There's reason behind the old saying, "fresh as a daisy."
Because when brides of all ages want to express the youthful side of love, nothing beats the daisy in all its guises: from the traditional Shasta, with its echoes of nostalgia and innocence, to the practically-punk Gerber and its contemporary colors.
Shasta Daisy Style
No other flower says "young love" like the Shasta daisy, with its cheery face and paper-white petals. Dear to blushing brides everywhere, the Shasta begs for sayings like, "he loves me, he loves me not — he loves me ... we tied the knot!"
Silhouettes and textures that suit the shasta to a 'tee': eyelet and cotton fabrics. And gowns with a retro-style bell skirt and slender waist, or chic tea-lengths, worn with a flyaway veil.
Reedy, youthful brides look gorgeous in a simple A-line or column style — especially against vibrant greens of a garden or park.
The Shasta also plays well with white organza bows and delicate pastels like lavender, mint green, or baby-chick yellow. They look lovely paired with pastel roses, and in hand-tied bouquets dressed up with pink or yellow satin wraps.
They're a bit fragile, though, so resort to silks for anything like a pomander ball, anything without a water source, or anything your flower girl might carry around.
Gerber Daisy Drama
Gerbers are the Vivienne Westwoods of the flower world. The brides who love them also love design, and modern shocks of color. The most popular palette for Gerber-lovers is probably bright pink and orange. A close second might be pink and green. For Autumn brides, fiery combinations of yellow, orange and red set the scene.
But brides are also designing around Gerbers' purples, peaches and sultry magentas. And let's not forget that Gerbers really pop against dark brown and black (both super-popular shades for bridesmaids' attire. Coincidence?)
All Dolled Up With Daisies
Here are some adorable things we've seen done with daisies:
Wheatgrass Trays
That rich explosion of green makes daisies look fabulous, whether they're white or fuchsia. Take note: the fragile stems need to be wired!
Floating Heads
Single Shasta flower heads floating in votives or shot glasses: adorable. Larger Gerber heads can sometimes fill a whole fishbowl: finish the look with a bright satin ribbon. Or toss these blooms en masse in fountains or pools.
Flashy Splashes
The brightest gerbers call for dramatic echoes elsewhere in your event. Dress your bridesmaids in bright dupioni sashes (salmon or tangerine, say). Swag the ceilings with shiny fabrics to match. Wrap each cake layer in bold, patterned ribbons. Rustle up tangerine parasols and saturated linens and chair covers. Serve a menu of signature drinks in each of your Gerber colors!
Ribbons on Ribbons
Pick a bright palette to match your favorite Gerber daisies, then wrap your vases and votive holders in several layers of ribbon of different widths. For example, layer a bright orange inch-wide satin ribbon over a corrugated two-inch-wide fuchsia ribbon.
Fruit and Flowers
Choose Gerbers of a citrusy hue, then fill your centerpiece containers with sliced lemons, limes or oranges in bright, coordinating colors.
Back to Basics
Just because you love all-white doesn't mean you have to pass on Gerbers: they come in bridal white, too. And with their oversized heads, they've got all the charm of Shastas, plus a fresh and modern spin.
Rustic Roots
Gerbers and Shastas alike can add rustic punch to any affair. Just combine them with a little raffia or twine, birds' nest bouquet collars, galvanized pails, or gingham and mason jars.
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Im getting married 4-24-2010 and my fiancee has picked his tux..its black with a white shirt and a champagne vest and tie.. so my friend said fuschia would look good with that.. i also want gerbra daisy as the flowers.. iwas thinking pink and butter..colored..any suggestions..would that be a good combinations.. i have included a pic of the flowers and the 2 bm dresses
brittani,
i do like the fuschia very much. are you gonna have two different bm dress colors or just one? either way the pink and yellow will work well.
yes i was thinking about having the 2 bm dresses.. would that be too much?the fuschia dress will have champagne bow and the champagne dress will have a fuschia bow.. is that too dark for a sppring wedding
brittani, it is beautiful for a spring wedding. i love the fact you are having unmatchy bm dresses. i made you a board to kinda get a feel of what it would look like. i didnt have your exact bouquets so, i improvised in a couple pics, but here is an overall effect. i thought champagne linens looked best. it really adds a simple elegance to the florals and color scheme.
