I have been married for one month today, and in celebration of that fact (and to mark the end of the summer) I thought I'd share a photo of my beautiful bridal bouquet. I was initially a bit stumped when it came to flowers for my wedding; I've never really been a floral person, and the price of bouquets can be pretty crazy. How can something that wilts so fast cost so much?! My dress was simple and pretty un-bridal, though, so I could see the benefits of jazzing up my ensemble somehow. Plus, I kind of wanted something to do with my hands. How, I asked myself, could I engage with this classic bridal tradition in a way that felt personal to me and resonated with my own contemporary aesthetic?
This was my solution:
Ta da! Gorgeous, right? It's a bouquet of roses and fringe-flowers made from origami papers, buttons, and an old copy of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. I commissioned it from the very sweet and very talented Lauren Houlihan of Bookworm Eats Flower, along with a slightly smaller version for my bridesmaid and a couple of corsages for the boys. I love how vivid and unusual it is, and how it exploits the possibilities of its media to achieve things that an ordinary bouquet just couldn't. It makes reference to my profession and my intellectual life in a way that's subtle and unobtrusive, it was cheap, and it lasts indefinitely, so I can keep it and treasure it. It's currently in pride of place on my mantle piece, resting in a metal jug with my husband's boutonniere tucked jauntily into the spout!
All the guests were very taken with it, and, looking through the photos, I'm really pleased that I was brave enough to go a little off the beaten track. The only problem is, what with the lovely bouquet and the super good-looking groom, the bride herself was somewhat over-shadowed...!
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