With the rain that has come down this week and the sun that has struggled to peek through, I thought we needed a little piece of summer to get us through until Spring!

Yellow is such a beautiful colour in a wedding bouquet. There’s calla lilies, daffodils, daisies, roses, frangipanis, orchids, sunflowers, marigolds, snapdragons, freesias, honeysuckles, tulips and so many more!

From top to bottom: Photo by Blooming Brides, Photo by Stephen DeVries Photography, Photo by Delisser Photography, Photo by Stephen DeVries Photography, Photo by Stephen DeVries Photography, Photo by Jaime Lee Photography, Photos by Bows & Arrows, Photo by Becky Young Photography, Photo by Mints Design, Photo by Delisser Photography, Photo by Blooming Brides, Photo by Mints Design

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Autumn bouquet by Palais Floral

I’m a sucker for flowers. I love their scent, I love their colour, I love the amazing, natural works of art they are.

I asked some of my favourite florists last week what their take was on Autumn bouquets (which can easily to translate to winter with their rich hues) and oh gosh, did they send over some of the most stunning bouquets you’ve ever seen! So Autumn/Fall/Winter brides, this is a post especially to inspire you!

Autumn bouquet by Kate Hill Flowers

Autumn bouquets by Sugarbee Flowers

Autumn bouquet by Ruby & Joy (photographed by Uber Photography) and bouquet by Palais Floral

Autumn bouquet by Green & Bloom and red rose Autumn bouquet by My Violet

Autumn bouquets by Blooming Brides, Autumn poppy headpiece by Ruby & Joy (Photo by Elizabeth Allnutt)

Rose & orchid bouquet by Kate Hill Flowers

Autumn bouquet in purples by My Violet, Orchid bouquet by Green & Bloom

Autumn arrangement by Sugarbee Flowers

Autumn table arrangements by Blooming Brides & Autumn centrepiece by Flowers By Jane Louise

Autumn Bouquet by Palais Floral

Autumn bouquet by My Violet,

Table centrepieces and altar decorations by Blooming Brides

Autumn table arrangements by Blooming Brides

I adore winter I love rugging up, I love wearing my beautiful coats and boots and snuggling up with a great big mug of hot chocolate (or wine!) in front of a cosy fire.

But the grey days and lack of sunshine can drive me a little nutty, Daffodils are such a beautiful flower- they signal the end of winter, the start of new life and their golden colour is just the thing on a grey day!

Top to bottom- Jonas Peterson, Design*Sponge, Creature Comforts, Chelsea Fuss for Once Wed

How do you use them in your wedding setting?

If your wedding is to be outside in the garden, it surely can’t be more beautiful than to have a ‘host of golden daffodils’ blooming in flower beds and amongst the trees in great swathes of colour.

Be bold with vibrant yellow and white striped or checked tablecloths, soft yellow bridesmaids dresses, gorgeous yellow silk covered shoes. Daffodil petals strewn down your aisle on a green lawn with white chairs for your guests.

Pop casually arranged bunches of daffodils in preserving jars or old bottles and tie to the aisle chairs with ribbon or twine.

Arrange in bottles set in an old fashioned milk crate, huge bunches in round glass vases showing off their green stems, drifts of daffodils set in shallow rectangular crates as table decorations. Or combine with other bulbs – cream or yellow narcissus, star shaped paper whites, white tulips, daffodils with different coloured centres – orange or yellow. Fresh spring green or white look perfect with this scheme. Milk glass or plain white crockery jugs crammed with daffodils set on a green and yellow vintage patterned cloth – pass the scones, jam and cream please!

Pots of daffodils in bloom with the addition of pots of other bulbs, with their soil covered in moss grouped randomly on your tables make for a feast for the senses.

In your bouquet, daffodils look fresh teamed with fern fronds, green berries, white tulips, yellow roses. If all the yellow is a bit much for you, tone it down with touches of silvery grey in grey satiny leaves, grey berries and ribbon. A silver grey, white and daffodil colour scheme is super elegant.

Think citrus colours in food and drink or use citrus fruit as a shape contrast to the flowers. Tiny clementines or cumquats used in flower arrangements look exciting and different, or jumbled into baskets with seemingly casual bunches of daffodils in amongst them looks as if you’ve just come in from the garden with your bounty.

A soft yellow cake decorated of course with our favourite white polka dots, with fresh daffodils arranged on the tiers and around the base. Make sure you use the different varieties with all their different colour variations,  and you will have a masterpiece of spring.

This spectacular plant is a shrub or a small tree. In Spring its true flowers appear – these are a creamy white and fairly small. As the flowers are pollinated, the pinky red bracts emerge holding a seed.

The combination of the pinky red bracts and creamy flowers in profusion amongst dull green leaves is a sight that is breath taking. Imagine armfuls of Christmas bush adding a cloud of colour to your tables.  Or use them in large containers to line an entrance or aisle.

These flowers would enhance a colour scheme based on browns, creams, ivories and whites, or match the colour of the flower to a fabric for bridesmaids dresses, table runners, invitations or bridal shoes.

Photo from Australian Native Plants Society