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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Handmade Flowers Vs Real Flowers

Flowers are lovely and fragrant that is why they are often used to portray beauty, elegance, femininity, and class. They are also used to accentuate homes, clothes, and other tangible things. In addition, they are often used as decorations for special occasions such as weddings. If you are a soon-to-be bride, then you are probably psyched about your oncoming big day. Perhaps, you are also busy preparing invitations and flower arrangements. Well, here is one helpful advice: choose handmade flowers over real flowers. They may not be able to replace actual flowers; but they can definitely make excellent alternatives.

These days, arrangements of real flowers can be very costly. This is especially true if you will request for a custom-made bridal bouquet. So, handmade flowers are your best options. They offer practicality, as well as cost-efficiency. They are usually made from recyclable materials like paper, cloth, clay, and bead. Occasionally, you will find pieces that are made from wood. Unlike real flowers, these handmade flowers do not wither. Even if years pass by, they remain radiantly beautiful. They preserve the wonderful memories with them. In addition, they can be customized. So, if you have a particular design in mind, you can ask the maker to follow your specifications.

Aside from using the handmade flowers for your wedding bouquet, you can also use them to accessorize your entourage's attire. Little handmade flowers can be tied to the hands of your bridesmaids and maid of honor. Your groom can also use a handmade boutonnière since boutonnières from florists are expensive, impractical, and may wilt in hot weather. In addition, you can use these handmade flowers to decorate invitations and to serve as centerpieces. Your guests will surely admire you for your creativity and uniqueness. You may even allow them to take the centerpieces home as favors.

Then, you can decorate the wedding car with handmade flowers as well. If you use fresh flowers and the weather suddenly changed from sunny to rainy, what do you think will happen to the flowers on the car? Also, do you think that real flowers can stay fresh until the car arrives at the venue? Real flowers may wilt even before the car reaches the venue if the drive is quite a long one. Furthermore, handmade flowers are better than real flowers in the sense that they are more environmentally friendly. How did this happen? Well, it is not unknown to many that most plants and flowers are often grown with the use of these substances. So, if you choose these flowers over real flowers, you will be able to help in the reduction of chemical fertilizers and pollutants. You will also be able to encourage other people to choose handmade over mass-produced.