Flowers And Seashells For A Beach Theme Wedding

Flowers and seashells for a beach themed wedding just look fantastic together and will give your wedding a lovely look. You can add seashells to all your decor. Let's start with your wedding bouquet. There are many types of wedding bouquets, nosegays, cascading bouquets, round bouquets, free-form, wired and hand tied bouquets. There are so many types of flowers in so many colors, some that you can only get in certain seasons, so you'll need to do some research and talk to florist. You can get books on wedding flowers that will help you get a feel for what you would like in your bouquet. You can go wedding flowers sites on the internet for some great looking picture ideas.

Bouquets can incorporate beading, silk ribbons, glittering crystals and rhinestones, and yes, seashells. You can have crystals, rhinestones and/or seashells attached to wires and placed among the flowers of your bouquet. The seashells can be inconspicuous or very dramatic. An arrangement of cascading ribbons with tiny seashells attached will give your bouquet a lovely beach look. Adding larger shells around the center or main part of your bouquet would be quite sensational!

Here are some wedding flowers and seashells ideas for a beach themed wedding. Try an arrangement with white or pale pink hydrangeas, silvery grey dusty miller leaves, pale pink roses, white garden roses with seashells interspersed through out the bouquet would look lovely, but hydrangeas need to be kept in water as long as possible. These are some of the things to take into consideration when selecting your flowers. Check out this site for more information on selecting your flowers. With a decision made about the type and color of the flowers for your bouquet, you can not concentrate on the types of seashells you want to incorporate into your bouquet.

There are so many types of seashells. Where to begin? Do you already have some favorites, or are you clueless? The florist was really creative with my bouquet, but I chose the seashells and purchased them. I prepared the seashells in advance so they were ready for the florist when she was ready for them. Many florists will wire the shells for you. I wanted them to be done a certain way, so I did them myself. You can purchase floral wire and white floral tape at Michael's craft store, and with a hot glue gun, do it yourself and it is really easy. There is a really great do-it-yourself guidebook and DVDs that can help you create you own flowers for your wedding. If you are at all creative,you might try doing it yourself. You can find resources on the Internet and some of these sites have great pictures of all types of flowers and will send you fresh flowers to your doorstep.

First, I went to the local beaches and checked out the many shops that carry seashells. I found some I liked and purchased them with my bouquet in mind. Then I checked out seashell websites and discovered that there are so many beautiful seashells that it was hard to decide. I chose some exotic ones from the many islands. Most were very white and some had natural touches of the palest pink and peach on white. Some were pearlized or iridescent white and looked really beautiful. Here is a list of some I chose and would be lovely for a beach-theme-wedding: White Pecten Albican shells, some with the palest of pink or peach. They are 2 1/2 to 3 inches in width and are $4.95 at Deltona Seashells.com, white Polished Fusinus Colus Spindle shells. The spindle shells are 5 to 6 inches long and look great protruding from among the flowers, and are $1.75 each.(You can get smaller ones if you choose.), white Cereithium center cut shells, look lacy, do to the fact that they are cut into many slices and you can see through them. They are 1 1/2 inches long and a baggie of 10 will cost $1.75. These will be a bit harder to hide the floral wire, but I think they would be worth it, white Conus Inscriptus cone shells, are white, yet they have the palest of lavender tint to them. (I can't decide whether they are white or lavender, you decide.) They are 2 to 3 inches long and a baggie of them costs $5.95. All of these shells and many more can be found at Deltona Seashells.com. ( I don't receive any remuneration from them, but I feel that this is one of the best places to find quality seashells at a good price.) I hope these ideas and suggestions will help you in planning your wedding flowers for your beach theme wedding.

Having so many leftover seashells gave the author the idea to create seashell mirrors and many other seashell decor since her own beach theme wedding eight years ago. With so many creative ideas she decided to create a wedding ideas website. You will find many creative ideas; do-it-yourself ideas, where to find products, the best wedding planners, wedding favors, flowers and seashell bouquets, wedding hair styles and pictures galore! I hope this has given you many great ideas for your beach theme wedding and many blessings on you future life!