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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Hey ladies, those of you who’ve had gerber weddings, can you possibly post a few highlight pics that show off your color scheme and great ideas? This is SOOOO helpful for brides coming down the pike!
Here’s three pics from the cutest gerber wedding — red and yellow. The venue’s to die for, the cake’s a pop art masterpiece, and look at those adorable flower girls! The bridesmaids wore black for this one and carried bright yellow gerber bo-Ks. I’ll post a few more pics after this because … I must!
Hi everyone!!
I am using gerber daisies in October 2008 wedding would love to hear some centerpiece ideas. My colors are dark pink, orange and brown. I was thinking of having my bridesmaids wear pink or brown dresses with just 3 or 4 pink and orange daisies. I would love to hear from anyone who has had these colors and theme in their wedding and has photos/ideas to share!!
Thank you
Sylvia, if you email me, I have all of the information for a gerbera daisie wedding in my inbox. I will be glad to forward you it. Or anybody for that matter. I am almost done planning and I had such a great time doing it!
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Hey Ladies, I’m using gerberas in my October 2008 wedding. I have one color which is choco brown. My flowers are going to be the orange, yellow, red and white gerberas. I bought a bundle of gerberas flowers and took them with me as one girl tried on a choco brown dress (not the one that I ended up getting but…). It looked fantastic!! I’m so excited about the bold colors to spice up the brown dresses. Our centerpieces are a bundle of gerberas in a vase, nothing fancy, just simple and bold. All of our flowers are fresh, its was almost the same price as silk!! I can say that really anything looks good with brown. I was slighly worried about having brown dresses with the black tux but it looks so warm and cozy!! Tamara, I think blue would look great with your brown dresses, don’t be afraid to add other colors to bring out the brown and the blue. Just be different, use your imagation and I’m sure everything will turn out wonderful.
I read a comment a few postings back (Tamara) about the chocolate brown & sky blue. I’m getting married July 09 & have chosen chocolate brown, sunflower yellow & white. There aren’t many wedding pics out there of choc brown & blue. I was going to do blue but yellow worked much better in the grand scheme of things. I don’t know where you could find some pics with those colors but, make it your own. Good luck trying to find some pics. I’m finding it a lot easier to plan by making it completely my own.
Have fun with it! Make it unique! : )
Courtney- I used gerberas at my christmas eve wedding and I used red and white. My bouquet had 1 lg red and 3 small whites. My girls each had a red and they were all long stemmed and had a white ribbon wrapped around the top part of the stem. they were beautiful. i deffinatly reccomend them!
hi courtney, i’m using gerberas. my colours are hot pink with the accent colour being orange. i know it sounds a bit odd but gerberas look stunning in these colours. i’m even having hot pink and orange gerberas on my cake. my bridesmaids are having pink dresses.
Lisa
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im getin married May23, 2008…my theme is daisy’s but i have no idea what my colors will be,it’s an out side wedding…any ideas??? id love to here ‘em
im thinking of chocolate brown and sky blue for my august/sept. wedding. but im having trouble finding pictures of the two together…anybody have any ideas where i can??
First off Congrats on the wedding!! Second I love your colors. As for daisies, I think the Shasta daisy would be beautiful with greenery and maybe lavender and ivory ribbons. I think that as a boquet for you and then single lavender or white daisies for your bridesmaids. For the flower girl I would pick several differnt kinds of daisy petals and mix them up in her basket. The groomsmen with lavender daisies would complete the look for your wedding party.. Or you could put them in Mason jars with lavender and ivory ribbon tied around it. Also on your wedding invitations, see if you can’t find some with the shadow of a daisy. Or you could always mix the original daisies with 2 other kinds. The possibilities are endless! Let me know if you like any of the ideas. If not I hope I got your imagination going. Good Luck!
IM GETTING MARRIED MAY 17TH, 2008!! MY WEDDING COLORS ARE LAVENDER AND IVORY. IM THINKING I WANT DAISIES OF SOME SORT BUT IM SOO CONFUSED!! ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS?? I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THEM!! THANKS!
Sarah,
I’m also going with the Hot pink and i’ve been trying to find another color, I was wondering if I could also see some of your pics. Thanks so much!!:D:D
Hi Sara - i would love to see your pictures. I was thinking of those same colors for my wedding
I am having a mint green and hot pink wedding. Hot pink being the accent color. I have alot of great picture ideas if anyone would like to see them. I am using hot pink gerbera daisies for everything but my bouquet. I am making my own centerpieces, I am a bride on a tight budget, and my bridesmaids are getting fake gerbera daisies, that I bought per stem, and am making them…a good keepsake item. I am so excited about getting married..only 5 months to go!
Im getting married March22 2008. I know i want blue and yellow for our colors ( but like a bright springy blue.) And we want white and yellow shasta daisies. Does anyone have any pictures or ideas?
HI ALL! I’m getting married in january in south america, I want to use gerber daisies, i was thinking of pink and white, but my bridesmaids dresses are going to be pink with a black sash.. and I want the whole theme to be pink and black, is black too dark a color for a happy wedding, and should I keep the bouquet to pink gerbers only and take out the white gerbers? should the gerbera daises be held together with pink and black ribbon? I think black is elegant, but I figure my old fashioned family will compare it to a funeral.. i don’t think i should care, but what do you think? aaaand I’m all for suggestions on anything else within the pink and black theme!
Hi, any chance some of our brides who married in 2007 could post a few pics of your gerber weddings, now that we can post pictures here? Everyone would love to see them!
We’re thinking of decorating with potted gerbers - do they close up at night?
For those pink and orange brides: my bridesmaids are wearing coral shantung dresses with fuchsia sashes from aria — http://www.ariadress.com.
I am strongly considering gerber daisies–for some great ideas, check out http://www.dariajohnson.net (photographer’s site)–go to the July archives and check out Brooke and Ernest’s wedding. Beautiful colors — they used gerbers throughout, for the bouquets, decorations and the cake.
I am also having a pink and orange wedding with black and white, but i am having trouble incorporating black and white in with my pink and orange gerber daisies. I also dont know what color of dress my bridesmaides can wear….I NEED HELP!!!!!