From Elegala.com
Hiring a Florist
Hold the baby’s breath and filler flowers; look no further than a skilled wedding florist for sophisticated and stylish arrangements
Even if you plan to create and arrange your own wedding flowers, consulting with a florist first is still a good idea. A florist’s first-hand knowledge and years of experience can prove extremely useful, ensuring you don’t overlook small but important details and that your floral scheme matches your wedding style.
Don’t know the first thing about hiring a florist? We’re here to help. Follow these steps, and you will be sure to find the florist that suits you.
Do Your Research
It is never too soon to begin exploring your options. If you don’t already have a favorite florist, research and find local florists. Your wedding facility coordinator or recently married friends are a great place to start. Once you have a list of local florists, make appointments to review their work and discuss your floral vision.
Meet with Potential Florists
Plan to review portfolios and discuss your overall vision during your first appointments with potential florists. His/her previous work should match that vision. Remember that these portfolios showcase their best work, so if you don’t like what you see, continue shopping. When potential florists follow-up with proposals for your wedding based on your discussion, you should be able to make a decision on which best suits both your vision and wedding budget.
Determine the Details – Pick your wedding flowers
Now that you have selected your florist, schedule planning meetings at the ceremony and reception locations to determine the wedding flowers you’ll use and their placement (or provide photos so that the florist will have an idea of what the locations look like) Consider your wedding facility as a blank canvas upon which your florist will create his/her work of art. The look and feel of the setting will lead your discussions, determining both the wedding flowers you choose and where they will be placed.
Sara Brady – YourTango.com
What will your favorite star couples dance to on their big days?
We haven’t attended a whole lot of famous people’s weddings, but we imagine they are fantastic affairs with peacocks wandering around and ice sculptures of the happy couple and passed hors d’oeuvres that are never too small or too messy. And of course, given that the famous people are often trained performers, we expect a lot out of their reception dancing. Surely they can do better than that couple from Minnesota! But not every famous couple can be Khlodom, slow-dancing their way into a lifetime of bliss to the dulcet strains of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross singing “Endless Love.” Here are some couples and what we’d like to see them play at their lavish destination weddings.
Madonna & Jesus Luz
Jesus Luz and Madonna
The twice-married Madge has said she’ll never tie the knot again, but if she did make an honest man out of her boytoy, model Jesus Luz, we imagine their reception playlist would go a little something like this:
“Cradle of Love,” Billy Idol
“Grown Woman,” Mary J. Blige
“What Child Is This,” Sarah McLachlan (but only if they get married in December)
“Like a Prayer,” by the blushing bride herself
Justin Timberlake & Rihanna
Justin Timberlake and Rihanna
Justin has dated a basketball team’s worth of beautiful women, and now that he’s moved on from Jessica Biel to Rihanna (um, maybe), we’re wondering if the Bahamian beauty could be the one. Their nuptials would blend blue-eyed soul with reggaeton in a particularly odd way.
“What Goes Around,” J.Tim (we didn’t write the song, he did!)
“On to the Next One,” Jay-Z
“Better Be Good to Me,” Tina Turner
“Southern Man,” Neil Young
Kirstie Alley & Jamie Foxx
Kirstie Alley and Jamie Foxx
Kirstie spent the week tweeting frantically about her torrid affair with Jamie Foxx, which makes us feel weird in ways we cannot explain. Come on, that is a strange pairing. Stranger than Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg. But, you know, we wish them the best, and that Jamie would also take to social media to express his feelings for all the world to see. Their wedding songs would all have titles 140 characters long or fewer.
“Fat Bottomed Girls,” Queen (Kirstie would think it’s funny)
“Digital Girl,” remixed by the groom
“Black or White,” Michael Jackson
Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
Look, it’s been on the cover of OK!, so obviously the Twilight lovers will be getting hitched any day now. We’re sure that out of deference to their many passionate fans, they’ll choreograph the wedding itself to match every detail so lovingly set down by Stephenie Meyer, right down to the part where Kristen gives birth to a telepathic vampire baby six weeks later. And also, Kristen will ride to the ceremony in a Popemobile in case some addled Twihard takes a shot at her. But before all that nonsense, they’ll dance like the precious undead butterflies they are.
Everything ever written by Vampire Weekend and Muse
“Go All the Way (Into the Twilight),” Perry Farrell
“My Boyfriend’s Back,” The Angels
“Pocketful of Sunshine,” Natasha Bedingfield
“Delilah,” Tom Jones
Kevin Jonas & Danielle Deleasa
Kevin Jonas and Danielle Deleasa
These two actually are getting married, and we’re pretty sure they’re the kind of Christians who wear promise rings but don’t ban all pop music and dancing. (That would be ironic, right?) One thing you can bank on: The reception probably won’t include anything by Miley Cyrus. Or Taylor Swift.
“Like a Virgin,” Madonna
“White Wedding,” Billy Idol
“When You Say Nothing at All,” Allison Krauss
“I’d Rather Dance With You,” Kings of Convenience
