Sunflower Theme Weddings
Simply can't imagine your wedding without those bright punches of color that sunflowers bring to the table?You've got plenty of company!
This all-American flower ... so eloquent in traits like optimism and resilience ... beguiles brides across the country in settings that range from beaches to backyards, from alpine peaks to New England barns, and everywhere in between.
Sunflower Settings
You see sunflowers taking center stage in all kinds of weddings: Western shindigs, oceanside tents, or everywhere the couple wants to convey their carefree, sunny take on love and matrimony.This theme's also a favorite of bridal shower planners everywhere!
Complementary Colors
There's hardly a color scheme that doesn't suit the accommodating sunflower. For a softer look, we've seen it stun against pale yellow and champagne. But it also shines when combined with jewel tones like wine, navy blue or royal purple, which really brings out its gold tones.Fresh orange and white stripes look fabulous with this bloom, as do stylish newcomers to the bridal palette, like chocolate brown and celadon.
But for a modern and unforgettable take on sunflowers, pair them with shiny steel gray fabrics ... or a big, graphic, op-art style black and white wedding. Nothing sets off a bouquet of mini-sunflowers with more explosive appeal than a bridemaid's LBD (little black dress).
Fetching Floral Pairs
Of course, sunflowers can really sparkle when combined with other fetching flowers. Some bride-tested favorites — for combining with mini-suns in particular — include chocolate cosmos, yellow chrysanthemums, gerber daisies and Black Baccara or Black Magic roses.
More Center-Stage Touches for Sunflowers
How else can the unsinkable 'sun' lend a grace note to your wedding?Nothing else looks better than these substantial blooms when it comes to big, bright garlands. Drape over the front of the head table, or dress a birch or iron wedding arch to the nines.
Choose invitations with a cheery, letterpressed graphic interpretation (modern) ... or printed on beautiful hand-pressed papers (rustic).
If you're having a late-season backyard bash and a few months to plan, it's easy to grow a towering sunflower aisle for guests to wander through and admire.
A plush, oversized sunflower head and a pinned-on satin ribbon makes a one-of-a-kind ring pillow for your little bearer.
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'Sun'-suous Tables
The sporty sunflower fits right into almost any floral scheme, looking equally at home paired with exotic orchids or roses. But if you want to show off their beauty more directly, here are a few gorgeous settings for these rustic jewels.A simple hand-tied arrangement of full-size and mini suns looks stunning in buckets, vases or watering cans of galvanized metal. They're equally lovely in white painted pails or small stoneware milk jugs.
Unexpected accents that set off this bloom's beauty: twisted copper wire, heather or wheat, or green hypericum berries.
For a sweet Tuscan look, place a single large bloom in a beautiful olive-green wine bottle.
Or combine these blooms with sassy citrus fruit in containers: lemons or oranges, whole or cut, make the perfect pairing.
Romanticize your suns by surrounding with yellow and cream-colored rose petals on a sumptuous fabric base.
Finally, don't forget the water treatment! Single heads float beautifully in water features (bowls, fountains, pools). And for a casual, chic beach wedding, fill mason jars with blue-tinted water, topped with a small bouquet of these beauties.
I’m getting married next summer in western Kansas in a sunflower field. Bridesmades will wear knee length yellow dresses and cowboy boots and cowboy hats and the grooms men will wear jeans and boots and hats. i will also have cowboy boots on under my dress. the reception will be in a huge barn with hey and a tire swing. for the wedding pictures we will have the whole wedding party on horses and off next to the horses. its obviously original and very country western, feel free to plan off my main idea if you like it!
good luck future brides!
I used sunflowers and yellow roses. I tried to stay away from too much green. Here are some pictures.
Joshandtasha.shutterfly.com
I thought I pulled off sunflowers without a country feel. We used them in our invites, seating cards, favor tags and all the flower arraignments.
centerpieces
We had our invites made on zazzle. Our seating cards were made on vistaprint.
Tasha …you wedding looked sooo pretty, I loved the bouquets and the arrangements you had at your alter…they were really unique! thinking of stealing that idea ! lol
Thanks for the imput!
Awe, thanks! It was totally home made! We did all the bouquets, josh’s grandpa made our arch, his mom tied the sunflowers on it! The sticks we got at walmart and used a Martha Stewart template to glue paper roses on it! Saved us a lot of money.
I am getting married in August this year, I am an older bride, that grew up in the city, my fiance is a country boy, I am trying to combine our styles …My colors are pale yellow, champagne and just a touch of purple. My dress is actually yellow. Our flowers are sunflowers and daisies…some champagne roses. I am focusing on the daisies for the ceremony but want to feature sunflowers at the reception. Any suggestions on how to do this without it being overly rustic…I am having hard time finding a balance between city sofistication and country charm
Tamyra,
This link shows how a more streamlined country look can be done, using sunflowers.
Tamyra,
Oops! Hit send before I got done!
Real wedding…
http://bellafiori-events.blogspot.com/2010/04/flower-inspiration-rembrandt-yard.html
this is nice…
http://ohsobeautifulpaper.com/2009/08/real-invitations-jennifer-james/
so is this..
http://www.deartheresa.com/2009/10/sunflower-wedding.html
Aww… I did a sunflower/ country wedding! We got married in August so the whole area was covered in wild sunflowers, plus we had more than enough for decorations. We did old rusty coffee cans wrapped in bandanas and taffeta ribbon filled with the flowers for center pieces. We got marriend in front of our family chuck wagon covered in sunflowers. The best part was the food! We had good ‘ol BBQ brisket! We only spent around $1000 and our biggest expense was my dress and my husbands tux. What a wonderful day!!!
