Wedding Wednesday: The Flowers!

Well, I just met with my florist (Lorie with Party Blooms...LOVE her!) this morning, so I am all sorts of excited about our flowers for our wedding!!!

Let me start by saying that I absolutely cannot stand roses, lilies, or orchids.  Which, are basically, like the 3 most popular wedding flowers, nobigdeal. No offense if you like those, or used them in your own wedding-they are beautiful, I just don't like them personally!

However, I LOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE (times 100,000,000) peonies. OMG. 

Here are some bridal bouquets I love...

OMG, they are so fluffy and exquisite!!! AHH!

Moving along, for my bridesmaids, I wanted pink flowers, to match their pink shoes! I borrowed some actual bridesmaid shoes from Kathryn to show my florist and we decided that it would be best to include a range of pinks in their bouquets to make 100% sure the flowers would match the shoes (without it being too matchy-matchy)...like so:

Sooooo pretty! Eeeee I'm so excited to see everything come together!!

My flower girls will be carrying cute little pomanders (pink of course!):

{only theirs will have a navy ribbon, not white}

And the boys will have cute little pink boutonnieres (except Trav and the dads...theirs will be white!)

Whew! Are you tired yet?! 

PS, I was at this meeting for over an hour....oh, and we haven't even gotten to the decor flowers yet!!

For the church, I wanted all white:

{ps, yes I know there are lilies in this one, but it was the closest I could find!}

For the reception, since Bentley's has such beautiful views, we decided to keep it simple. 

We are going to do 2 tall arrangements on the 2 center tables:

And then small centerpieces on the majority of the smaller round tables:

{yes, ok I realize these are both pictures of super long tables, not round...but just picture one centerpiece on a round table}

Then, on the larger tables that are closest to the windows, we are just going to use Bentley's candelabras and have lots of candles going down the middle of the tables:

Ok, so obviously the finished product will look a little more put together than all of this, but I was just trying to find pictures off the internet that were close to what I am envisioning.

I can't wait to see how everything looks together!!!