I am the sister in law to be and I helping the bride with creating the bridal party flowers. The wedding is Aug 29, 2009 - we don’t have much time!! The bm dresses are chocolate brown and the bride wants pink as the accent color, the groom however is concerned about the pink for the gm flower and having a pepto bismol wedding. I was thinking a brighter pink/fushia gerbera daisy with green hydrangea for the bm bouquets. But will it look ok if the bride carries a solid bouquet of white shasta daisies or do I need to incorporate some yellow into the bm? For the gm I was thinking white shasta daisies or a green hydrangea bunch for the lapel flower. Any pictures, suggestions, ideas would be greatly appreciated. Also we are planning on using silk flowers so if anyone has some trusted websites that would be great.
Thank you
Sandra in Wisconsin
sandra,
try saveoncrafts.com i wouldnt worry about incorporating yellow, since the daisies will most likely have yellowish centers. i think white for the bride is ideal. white for the groom, the gm can wear the green hydrangea with a small brown ribbon.
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also sign up free at theknot.com and browse the link wedding photos, it has alot of galleries.
This is unrelated but I had to add it. I am using gerberas and callas in my wedding. I could not find a picture anywhere…. so I had it made. It turned out amazing, so in case you like it to…. here it is. Happy Planning.
I am using yellow and white The table cloths are brown and it looks beautiful.
HELP!! I’m getting married May 2010, and my colors are mocha and clover. I’m having a real hard problem trying to find flowers and keep the colors looking good.
georgia girl,
google image green and brown wedding board; also green and brown wedding. why not have different shades of green with lots of white. it looks sooooo beautiful.
georgia girl,
i think by choosing all white or cream flowers with a little green like in pics will be easy and headache free. then you wont have to worry about matching colors. if you are using white linens have a brown runner with brown napkins, the green will be used in the centerpieces.
take a look at this real wedding:
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Hi Georgia Girl, Here are some pics that might help with your green and brown wedding
I can’t decide on bm dress colors either pink (David’s Bridal- Watermelon) brown ( DB truffle) or a champagne. I do like the idea of different pink on pink bouquets. I just don’t won’t the brown to darken my spring wedding. I was thinking maybe doing more pink and then accent with brown here and there. but then I could do a lighter pink and go with sort of a khaki suit for the gm.
kelly,
i found these links i thought were beautiful… you can substitute the roses for pink and white hydrangeas while the girls carry gerbera daisies tied with brown ribbon.
*wedding ( this will show the girls in the pink with guys in the tan beautiful and light) i would have all greenery centerpieces to pull in springtime and axe using flowers on the table i LOVE the green in the pink and brown polka dot containers so spring like)
*gorgeous wedding ( OMG! this is B-eau-T-ful!!!)
*Our Spring Wedding
*Pink Bouquets and Dresses
this is how i would choose the color for the bm dress. if you have either brown or champagne have a darker suit for guys with champagne vests or ties. if you have the pink have the lighter suits. i personally am torn cause they all look great! if you want a more light hearted feel to the wedding put the girls in the pink/light suits guys. if you want more elegance put them in the brown or champagne ( check it on their skintone; champagne is tough to wear washing out most skintones) brown will probably be better to enhance. i am am worried about the truffle. i think that shade is gonna be tough, i cant tell if its a creamy brown? or a ruddy brown? if going with brown i would consider a rich chocolate.
kelly,
i went back and looked at the dress colors. you could meet in the middle with the latte( if it flatters skintones). this way you could do either the light suits or the dark on the guys. to me the color is like mixing the champagne with a little brown. it is a beautiful color. so is the mocha. just a thought.
Thanks for all the tips……ya’ll have some great ideas!!!
My wedding is May 2010 I like the colors pink and brown, I like gerber daisies (all colors) and pink hydrangeas. I am having trouble making it all come together and look nice and springy. Any suggestions?!!
Would you consider pink and tan rather than brown? Those colors look elegant together and I think it would pull your whole spring look together!
