A stunning choice for a fall wedding: sunflowers and elegant white! Sunflowers have a special meaning for this bride and groom, so it was enjoyable to incorporate that into their wedding. The beautiful bride's bouquet had sunflowers, giant white mums, calla lilies and yellow/green solidago. The bridesmaid bouquets were white mums, calla lilies, yellow viking mums and solidago. The centerpiece was created with similar flowers as the bride's, with the addition of white snapdragons. The arch and chair pieces had similar flowers.
How to use large, rigid stems in a bouquet with softer, more flexible stemmed flowers? Unfortunately, you most likely have to use a bouquet holder with foam because the firmer stemmed flowers will always push your more flexible ones around. If you like the hand-tied bouquet look, then you can use discarded stems to cover the base of your holder and then ribbon wrap it over the top so that you can't see it.