If red is one of your favorite colors, but you´re not daring enough to wear a red bridal gown, you can use red for many details in your decoration and more. Red wedding flower ideas can be as simple as carrying a red bridal bouquet. You can have your bridesmaids wear red dresses and red shoes. Many times brides think that a red flower bouquet is too strong, but we disagree. Red represents passion, and inspires vitality. If you are going to use red as a color for your theme, use it not only in red wedding flowers ideas, but star with using it in your invitations as well. There are many red flowers you can use in your centerpieces, or choose a different color for your centerpieces and go with red linens. You can have your wedding decorator hang red ribbons from the ceiling in the lobby, and have white candles standing on red gel.
Red Wedding Flowers Ideas
Red wedding flowers ideas can use all sort of shades of red. Color creates the most visual and immediate impact when looking at flowers. Red, blue and yellow are the three primary colors. These colors cannot be created by mixing other colors. Secondary colors are created by mixing the primaries and adding white or black. In a color wheel each secondary color lies opposite the third unmixed primary.The three secondary colors of the color wheel are green orange and violet. The tertiaries are turquoise, indigo, purple, and scarlet. In using red wedding flowers ideas, passionate red is the most concentrated of all colors. It is the hottest and most vibrant color in the color wheel. Passionate red can symbolize love and passion. If you want a color to complement red, green is red´s complementary color. The hotness of red set against the coolness of green, makes this a refreshing combination. Red also looks modern when combined with purples and violets. Among other red flowers, you can find: Anthurium, Heliconias, Amaryllis, Anemones, Snapdragons, Cockscombs, Gerbera, Roses, and Tulips. For an original centerpiece, choose either three or five small glasses with stable bases. Choose a soft white paper and wrap it around the glasses with ribbon or a cord. Flare out the paper and fill the glasses with a tiny amount of water. Inside each glass you can place a rose or a red poppy. Place the glasses grouped together in the center of the tables. These red flower arrangements can also be placed in the bathrooms, or other places that need a decorating touch. For your red flowers centerpieces, you can use all kinds of containers, flea market teapots give a whimsical touch to each table. Red wedding flower ideas, can include other elements besides flowers. A fishbowl filled with red and green apple can be a lively centerpiece. It´s also very eye catching to include vegetables in your centerpieces, like a combination of red roses and cabbage leaves. If your wedding is outside and the party is going to last well into the night, a beautiful centerpiece that can also be used to decorate other spaces is a candle filled terracotta pot. A thick, short, white candle standing in the middle of a terracotta pot in a bed of moss and surrounded by red amaryllis flowers is stunning. Leave the candles unlighted until dusk. When you light them, it will give a romantic glow to the reception. Another red wedding flowers ideas is using watermelons in a summer wedding. In a buffet table, cut watermelons, red and white carnations, and tall green tropical foliage is a stunning decoration. Watermelons can also be used as vases. Choose small, oval watermelons. Cut out a wedge and fill with red and pink carnations. You can also fill them with red and pink freesias, roses, orchids, or poppies. If you´re having a Christmas time wedding, red wedding flower ideas are a must. Ask your florist if she can make small topiary "Christmas trees" for your table centerpieces. They can be decorated with small silver or gold balls or other decorations. For the entry and the buffet table, bigger topiaries can be made. If you like poinsettias, you can use them to decorate everything from the tables to the entry. If you´re getting married around Valentine´s Day, try not to choose red roses as they will be very pricey. A beautiful option would be to use pink and red anthurium. These lovely heart shaped flowers can be used in your bridal bouquet and in other flower arrangements. Calla lilies are red wedding flower ideas for a modern wedding. A simple but elegant wedding bouquet of red callas or red and black callas looks amazing. Another way to include red in your wedding, is by serving red cocktails. A lovely recipe is to serve Cosmopolitans. Mix 2 parts lemon vodka, 1 part Cointreau, 2-3 parts cranberry juice, pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a lemon slice.
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