Flower Ideas for a Gold Wedding

Using the color gold at a wedding represents luxury and elegance. However, an excess of gold may appear gaudy and inappropriate. Instead of inundating your wedding with gold items, place the color in strategic places. For example, when held next to a white wedding gown, a gold wedding bouquet is sure to look brilliant. A variety of techniques can be used to create a gorgeous wedding bouquet for your gold wedding.

Flowers

• Only one flower is naturally available in a true gold color, astrantia. The astrantia flower features an interesting shape that resembles a starburst. The bloom consists of bunches of tightly packed florets, which are held in place by an edge of petals. They have a casual, yet modern appearance and are relatively inexpensive. Astrantia blooms are slightly small with a light gold color.
  As an alternative to gold flowers, consider using yellow flowers. There are a wide variety of yellow flowers available, although you will likely want to choose blooms that most closely match your color scheme. Popular choices include daffodils, Gerbera daisies, calla lilies and roses. If there is a specific flower that you would like to use, that is not available in gold or yellow, consider using floral spray. Gold floral spray can be sprayed directly on fresh flowers, giving them a metallic gold color.
  Be careful not to overdo the gold color scheme. Instead of focusing entirely on gold, mix your gold or yellow flowers with white flowers; this should allow for an understated, yet elegant, gold wedding bouquet.

Accessories

• A variety of gold accessories can be added to your wedding flowers to incorporate your gold theme into the bouquet, as demonstrated on Afloral’s Inspirational Bridal Boards. Curly sticks of gold Ting Ting can be easily added into your bouquet to provide color and sparkle. Ting Ting is a natural plant that has been preserved and dyed. Often covered in sparkly glitter, Ting Ting adds flair and interest to any floral arrangement. Add gold Ting Ting to a bouquet of white flowers for a simple and elegant gold bouquet. Additionally, wrap chic gold ribbon around the stems of your flowers to hold them together. Or, for added flair, wrap the stems in white or black ribbon, but secure the ribbon with a sparkly gold pin.

Considerations

• Oftentimes, a wedding scheme will consist of two colors, rather than just one. If you are having a gold wedding, consider the second color on which you plan to focus. In many cases, gold is combined with white, black, dark brown, hunter green, navy blue or burgundy. These colors provide a subtle contrast to the color, while allowing the sparkle of gold to shine through. If you are using a second color for your wedding scheme, incorporate that color into your wedding flowers as well.