Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, and you want everything to be perfect. Whether you're planning all the details for your own wedding or enlisting the assistance of a bridal consultant, planning can be time consuming and stressful if you're not organized and supplied with the proper tools.
Just as you might make to-do lists to ensure you accomplish all of your daily goals, want to use wedding checklists to ensure that you have budgeted for and planned everything you require for your wedding. One very important checklist is your wedding flower checklist.
A wedding flower checklist ensures that you don’t forget to order all the flowers you want and need. Imagine how upset you would be if, on the day of your wedding, you suddenly realize you forgot to order a boutonniere for your father, the candle arrangement planned for your unity candle ceremony, or the toss bouquet you've always dreamed of playfully tossing to your single girlfriends. Worse yet, imagine how brokenhearted your grandmother would be if you forgot to honor her with a corsage especially if you remembered a corsage for everyone else except her!
While the above example sounds extreme, weddings are both an exciting and stressful time so anything can happen. Most florists will guide you through an organized ordering process to reduce the chance of omitting important details. However, if you are working with a very busy florist, particularly one who schedules and books multiple weddings on the same day, it's a good idea to have your own separate wedding flower checklist. If you have a checklist to take to your floral consultation, it will make the ordering process faster. Also, you can use the checklist when confirming your order with the florist the day before your wedding.
The following is a comprehensive checklist to use when budgeting, planning, and ordering your wedding flowers. As each wedding is unique and varies by individual preference and faith, you may not have a need for all categories or all selections within a category.
Bride Bouquet or Equivalent Headpiece or Flowers for Hair Presentation for Mothers Presentation for Honoring Special Guests Presentation for Honoring Deceased Family Members Presentation to the Virgin Mary Throw Bouquet Going Away Flowers
Maid/Matron of Honor Bouquet or Equivalent Headpiece or Flowers for Hair
Bridesmaids Bouquet or Equivalent Headpiece or Flowers for Hair
Junior Bridesmaids Bouquet or Equivalent Headpiece or Flowers for Hair
Flower Girl Bouquet, Basket with Petals, or Equivalent Headpiece or Flowers for Hair
Bride's Mother Corsage or Equivalent
Groom's Mother Corsage or Equivalent
Grandmothers Corsage or Equivalent
Stepmothers Corsage or Equivalent
Groom Boutonniere
Best Man Boutonniere
Groomsmen Boutonniere
Ushers Boutonniere
Ring Bearer Boutonniere Ring Pillow, Ring Box, or Equivalent
Fathers Boutonniere
Grandfathers Boutonniere
Stepfathers Boutonniere
Minister, Honored Relatives, Honored Friends, Reader(s), Hosts and Hostesses, Cake Server(s), Punch Server(s), Guestbook Attendant, Candle Lighter, Gift Attendant(s), Soloist(s), Organist/Pianist, Other Musician(s), Rice Bag Attendant(s), Favors Attendant(s), and Service Personnel Female: Corsage, Equivalent, or Single Stem Presentation Flower Male: Boutonniere
Ceremony Decorations Main Altar Side Arrangements Candelabra Unity Candle Flowers Kneeling Bench Arch Huppah CanopyTent Decorations Pew Decorations or Chairs Aisle Candelabras (Candlelight Ceremony) Guestbook Table Plant or Tree Rentals Aisle Runner Door Wreath Floral Garland (for Staircases, Doorways, Narrow Ledges, Etc.)
Reception Decorations Bridal Table/Head Table Arrangements Guest Table Centerpieces Table and Chair Accent Flowers and Garlands Flower Favors/Place Setting Flowers Cake Top and Cake Flowers Cake Table Arrangement Buffet Table Arrangements Bar and Beverage Table Arrangements Gift Table Arrangement Topiaries Plant or Tree Rentals Car or Carriage
If you're planning a rehearsal dinner prior to your wedding, you may wish to include flowers. Appropriate rehearsal dinner flowers include centerpieces for the dining tables, a corsage for the bride-to-be, a boutonniere for the groom-to-be, and floral favors for place settings.
Wedding flower checklist provided by Something Spectacular Custom Floral Design http://www.SomethingSpectacular.com The Premier Silk Floral Designer - Copyright 2002-2003
