15 Wedding Flower Mistakes to Avoid

You may have worked with a florist to order a boutonniere for your prom date or a Mother’s Day bouquet, but picking wedding flowers requires special attention.

They're going to punch up the "pretty" factor of your reception and appear in almost all of your formal photographs. At a minimum, you'll probably want to order a bridal bouquet; bouquets for your attendants; boutonnieres for the groom, groomsmen and fathers; corsages for the mothers; flowers for the ceremony site; and centerpieces for the reception tables. But the first step is to find a florist who "gets" you — and will get the job done right and avoid these simple mistakes. 

The single most important question to ask your wedding photographer

When you’re choosing vendors for your wedding, you want to do your homework to find the best of the best in your price range. Your wedding photographer is no exception; in fact, for something as important as documenting the most important day of your life, you should be fully confident that you are hiring the right person for the job. There are many questions you should ask your wedding photographer during your initial consultations and meetings, but there is one crucial question that will give you the most information on whether or not this person is right for the job: can they show you a full gallery from a wedding they’ve shot recently?