Wedding Quickie! - Spring has Sprung with Flowers on 1st!!

Living in Canada, I am so done with the snow now and ready for the fresh new look of green grass sprouting, the sound of birds chirping, and anticipating the gorgeous mix of colours from Spring flowers!! Flowers brighten up any room or event and bring beauty wherever you see them all the more reason why flowers can be such an integral part of weddings. Just adding flowers instantly changes the decor.

Flowers on 1st is a Vancouver, BC based flower shop offering a variety of flower displays and options. You can instantly change the look and feel of your wedding just by choosing flower arrangements to match your colour and theme. Flowers can be used in bouquets for the bridal party, as reception table centerpieces, aisle decor, and ceremony decor.

Aisle Decor

Reception Table Centerpieces

Bouquets

Ceremony Decor

The possibilities are endless with flowers, bring beauty to your wedding day with nature!

Looking for a British Columbia based engagement or wedding photographer? Check out Redfern Photography!

Wedding Flowers in Charlotte, North Carolina

Whether you are planning your wedding centerpieces, bouquet, wedding decor, or flower girl basket, flowers are likely on your list of things to buy. If you're in the North Carolina area (Charlotte, Pineville, Ballantyne, Matthews, and Waxhaw) or even Fort Mill (South Carolina) Starclaire House of Flowers can meet all of your floral needs for the wedding party to the wedding ceremony and even during the wedding reception! It's so hard to choose from all of the amazing floral arrangements but here is an example of what you will find with Starclaire House of Flowers :)

SPRING WEDDING

 

SUMMER WEDDING

 

FALL WEDDING

WINTER WEDDING

Starclaire House of Flowers
1421 Emerywood Drive
Charlotte NC 28210
(704) 553-2435

Looking for wedding flowers in other locations... Check this out!

For the Guests: Wedding Gifts by Sparkling Direct

This DIY Wedding Blog isn't only for the bride-to-be... guests can pick up a tip or too along with some great wedding gift ideas. In this new series, For the Guests you will find tips, places to shop, etiquette, and inspiration for your next wedding attendance.

Sparkling Direct is an online gifting website that offers amazing champagne and wine wedding gifts with next day delivery in the United Kingdom!! Live in Canada or the United States and can't make it to your cousin's wedding in London? No problem... send a wine and luxury chocolates gift set, or a champagne and pate gift set.

Sparkling Direct even takes the guesswork out of Wedding Party Gifts, Wedding Flowers, and Anniversaries.

With countless options to choose from, Sparkling Direct can help to deliver a gift for that special couple whether you live close by or live afar; they can deliver the gift directly to the reception location or the newlyweds' home to show them that you thought of them on their special day.

Wedding Flowers from Around the World...

No matter where you plan to get married you will likely have flowers as a part of your wedding decor so here are some wedding flowers from around the world... check out some of the best places find the perfect wedding flowers!


CANADA

1-800-flowers.ca

(Canadian Wide)

Flowers for Canada

(Canadian Wide)

Bloomex
(Canadian Wide)

 
Bloom

(Toronto, Ontario & Surrounding Area)

Buds & Bygones

(Wolfville, Nova Scotia - Ethical/Fair Trade Florist)

Bloom European Floral

(Coquitlam, British Columbia)

Learn more about fair trade flowers HERE & HERE!

Also don't forget to check out your local farmer's markets for local fresh cut flowers! If you are DIYing almost everything for your wedding like I did don't stop at bouquets... make them yourself with market flowers!

Canadian Farmer's Markets (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia)

UNITED STATES

Blooms Today

(U.S. Wide)

Petals Network

(U.S. Wide)

The Local Flower Market

(Red Hook, New York)

Francoise Weeks Floral Design 

(Portland, Oregon) 

California Cut Flower Commision

(California - Fresh & Local)

Don't forget local farmer's markets!

Best Farmer's Markets in the United States

Growing for Market - Flower Farming

U.S Local Farmer's Market Search

EUROPE

Flora 2000

(The Most Comprehensive Florist Network in Europe!)

AUSTRALIA

Australia's Best Florist 

(Nation Wide in Australia)

AFRICA

Celebration - South Africa Wedding Florists

(South Africa)

SOUTH AMERICA

The Flower Expert - Florists in South America

(South America)

Remember if you really want to submerse yourself in planning a DIY wedding you can grow your own flowers in your garden and make freshly picked hand tied bouquets for yourself and your bridesmaids along with fresh petals for the flower girl to toss down the aisle :)