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Hydrangeas in Full Bloom

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    A Bouquet of Hydrangeas

    Today, hydrangeas can be found in a rainbow of watercolor shades, often mingled on the same bloom: Violet-blues might have pink edges, or gold-greens a rosy flush. A single flower can inspire the entire color palette for a wedding -- from the hue of the invitations to the tint of the buttercream on the wedding cake.

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    The Bridal Bouquet

    This white bridal bouquet features lacecap and mophead hydrangeas; some blooms are fully open, others still tightly budded. Wired hydrangea leaves and snowberries offer contrasting color.
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    Bridesmaids Bouquets

    Hydrangeas are ideal for single-flower bridesmaid bouquets. These green-and-yellow bouquets complement silk-shantung sheaths.
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    English Garden Rose Bouquet

    Here, there's a symphony of pinks, ivories, and greens, each composed of roses and hydrangeas.

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    Garden Variety

    Nature offers vibrant colors and textures that can be woven into a wedding in unexpected ways. At the top, boutonnieres consist of hydrangea and hypericum berries.
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    Dreamy Bouquets: Water Droplets

    Lilies-of-the-valley evoke water droplets trickling over hydrangea florets, which are plucked from a single bloom and wired to form a loose grouping. The florets' muted green and rosy hues seem softened by the sun. Vintage velvet millinery trim swirls underneath like frothy sea foam.

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    Black Tie Bouquet

    Glossy, black-beaded flowers dance among puffs of white hydrangeas in a lush, rounded composition; the long, black-satin streamers are gathered at the ends in soft ruffles.
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    Pink Garden Rose Bouquet

    The palette for the bridal bouquet is more vivid, with pink garden roses (some barely budding, others full and layered like a tulle skirt), pink-tipped hydrangeas, and variegated geranium leaves, which add fullness.
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    Ruffle Cuff

    When you're dressed in the most beautiful fabrics on earth, your bouquet should be, too. White calla lilies and hydrangeas cluster atop three frothy layers of pleated white silk organza.
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    Something Blue

    A bouquet is particularly meaningful when it is the "something blue" a bride traditionally carries. Few blooms are truly blue, but the traditional hue turns up here in the flowers' names: 'Nikko Blue' hydrangea and blue lace flower mix with scabiosa and nigella.
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    The Centerpiece

    Multicolor mauve, blue, and pink hydrangeas showcase a wedding palette in an abundant centerpiece. Pink spray roses are a simple contrast. Raspberries on leafy vines add a delicate note.
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    Table-Number Centerpiece

    Enamel pails overflowing with fresh green and white hydrangeas are charming for an informal reception table. The buckets do double duty as table numbers with the addition of numeral stickers.
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    Pews in Bloom

    Galvanized buckets, which can be found at hardware stores, are filled with moistened floral foam, which keeps hydrangeas fresh. Loop a thin but sturdy ribbon, such as grosgrain or seam binding, around the top of the pew, then string it through the bucket handles, and tie. Cut ribbon ends diagonally.
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    Tiered Confection

    A traditional tiered confection covered with pale-green fondant has fresh hydrangeas between the layers (each cake tier is topped with clear acetate so flowers don't touch the icing).

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    Hydrangea Fondant Cake

    This fondant-covered cake decorated with hydrangeas is made of three graduated square tiers.
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    French Hydrangea Cake

    This five-tier buttercream cake, made by Sylvia Weinstock of New York City, is covered with sugar hydrangeas, which we also added to French macaroons.
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    The Stationery

    Even your stationery can allude to the flower of the day. Here, ink in the hues of hydrangeas is rendered on aubergine cards.
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    Monogram Detail: Floral Wreath

    A wreath of blue hydrangeas framing one magnificent initial adorns a tree. The hydrangeas are inserted into a water-soaked, floral-foam wreath. For the initial, we threaded hyacinth blossoms onto pieces of floral wire -- one for each leg of the M, one for the center -- then twisted them together to form the letter; it's attached to the wreath with U-shaped pins.
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Comments

  • Apauraq
    25 Feb, 2011

    Beautiful

  • brenny1953
    27 May, 2010

    I really love so many of these ideas.
    Brenda

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