Good luck & Congratulations!
kelly,
ya soon!!
can you give me a few more details like what id the bridal party wearing etc. i will put together some ideas. also would you consider pink on pink bouquets? just have a lighter shade of flower against a deeper shade. wrap with beautiful brown satin ribbon. til then google image pink and brown wedding then pink and brown wedidng board. let me know if youwant bold or pastel. what type of look ado you envision? talk to
Hi Kelly,
I would like to start off by saying that I’m an event planner, and we try to focus on classy not trashy. I know you want classy for your wedding. Well….I went to a wedding where Gerber Daisies were used, and it was a cute idea, except in terms of the decorations. The bride decided that she wanted all the decorations to be all different colored gerber daisies but with artificial flowers. she also wanted these bunches to be plastered EVERYWHERE we’re talking all the walls, all the surfaces that she could, she stuck these daisies of all colors around. It looked cheap and hideous! Now I have nothing against daisies, or going multicolored, except you should try to stick with about 2-3 colors in the same spectrum on the color wheel. This idea would have worked out okay even with the artificial flowers if she had stuck with just 2-3 colors. Instead she had hot pink, hot orange, bright yellow, and dark purple. Ewww. It still would have worked even then if she had placed all the colors with white, and left out the dark purple. But somehow it didn’t. I think what happened is that she stuck the orange and the purple together, and it totally clashed. It looked like Halloween. Okay for October, but not for early March. She also did not include any greenery in her floral arrangements. I do florals too, and I’ve found that the flowers tend to look cheap often times, if you don’t include a little green in them. (on the tables, or overarchways etc. )
Personally I would go with about 3 colors of the daisy that compliment each other. Such as the white, yellow and orange. Or yellow, orange, and pink. You could also go with light or hot pink, and white daisies, and the brown to accent with satin ribbons on the chairs, or napkins, or table signs. I would use the brown as an accent, and the white daisies and pink hydrangeas you picked as your main color splashes. You could also have your attendants wear chocolate brown and carry white daisies with the pink hydrangeas. I’ve seen several photos of that type online, and it’s really cute. You could also try having a chocolate frosted cake with pink hydrangeas and white daisies to top it off. Don’t try the brown tulle whatever you do-it does not come out looking cute. -Trust me on that one. Stick with satin ribbon if you want the brown color in there, and do pink or white tulle accents. I hope this helps you!
Hi Kelly, Here are some more photos that might help you…..
I am doing the flowers for a friends wedding and her colors are pink and a seafoam green and I am having a ridiculous time finding the green that I need.. my question is has anyone ever tried to dye silk flowers to the color that you need and if so how did they turn out..
Hi Jenni,
Don’t bother trying to dye silk flowers. That’s waaaayy too much work going there. Plus they usually look cheap and ugly in the end. I would just stick with white or pink flowers, and accent the ribbons and other little details with the seafoam green. For another touch Michaels Crafts stores carries seafoam colored petals in their bridal section for the aisle or for the table tops. The key to artificial flowers is in the amount and types of greenery you use. If the greenery looks realistic, then the rest of it will too. I’ve even used flowers from the Dollar store before and accented with the greenery, and they looked good. You should check out flower websites like Pro flowers, and FTD.com, and try to copy their arrangements for weddings. That’s how I’ve had mine turn out so good, because I use the same flowers and colors, and just match up the picture with the real thing online. It works every time.
I like the idea of flower seeds for favors (seed packets with the whole “watch our love grow” type sayings) but I haven’t quite find the perfect one. Has anyone seen anything cute that’s not too expensive?
I am doing a three gerber and a five gerber with hypercium berries - do you know if the gerbers need to have chenile inserted into the stems so they won’t flop, have never worked with gerbers before. thanks.
jean,
yes they will or they will flop over.
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Don’t put chenille in the Gerbera’s. Make sure they are well hydrated. You can wire them if you are nervous about them getting floppy.
I am looking for the altimate daisy wedding favor in either light yellow or pink can someone help
arlene, i am a sucker for edible favors above all!! i would do either a frosted daisy cookie in clear plastic bags with the most adorable ribbon saying ” He loves me we tied the knot” ribbon (just google image this phrase) or a daisy ribbon. another idea would be daisy lollipops in yellow and pink and tie up and give as bouquets. ( google image daisy lollipops) they are just so great!!
arlene, also google image daisy cookie lollipop ( covered in plastic and ribbon) for the cutest idea!! just set in vases or stuck in styrofoam in a large container or pails it will look like flowers growing. dont 4get to cover the styrofoam with artificial grass!!
