Flowers and Centerpiece Ideas

My future mother-in-law is a wonderful women. We've always gotten along well, and she's very excited to be gaining a daughter-in-law. She also happens to be a very talented lady and has offered to do all of the flowers for the wedding. Also, as an added bonus, a family friend whose daughter was recently married has 36 different vases and mirror tiles she's letting me use. This is wonderful as it gives me a lot more room in the $10,000 budget given to me by my parents. However, it's also tough because I am also over 100 miles from my mother-in-law (not to mention she's going to have a tough job doing all of the assembling in a freezing hotel room with only a clueless bride and some bridesmaids for assistance). I created a collection of photos for her of flower arrangements and centerpieces I like, and I thought I'd share some of my favorites with you!

The following are different bouquets I like:

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I like this bridesmaid bouquet if it was just a bit more peach, and I love the sleek look of the boutonnieres. Perhaps with some tiffany blue?

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I know the flowers look a little weird on the left, but I love the idea of using grapefruit in the vases to get my peach accent color. I also love the look of the submerged rose petals in the tall arrangements.

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This is the calla lily idea. Calla lilies in low bowls on the bar, some tall arrangements, some lower arrangements in the vases, and get the look on the bottom left.

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I also love the romantic feel of the candles

These hurricane vases come with my reception hall.  Something basic could always be done with them. This is pretty, and I love candlelight!

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I like this table runner and the black urn vase, though I'd like to fill it with different flower more like the one on the right but in peaches. The right one is from Martha Stewart's black and cameo wedding collection.  

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Something simple like this or the one on the right could always work for some simple low centerpieces, very pretty and delicate.

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I love the submerged flowers with floating candle look.

 When done with many vases, it looks so gorgeous!

This is not submerged, but just inside the vase - also very pretty!

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These four are cascading arrangements, which I think are very beautiful when done without the branches and greenery in some of them. I love it paired with candlelight.

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A few more tall arrangements that I'm not nuts about, but are still pretty. I do like the look of the low arrangements paired with the tall.

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 I also randomly liked the look of snap dragons, though I'm not sure they look formal enough to stand alone at my reception hall.