When I began to plan this wedding I had recently stumbled upon
this tutorial for paper flowers. I thought that it was such a good idea. Paper flowers don't wilt, you can make them ahead of time, and they're probably cheaper than real flowers. Then I made some. I really didn't like them. So, real flowers. I did some research about which flowers would be in season in August. I thought daisies would be cute and playful but when the ladies decided on black dresses, I was at a loss as how to add blue to their ensembles. More research turned up the only naturally blue flower, the hydrangea. I searched the Knot and found the best of both worlds.
I was thinking of having my ladies carry hydrangea and daisy bouquets and I could carry a bouquet of just hydrangeas. This whole time, I've been planning on having my mommy grow the flowers and figuring out how to make bouquets then I started to wonder how much would it cost to have a florist make four bouquets. Nothing set in stone yet but a florist would have the resources to find the blue hydrangeas and it would save me some sanity. I will have to do some research.