I am planning a June wedding. My colors are tiffany blue and kind of like a pastel green. I am looking for artifical gerbera daisies in those colors. Does anyone know where I might be able to find them?
Thanks
It’s been a while but Pottery Barn used to sell silk Gerbera daisies. Don’t know if they would still carry them, but worth a try. Good Luck!
I need serious help. I am looking for fuschia/magenta( I want them to look pink not purple)colored gerbera daisies. I am using fuschia, soft pink and white for my bouquets. I ordered some from afloral.com but didnt really like them. I am running out of time! Please help
I am getting married in June 2010. I love gerbera daisies. I’m having a hard time coming up with a color palette for the wedding. I thought I wanted blues and greens…..but against the gerberas I’m not sure anymore…..any ideas?
miranda,
hi, google image gerbera daisy wedding then gerbera daisy wedding board. (also google search) go to theknot.com under wedding photos it will take you to wedding galleries. one is flowers;daisies. check it out. you can also look at different colors to see what appeals to you. now google image blue and green wedding board. hopw you find something!! i will tell you a beautiful combo for daisies and that is brown and hot pink or yellow. it looks soooo good!! you can add a bit of whimsy with polka dot invites, polka dot ribbon on favor bags, around the cake, bouquets. stripes work too! another color scheme is blue with hot pink gerberas. the sky is the limit. one more to google image is gerbera daisy theme wedding. switch it up to get different results.
White gerbera daisies next to blues and greens would look really pretty!! It’s funny that Stacey mentioned theknot.com because one of the pictures under gerbera daises is of some bridesmaids in a light blue w/ white gerbera daisies, and it looks REALLY pretty! If you want something with more color, you could go with a lighter pink or something. Just a thought :)
My wedding is May 9th, 2009. I am doing an outdoor wedding and I am using Red and Yellow gerbers with white daisies. My bouquets are going to be tied with natural colored Rafia. The red, yellow, and white, just seem really cheery together. Hope that might help.
I was married in June of 08 and used gerberas. My main color was a turquoise (bright) blue and I used several other colors of gerbers as accents. It all popped and got rave reviews from everybody that attended. If you would like some pics please email me at kermassura@gmail.com and I will be happy to send some. I used fake and got alot of them at hobby lobby (1/2 price of course)!!
Hi Everyone,
These are the flowers its not the best picture but they are orange gerbers daisies, lime green roses and pink lillies. They are fake flowers.
Hi am having a april wedding and my colors are going to be orange,yellow,and silver. Do you think that will look good in april or should i keep it to one color??? idk i have a while to plan though, the weddings not untill april 2011!!! I want the white daisies for me with maybe yellow roses, and just the daisies for my girls. any ideas let me know.
nicole… 
nicole, hi!
i think it will be beautiful and roses with daisies are perfect!!
google image orange and yellow wedding. lots o’beautiful stuff.
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*orange: real weddings
I am having a May wedding and my colors are pool blue, silver and ivory. And since I like lots of colors put together so great flowers. They are lime green roses, bright orange gerber dasies and some pink flowers which I am not sure what they are called if you would like to see a picture. I am happy to show you. Just let me know.
I love the idea of green, orange and pink. Can you please send me a picture?
Thanks
Does anyone have experience putting a 3-flower bouquet of gerber daisies together? Or does anyone have a picture of this that looks elegant and classy? My sister wants this for her wedding, and I’m trying to find examples, so we can make this for her.
I am using gerbers for my wedding as well. My bridesmaids are carrying 3 flower bouquets as well. The florist that I am using is staggering them and tying them with a green bow, because with them bunched up it didnt look good at all. Hope this helps!
I love the sundress look but am having a hard finding any at a good price any suggestions? My wedding is 7/11/09 and my colors are yellow and pink
earlina,
jcrew.com
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Go to Davids bridal.com and enter style number F12892 they are on clearance and they have a beautiful pink and yellow dress and believe me they look beautiful on, my bridemaids are wearing these
I suggest waiting until Easter time and looking for basic sundresses in those colors. They are easterish colors so that could be a good shot. Good Luck!
Hi Ladies,
I am looking for white daisies, (paper or silk) that I can use like confetti around my centerpieces.
Oriental trading company has them!
Yes, Kelly’s right. They have them at Oriental Trading, I got some for me wedding, as well. They’re very cute! Not too small.