Bridal Bouquet Design Ideas for Fresh Flower Wedding Bouquets

However, times change and brides now can use any flower they want for their wedding, meaning that you can incorporate any of your favorite varieties into your bridal arrangements.

Each bridal bouquet style offers a different visual effect, so it will be worth going into a florist and asking to see an example of each of the most popular designs.

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The cascade bridal bouquet design is one of the largest bouquets available and gives you a large burst of bright and vivid colors.

It traditionally uses long stemmed fresh flowers that are wired to cascade down from a central point giving a waterfall effect of leaves and petals.

Cascading wedding bouquets work best for very traditional weddings, and its size means that shorter brides should steer clear.

Nosegay bouquets are much smaller than cascades and will look more circular. Traditionally they are around 16 inches in diameter at the top and will be made up of flowers with small petals, some green leaves and occasionally herbs.

This will look good with a shorter dress or with a more petite bride.

Similar to the nosegay bridal bouquet design, round wedding bouquets will be a little bit larger, around 20 inches in diameter, but should make a perfect sphere.

The fresh flowers used will have wide open heads and they will be wired to face out in all directions. The round wedding bouquet design works well with modern or traditional wedding dress styles.

Crescent

The crescent design for bridal bouquets makes use of natural flower shapes to create a half moon shape that drapes over your arms.

It uses fresh flowers such as calla lilies or orchids to achieve the right shape. These are used as the central flowers in the bouquet and you can then add other long stemmed flowers to personalize the design.

This design is best for contemporary weddings which move away from the traditional church ceremony.

The Beidermeier bridal bouquet design is great if you want lots of different shaped flowers on your bouquet. The bouquet is formed using concentric rings of different flower types spreading down from the top.

You can achieve some really beautiful visual effects with the right colors. It’s deemed to be the most formal bridal bouquet, so only use it if you’re planning a traditional wedding ceremony.

If you’re worried about feeling self-conscious holding a bunch of flowers out in front of you as walk down the aisle, then the pageant design is for you.

Long stemmed flowers like lilies are tied together at the stems and the whole creation cradles in the nook of your arm.

The look is elegant and simple and works well with modern or more simple wedding dresses and at more informal weddings.

Picking the right bridal bouquet design is only the start of the process.

You also need to make sure that you like the scents that the fresh flower bouquets will give off during the day as you’ll spend a lot of time holding the bouquet during the wedding ceremony and photo shoot.

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