Looking for a way to make your bouquet unique, eco-friendly and easy to preserve? Balsa wood flowers might be the perfect solution. These delicate bouquets are handmade using ecologically sustainable timber that never wilts, dies or fades. They look absolutely stunning, and can be kept as a keepsake for years to come!

If you’re interested in balsa wood flowers for your ceremony, contact local florists to find out if there are any specialists in your area. You can also check with artists like Krislyn to order online!

It’s almost impossible to host a wedding without feeling a strain on your budget, and it’s particularly hard to order fresh wedding flowers without feeling the pinch. For example, a lovely bouquet of roses, orchids and gardenias runs upwards of $120!

As a result, some brides choose to order silk flowers instead of changing their flower choice or downgrading the size of their bouquet. Not only will they often save money with this option, they can also keep the bouquet long after the ceremony is over. Many silk or velvet bouquets even look quite realistic.

But, then again, they aren’t fresh flowers and they certainly aren’t traditional. What do you think? Do silk wedding flowers make you want to rant or rave?

Now that fall has arrived in full force, I love browsing through the images of sweet fall weddings that are filtering out onto the web. One of the prettiest (and most surprising) things I’ve found so far this year is the abundance of sunflowers at fall weddings. I had thought that sunflowers became passe around the time Blossom went off the air, but lo and behold, they are back and looking better than ever.

These weddings are shining examples of how even a big, bold accent like the sunflower can become soft and romantic with a little imagination.