|
|
Title: Tips For Choosing Great Flower Girl Dresses
Author:
Branka Ilech
Article:
If you're planning a wedding, you may be tempted to just buy a cute white
dress for your flower girl, and have her carry a bouquet that matches yours.
After all, she's just a kid, right?
And if she looks adorable, the guests will be pleasantly pleased.
Well there's a bit more to it than that. Let's first take a quick look at
the flower girl tradition.
Starting with the middle ages, flower girls were assigned a special job; to
walk down the wedding aisle ahead of the bride and groom and spread grain
(not flowers) in order to pave the way for a new beginnings, fertility and
happiness in the marriage.
Today's flowers girls usually carry rose petals, and while they aren't
believed to have special powers that will grant the new couple a harmonious
relationship, they do tend to set the tone
for a wedding. Think about the last wedding you attended. If the
flower girls came out in formal dark colored dresses, you quickly understood
that the wedding would have a formal tone. On the other hand, if they came
out in wispy flower girl dresses with roses laced into their hair, you knew
that you would experience a more whimsical wedding.
In other words, the flower girls are generally the first part of the wedding
party to walk down the isle, and because of that, they will make a strong
first impression on your guests.
How will you dress your flower girls? Here are some flower girl dress ideas
for the most popular wedding themes around:
Cinderella Wedding Theme
If you are planning a Cinderella wedding theme, then extravagance and beauty
should be a part of everything. And since your flower girls will be the
first to appear, they need to set the tone boldly. For this theme, you
should have more than one flower girl-three or four would be ideal-and then
dress them spectacularly. Choose frilly white dresses with huge skirts and
satin bows. You can tie in some of your wedding colors by adding fresh pale
pink, yellow or blue flowers to their hair. In addition, they should wear
satin ballerina slippers. Have them carry baskets decorated to match their
dresses and throw tons of soft rose petals along the isle.
Beach Wedding Theme
Depending on the type of beach wedding that you want, you will have various
choices with your flower girl dresses. If you want a romantic beach wedding,
then put your flower girls in soft
pastel tones or white, and use lots of fresh flowers-both in their hair and
for them to throw. The flower girl wedding dresses can be shorter than in a
formal wedding, and appropriate
sandals would set the tone nicely. Instead of a basket, they could carry a
pastel painted beach bucket filled to the rim with wildflowers to scatter
along the isle.
If you have a stronger, more colorful beach wedding planned, why not have
some fun with the flower girl dresses? Putting them in typical beach dresses
to match your wedding décor would
immediately let the wedding guests know that your wedding will be fun and
adventurous.
Roaring 20's Wedding
Imagine a black and white wedding, wing tips shoes and ostrich feathers.
That's the idea behind a roaring 20 wedding theme, and as you can imagine, a
precious frilly flower girl dress simply
won't fit the bill. With this type of gutsy wedding, you will have to get
imaginative with them. Why not dress your flower girls in white satin
flapper girl dresses, with bands around their hair and beads around the
hemline? With this type of dress, you will certainly hear ooh and ahs from
the crowd!
Garden Party Wedding
If you dream of an outdoor wedding surrounded by blooming flowers and
ivy-laced arches, then your flower girl dresses should take on an entirely
different style. White, off-white or
pale pastel linen would be an ideal choice. In addition, a beautiful soft
cotton dress with a muted flower pattern would be lovely, tied with a large
solid satin bow in the back. Add lace
up satin sandals and an armful of colorful tulips, and your guests won't be
likely to forget your flower girls for some time to come.
As you can see, your flower girl dresses will set the mood of your entire
event. Don't just automatically dress your flower girls in the typical
dress, but instead get creative. What is
the first thing you want your guest to see?
About the author: Use
http://www.flowergirldressesjoy.com to quickly find flower
girl dresses online including some great online bargains.
Back
to Wedding Planning Tips
Website-Copyright © Sonrayimaging 2003-2008. All rights
reserved.
Back To Top |
|
