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Decorations: Luxel Décor
Grade: C (Customer Service) A (Workmanship)
We decided to go with the decor company recommended by the hall; you know when they have their “preferred vendors”. Of course there was no pressure to use them, but we liked their work.
This is a long post, sorry y’all, but I felt I had to do it for the benefit of all of the GTA brides out there 
Hey all… I didn’t get a chance to blog about this before the wedding, so here’s a quick post on the DIY project I was dreading for a while… the silk flower pomanders for my flower girls.
I’ve seen a lot of pics from other brides and it looked easy enough.
photo from here
Here it is. I initially wanted a mix of pinks, but then it was brought to my attention that I may be too stark. Plus I remember hearing on Rich Bride, Poor Bride, that white/ivory flowers will pop more in a dark setting. So I met with our florist yesterday and we came up with this:
Not the store, but our decor for the big day. Nick and I went to our vendor Luxel Décor to finalize our selections.
Here is our room:
Here’s what we wanna go with:
image from Luxel Décor
I would love to have a bouquet filled with ranunculus and roses in hot pink of course. I haven’t a clue what the going rate is for this all season flower, I hope it is within my tight budget cuz if it were up to me, I’d buy all fake ish.
I love the look of this spray rose boutonnières, which is accented with jasmine and millinery flowers and wrapped in ribbon. I want something very simple and classy. I think this fits the bill! Now if only I can make them up myself…
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I was never a fan of the “mini-bride” flower girl type. There is just something wrong with dressing up a flower girl to look like the bride on the big day… some of the dresses are just too revealing. So we will be dressing our girls in the traditional ivory dress with lotsa tulle and a contrasting sash.
We have two adorable flower girls, Madeleine and Sierra. They became best buds at the engagement party and were so excited to learn that they would be flower girls together. I originally wanted Sierra, my 7 year old (8 in September) niece to be a Jr. bridesmaid, but the dress the ladies chose was a little too grown for a young child. They will both look oh so adorable in the dress we chose pictured below.
We chose dress in the bottom right hand corner, with mini bolero
This is what I want the sash to look like
My mom is a seamstress and will make the dresses for the girls. She’s already purchased the ivory material and tulle for the dresses. We just have to look for the fuchsia material for the sash. I’m aiming to have a big fat sash like the one pictured above. I’m not sure if it’s just folded and tacked in place, or just folded… who cares, it’s what I want so my mom will have to make it so! OK, I just sounded like a Bridezilla! hehehe 
The girls are going to look sooo cute coming down the aisle. The unfortunate thing is we are not allowed to throw anything during the ceremony, that’s right, not even fake it rose petals. What are the alternatives? Well, I’m going to make two big pomanders. I haven’t decided what flowers to use jut yet, maybe silk peonies in pink. I know there is a stash of fake flowers in the basement somewhere, I’ll have a gander and select from the bunch.
From Etsy seller 
