian. I do right by people and follow the golden rule on a daily basis. But, doesn’t the bible teach to love one another? Doesn’t it also say that the only one who has the right to judge is God Himself? Who are we to judge others, that’s not our job. Look in the mirror before you point the finger. Sorry I am passionate about this topic. I am not a homosexual, but I have always supported anyone who does right by people and has good intentions. Why is this so bad? Two people deserve to be happy, whether they are 2 women or 2 men or a man and a woman, we should not deny them of fulfilling a dream of theirs. To a lot of people this is a weird topic, but i don’t hear all these people up in arms with Brittany Spears and her hot mess, or the drug addicted youth. I personally feel we have way more problems out there rather than gay marriage. Everyone needs to chill out a bit, everyone is too up-tight. I understand it might be weird for people, and we fear what we don’t understand, but look deep down and you understand it. Look at your loved one, your family, your best friend, that love you feel when you see them, the same is possible between 2 people of the same sex and we shouldn’t say they cannot take their relationship to the highest level. I know this blog isn’t going to make everyone change their views and I’m not really trying to force people to change, but I’m trying to get people to understand that happiness is great. Its the one thing on earth that you dont have to pay for, we need to open our eyes and minds and start to accept people for who they are.

It took people a while to accept African Americans, a long while, and there is still racism, but we have a black man running for president now. I think that is awesome in itself. I know this topic will take a while to change and become “alright”, but slowly and surely people will come around. Just remember Lincoln freed the slaves, so anything can be done if we all put our minds to it. Tune in to our next post, we will be talking about the latest fashion trends and how to make it come together.

The Wedding Guy

www.worldwideweddingflowers.com

Planning Your Wedding Together

For all you couples planning your wedding this year, you need to make sure the experience is one that you both enjoy. Try to make it fun, not stressful. It’s never fun to be stressed out, so, make a promise to each other to listen and if one of you is starting to get overwhelmed, the other needs to step in and help.

 Now Guys, which I don’t know how many of you actually read this stuff, but you need to pay attention. This is “HER” day, we all know this, but, don’t expect her to plan her day for herself. You need to be right there in the mix helping her pick out everything but the dress. I know we would rather drink a beer and just say, “Yes honey that looks great.” or ” I don’t care as long as your happy” THESE AREN’T GOOD ANSWERS!. Put down your beer, it will still be there, get up and get your hands dirty!! You both need to be happy, and this is when your lovely lady is going to need you most, even if she has had this day planned since she was 4 playing with Barbie and Ken , she really does need your help.

Ok now that I just called guys out, I have to say a few things to you Ladies. Now don’t get mad at me and ban my blog, take some advice from a guy and see how it works. Ok deep breath, here we go. Ladies, IT IS YOUR DAY, But remember you do have a man to. He might have always thought about something cool to have at his wedding. Yes we think about that stuff to, just not in great detail like you guys do, so ask him his ideas and opinions. Ok next step, if you do ask our opinion for something in the wedding like invitations, place settings, ect….Ask to have our complete focus and for us to look you in the eyes. If you don’t like our opinion don’t blow up and go bridezilla, maybe we see what your talking about, but in a different light. Remember you both want to get married so you both care, talk things over and come up with a solution you both love. This is what married life will be all about, so this is a great step toward your wonderful future together.

 Now lets learn how to deal with stress. I know what your thinking, he is a guy what does he know about wedding stress. Just listen and maybe I can help. Plan early and don’t wait!! You cant wait until the last minute. You will explode and we have all seen bridezilla one to many times. So, what you need to do is both sit down together ( guys are you still reading? Ladies if he isn’t reading this with you get his butt over there ) no distractions, pick a date then move forward. Do little tasks along the way to help alleviate the work load. Last and most important, IT’S YOUR WEDDING. NOT ANYONE ELSE’S. ONLY WORRY ABOUT YOU AND YOUR MAN. YOU WONT BE HAPPY TRYING TO PLEASE OTHER PEOPLE AT YOUR OWN WEDDING.

Ok, I think I have rambled enough today. The motto of today’s post is happiness and to make sure we have fun planning our wedding. Tomorrow I’m going to talk about a very controversial, topic Gay Marriage. Thanks so much for tuning in! 

The Wedding Guy

www.worldwideweddingflowers.com

Everything weddings

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the long break. My soon to be fiancee and I were doing a bit of traveling and took that opportunity to take a break from work as well. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

OK, maybe I did work a little bit, but not to hard. I am developing a new site that will be the ultimate wedding site. From fashion to finding the right planner, or making reservations to have an out of the country destination wedding, it will be all under one roof. This will be up and running by the end of January, and I’m really excited about this project because my wonderful girlfriend will be helping a lot. She is absolutely amazing when it comes to making everything come together, especially with fashion. The site is going to be a big forum with specific topics about weddings. You will be able to talk and ask questions about flowers, fashion, venues, everything you can imagine. Its all going to be a free service. We will be getting people who are at the top of what they do to help you with questions. If you have pictures or ideas you can bounce them off of us and everyone else to get the best info and help to make your wedding day perfect. I’m really excited to get this project off the ground, and I look forward to helping everyone as much as I can.

My other company www.worldwideweddingflowers.com Is doing a wedding in Antigua! It will be in late April, we are all so excited, our first out of the country wedding. If you haven’t read about our company yet, we specialize in getting wedding flowers at the cheapest prices anywhere. We get them directly from Columbia, Hawaii and a few other countries and ship them right to your door, free shipping! So check it out if you haven’t yet, and if you think we are missing something let us know. I want to make it easy and simple with everything you guys are looking for. Well I better wrap it up for today Thank you all so much for reading and I hope I can be a little help in making your wedding day run a bit smoother.

 The Flower Guy.  

www.worldwideweddingflowers.com