http://floret.ca/blog Wedding Flowers, Bridal Bouquets and Decorations in Toronto and Markham Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:56:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Those of you who have been planning a wedding for any length of time will be able to relate to this question. The question becomes greater with the increasing number of options there are for every choice that can be made and the flowers and decor are no exception. This is equally ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/07/the-upgrade/ I've been fully immersed in weddings for the past couple of months and haven't had a chance to feature some of the amazing clients I have had the chance to work whose weddings took place recently, so I'm so pleased to be able write this post about Christine and ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/07/a-lovely-wedding-in-the-distillery-district/ Move over peony...there's new bloom in town! Thank goodness for the changing of the seasons. As much as I love the peony, it's certainly not the only flower on the block and the title of my post could be taken in more ways than one. As the peony fades into the ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/06/theres-a-new-bloom-in-town/ This post might start off sounding like your hard sell scare tactic for convincing 2011 brides to consider booking now as opposed to waiting arbitrarily until later in the year, but if you've ever met me you'll know that that's not my style and if you read on you'll understand. My ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/06/choose-your-florist-now-for-2011/ With weddings for this season well underway (I'll be writing about them soon),  as a wedding florist , I have the distinct vantage point of working in the present with the weddings that are at hand and at the same time knowing that weddings that are a year away are ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/06/weddings-next-summer-already/ I love colour! Above all else, it is singularly the best way to create impact and to create a cohesive theme. I spend a fair amount of my efforts considering how to combine colours to create a certain effect. With colours alone, you can create a pretty and sweet feeling, or  arrangement that ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/06/pretty-peaches-and-pinksoh-my/ "Aren't they smelly and don't they ruin clothes?" These are usually the major concerns with the lily and the remedies are simple and shouldn't stop anyone from using this most amazing flower. In answer to the first one, they don't all smell. Depends on the type. As for ruining clothes, the pollens should ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/06/lavish-lilies/ Orchids of all kinds, roses, hydrangeas and the premium florals of any given season will forever remain popular choices for wedding flowers. However, I was very pleasantly surprised recently while perusing through one of those luxury wedding magazines - the name of which escapes me - I noticed that in one ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/05/cheap-flowers-for-luxury-weddings/ It's probably the furthest thing from anyone's mind... How could a little volcanic ash on the other side of the world affect anything to do with a wedding here? Well, I guess it's true UNLESS your flowers at least some of them come from there. For those of you who may not know ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/05/whats-a-little-volcanic-ash/ For the longest time, the predominant style for bouquet has been the hand-tied or round bouquet which I think was made most popular by Martha Stewart. But as with all things, I can see that the preference for shape is slowly changing to the style famously carried by Princess Diana when ... http://floret.ca/blog/2010/05/bouquet-styles-are-changing/