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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Here are soem great pics from the dariajohnson.net website. She is a photographer, and you should look under “love stories” on her site for the wedding pics. Thanks to Marianne, for the great link! Some of her pics made me cry. There is such a story behind every single one, and I don’t even know these people!:?
Hi Tracy,
Gerbera’s are so big, you don’t really need that many to create a centerpiece, which is good for the budget too. Why don’t you just keep it simple with a couple (1-2) daisies in a bud vase or smallish vase, with two or three small votive candles around it? You could tie a ribbon of your choice around the vase, and place a coordinating cloth napkin or wide ribbon runner under the arrangement in the center of the table. You could also take two or three daisies in different colors and fill up a medim sized mason jar and stick them in. This would look cute and country chic for an outdoor garden wedding like the I’m doing for my sister. If you do decide to have the floating gerberas in a glass bowl, it would only take one or to to fill each as they are large. You could also fill the bottom of the bowl with colored pebbles, or marbles.
A cute idea that I’ve been seeing a lot latley is simply doing a single flower in a vase (it could even be a simple glass dollar store vase) and place a black and white photo of you two together on each table. Every table has a different photo. I’m sure you probably have plenty of photo’s that you could chose from that you have taken in the time that you have been engaged. Each one could represent a different occasion together, or special time, or even a funny moment. You could display these mounted onto cardstock paper, and placed in a little plastic easle. You can get the easles at the dollar store or from a dollar up at most craft stores. You would only need a little one for each photo. You can upload your digital photos to Costco.com or a similar site. But I know for a fact that at Costco, you can change the colors of the photos and size, type etc. Each photo from Costco with the changes made to it is usually around a dollar or under. And you can get them mailed to you too! The photos could be either 4×6 size, or 5×7 size. Everyone loves looking at photos. They tell a story. And whether or not the people at your recpetion are close family, or guests of friends invited, they will enjoy going around to all the tables looking that “the Story” that the two of you have made together thus far. Afterwards you could collect the story pictures again, and place them in a special scrapbook with pictures from your wedding.
Try to think of somthing that would make the decor or centerpieces personal to each of you. Somthing that reflects who you are as a couple. What types of things are you into? Having personal touches is really what the guests will remember about your wedding day. If they don’t remember anything else, they at least should come away with a happy and relaxed feeling, in enjoying your day with you, and celebrating your new life together.
Hello-
This has been the best web site I have found with ideas for weddings with gerbera daisies! I am getting married October 11th and we are coming back the next weekend and having a reception/party. I am using the fall colors gerberas and am not wanting to spend a lot of money on decorations and centerpieces. I have found an online site that I think I am going to get my flowers at but my problem now is finding a pretty, inexpensive way to decorate my tables and centerpieces. I was thinking floating berberas but then I was afraid that wouldn’t be enough…and bowls are pricy. Then I thought I might use candles with gerberas but…PLEASE HELP! Anyone that has pics of anything they could show or help me out would be greatly appreciated! I have gone crazy looking online for ideas with pics. Thanks in advance for all your help.
Tracy
more pics….. I have a TON more, if anyone would like to see…
More ideas……
More idea pics….
Beautiful Bouquet I found. I love the glittery butterflies!
I had a friend who got married in 2005, and had lilac dresses for her girls, but all the flowers were in hot pink, yellow, orange, and white. It was a pretty interesting combination. She made huge arrangements for the church that were giant foam hearts covered in gerber daisies of all these colors, and the bouquets matched. The reception arrangements were the same colored daisies with lemon slices in the bottoms of clear glass cylinder vases, and the cake was covered in a cascading waterfall of all the same. It was an upbeat, fun, and bright theme. Unfortunately on a very cloudy day. But it still worked. I have to say though the giant gerber daisy covered hearts at the church were a bit over the top. I know the look that she was going for, but it turned out looking a little cheap, as all the flowers except the bridal bouquet and the centerpieces, were artificial flowers. It would have worked if she had added a little bit more greenery to each of the arrangements though. I am an artificial flower arranger myself, and I always pick the types of flowers that look real. These daisies could look real as well, if they were placed in such a way as to make them look more natural, (as in more greenery in the case of my friend.) I hope this help someone with their ideas!
I am thinking about having orange dresses with orange and pink gerber daisies. Has anyone seen this/ what do you think?
Jasmine:
My sister-in-law bought all her flowers online. They arrived 3 days early and by the time the wedding came, most of the flowers were almost dead. We ended up buying flowers from Trader Joes and made the flower arrangements again. Every experience is different though. Check with the flower company on their policies. If it’s from Proflowers or a company similar, you will probably have a better experience.
Anyone every ordered fresh flowers online, or is going to. It scares me alot, I am afraid that when i got to a wholsale florist they wont have what I need and Iwill be out of luck!
