Cruise Ships & Flowers

Some of the cruise lines have a policy about taking fresh fruits/vegetables and flowers on and off their ships. Thankfully, I have never had a bride tell me that she wasn't allowed to bring her fresh flower bouquet back on board of the ship (if you are a past bride that couldn't get your flowers on board though, please do leave a comment and let us know!). I think the security guards don't have the guts to tell a bride all dressed in white that she isn't allowed to keep her bouquet!

Some brides have not wanted to take the chance - or simply want to keep their bouquet forever. If this is the case, silk bouquets are a popular choice. I wanted to share a picture I took of a bouquet that a bride brought down a few months ago for her island wedding. There are a lot of online shops that sell silk bouquets (to my surprise, at the same price or much more than fresh flowers). Silk bouquets are also a good alternative for brides that want phalaenopsis orchids (live phalaenopsis orchids are very fragile and do not hold up well in bouquets). In the bouquet below, there were pink phalaenopsis orchids. They really do a great job replicating these in silk flowers!



The pink phalaenopsis boutonniere:

Blog Entry #1: Scottish Themed Flowers in St. Thomas!

Scottish Themed Flowers in St Thomas! - This bride wish to remain annonomyous due to the fact that they are ELOPING (eeee!! fun!) in St. Thomas!

Well, since deciding on taking a 'touch of Scotland' with us to the Caribbean next year I have been very busy searching for silk flowers. There seems to be hundreds of online sites doing silk or even real touch flowers but not so many choices with scottish themes or thistles! Having contacted a few and after reading some other comments on UK wedding sites the decision is made! Ribbon to compliment the groom's kilt is ordered and will be on my flowers and our guests corsages. Here is a pic of the style of flowers I would like but I have asked for more thistles, some bling and it will have tartan ribbon!



Groom and male guest will have thistle button holes with the tartan ribbon also. Hopefully this type of thistle!



The florist/company I have chosen in the end is Laura at BloomingGorgeous (http://bloominggorgeous.net).

So the flowers are decided, next issue is the storage of them until they are required next year! Oh! and then the biggest challenge - getting them from our home to St Thomas in one piece!!