Thanks Blake!
Although I previously thought yellow was too garish I’m really warming to it! I love the pics. Also the green. Sometimes I think blue can look a little too cool but I’ll definately think about it. I get what you mean about the gold and I certainly wouldn’t dream of a tacky gold look, however, the yellow is a definate contender! The flowers look really lovely - you’ve been a great help - Thanks!
I’m having an August 2009 wedding and am thinking of having chocolate brown dresses and using red and yellow gerbera daisies. Does anyone have any pictures of this combination? Do you think its too fallish for August if so what color would you suggest instead of the brown? I’ve considered grey. I know I have plenty of time but I’m so excited!!!:P
Hey Kat! OK, I’ve been thinking about your shastas.
Gold, mmm … I don’t know. Probably bad memories of gold lamé bridesmaid frock horrors from the 80s … but gold is such a strong statement. I know it could be done, but I think it would be hard for gold to have the light summery look you’re talking about. I think of gold gowns as indoors=winter=formal.
But yellow … yellow is great! Happily most BM dress designers seem to be picking restrained and paler forms of yellow. I think this is a good thing. Davids’ Bridal yellows, for example, range from the very pale pink-tinged buttercup to not-obnoxiously-bright canary. Yellow’s a pretty, youthful look that feels completely at home outside! Here, I like quieter attire with big color in the cakes and flowers. Add a bit of gingham and POW. Instant country!
If you’re not sold on yellow, there are other colors that come straightaway to mind when I think outdoors. Like, there’s a pale sage that looks fantastic with an armful of wildflowers.
But there’s something about cornflower blue that for me makes it the #1 country/garden color. Or hydrangea blue, with that tinge of lilac. These blues are so joyful, unpretentious. Add a shawl / pashmina / chiffon scarf, and everything looks so feminine and finished.
But a lot of blues say country to me. Not so much aqua, which is more tropical or even sort of ironic, but deeper ones too. Even cobalt, which is seeing a lot of play in fashion magazines right now and is very interesting. Check out below for some sage / cornflower / cobalt photos that jumped out for me. Whatcha think? Any of these would look beautiful with shasta daisies, maybe mixed with some yellow gerbers or mini-suns or a few yellow or white roses.
Credits, Row 1: Pale sage gowns, Katieincolor. Beautiful blue bridesmaids, Emily Iafrate.Periwinkle bridesmaids, bemore_active. Row 2, cobalt bridesmaids, MissyDeRoy. Cobalt & yellow table stylings, ArtsyMomma.
Anyone know a good website for buying hot pink and orange silk gerbers? I am getting married 8/30 and our colors are hot pink ornage and black.
Shasta I think - the ones which are really country and quite rustic looking - white with yellow centres. Do you think a gold colour is too autumnal for a July wedding? Will gold go at all? mmmm. I really don’t know!
Kat, Shasta (white & yellow daisies) or gerbers? :-?
Lynsey, some pink & orange pics for you (wow, it took me a while … !)
Definitely check the credits below, the top two photos are from Brides Melissa & Rob, a pink and orange wedding with lots of gerbers, just gorgeous.
What I get out of these … pink & orange gerber bouquets look even more beautiful with a few non-gerber touches, like kermit mums, gloriosa liles, tiger lilies, roses … in complementary shades. Or, FlowersByMegan’s approach is lovely, she did the two bo-ks on the bottom left. I think they look so fresh with the white gerbers intermixed, the bear grass and that bold aqua ribbon.
Click on credits to see more of these weddings! Top row, Melissa & Rob from Brides, "flower-strewn path" by Naiwag. Row 2, bright blooms from WeddingChannel, gerbers on cake from sweetpea515, wheatgrass & daisies from Riona. Row 3, Iracema’s Gerbera Daisy Wedding by FlowersByMegan, Kiss in the Distance by Captured Soul Photography.
I’m thinking of a daisy themed wedding as we’re having it in the summer and in a beautiful oak beamed barn - so it’s country chic all the way! I have no idea what colours to put the bridesmaids in though! Any ideas? Yellow might be a bit too bright.
Hi Jenn, sage and pink look so wonderful together! You can’t go wrong. Bridesmaid gowns are a big block of color, this will surround you at the altar, so pick the one that you really want to see a lot of.
If you’re a pink girl at heart you will def. want your bridesmaids to be pink, but if you’re more drawn to the cooler, toned-down sage or if it’s “natural” colors of the garden that really define your wedding, sage’s the one to go with.
You could also see if a particular dress really makes you fall for it, and then see which color you like it better in, pink or sage.
A third possibility is to pick a quiet neutral for your girls, like champagne or latte. Add a sage or pink sash and some pink gerbers to carry and it will tie in perfectly. A delicate, sweet look, see a pale pink and champagne wedding for an idea of how this might come off.