My niece is searching for “sunflower” or “marigold” color bridesmaid dresses with no luck…saw one someone used from J Crew but they have discontinued for now. Anyone have any ideas? Her weding is July 2011. Thanks for any input.
Karen,
* Dessy has them
I don’t know if you are still looking but have a look at the kelsey rose collection – every design and colour you could wish for!
my daughter is have her wedding in june and she is useing sunflowers and johndeere we found a dress at davids bridel that worked well.
Hi, I was reading your blog and found some interesting ideas. My wedding is 10/10/10 and the colors are chocolate and rust/burnt orange. I was thinking of using the “red tinted” sunflowers b/c they have an orange hue to them. Any suggestions? The bridesmaids dresses are chocolate and the groomsmen are wearing champagne/tan suits. Don’t really have a theme, but I love sunflowers and the meaning behind them. On a budget so I can’t splurge on tons of centerpieces and also, I don’t like lots of greenery. Thanks in advance
Montrell,
* look at this bicolor sunflower. I would use these with a mix of yellow sunflowers
Montrell,
* another arrangement
* with this tablescape. Very nice and minimal greenery.
Montrell,
* on this page is some pics
Montrell,
* here is a centepiece idea
* might like this
Montrell,
* love this keep flowers to a minimum and mason jar centerpieces.
Mason jars are all the rage now and not expensive!
I am having a wedding in two weeks with sunflowers. The guys are wearing chocolate colored shirts and the bridesmaids in tangerine…what do you think about the color scheme? Should the bridesmaids only carry a single sunflower with raffia or a boquet of some kind? ALso, any ideas on my bouquet? seating at the ceremony ( outside of course) and at the reception will be hay bales. I am taking suggestions on anything and everything at this point, PLEASE HELP!
Dusty Key,
* some pics
* more pics
Dusty key,
* love this
Dusty,
* some great pics here
You could have them carry a single sunflower with or without greenery. Something to make it fuller. Another thing you could do is add some tangerine flowers to the mix. Just a couple tangerine roses in the bouquets only. Or find a great yellow/orange striped satin ribbon for a bow and trailing ribbon. Then you could carry the sunflower bouquet and the centerpieces could be just sunflowers. I love the oomphed up bm bouquets. To me, a single flower is gorgeous but sometimes bm feel uncomfy, a fuller bouquet feels better when holding. I would ask them to see which they prefer.
I am getting married in sept and my theme is also sunflowers! i love them and i dont really know who to incorparate them in my wedding so that they dont look tacky! my BM dresses champange with chocolate organza overlay and my GM are wearing khaki pants with brown dress shirts and champagne ties. my dress is ivory and my groom is wearing an ivory tux! Please help!
Melissa,
* look at this
melissa,
* more pics
* real weddings
What color ties would the groomsmen wear with brown bridesmaid dresses on bridesmaids?
Charity,
What is your color scheme? They could wear a color tie/vest or brown or white/cream.
* ideas
* more ideas
These are absolutely amazing ideas!! Thanks so much ladies!
twinks,
*diy centerpiece, isnt this fabulous and chic!!!
could be done in cylinder vases too! just perfect and easy!
twinks,
i didnt know your colors or if your wedding was casual, rustic, modern??
so i made this board simple chic style very streamlined yet makes a statement, with simple elegance. the black bm dress has silver rhinestone band across bodice.
Stacy,
How do you make these idea boards? Wanted to post something but wasn’t sure how you were doing this.
Thanks!
I just got engaged and want to incorporate sunflowers in the wedding. im thinking dark red dark yellow, black and white…any suggestion?? i have no clue what im doing…. dress color…cake… ?
angie,
to keep it easy, plan the wedding as if you were a simple black and white wedding with deep red centerpieces except add sunflowers in the mix. here is a board i made. i have an xtra pic i thought would be the best inspiration for the centerpieces since you cant really tell there is red in the ones for the mood board i made. hope you like it!!
i love your motiff!!!
Hi Stacey, I hope you read this, ut I was looking for the dress in the picture on your inspiration board. do you have any more information on the picture?
Thanks,
Tasha
Tasha,
Which dress/board?
July 16th post/wedding dress: Jim Hjelm style 8709
black dress by: Amsale
October 12th post/wedding dress: Angelina at jane-yeh.com
Black dress by after six: bridesmaid dress style 6519
Tasha,
* several links for dress 8709
* more links
Stacey, thank you so much. I saw a picture of that bride online and have been searching for the dress by looking at dress sites one dress at a time. I was beginning to feel it was hopeless until finding this site! Thanks again, Tasha
Just a suggestion . . . if you are having an outdoor wedding, or
if you want to mark the driveway of the church or home where
you are having the wedding, consider using some of the nice
sunflower flags that are available. These are from http://www.justforfunflags.com.
Hi Ladies,
I, like many of you, am also planning a sunflower themed wedding. My Bridesmaids are wearing brown t length dresses from Jcrew and my guys are wearing black tuxes with sage green vests and ties. My current dilemma is what flower should I use for the guys’ boutineers? I am not a fan of big flowers for them, but have no idea what to use. It doesn’t have to be a sunflower. I’m flexible. Your help would be really appreciated! :)
ashley,
i would personally stick with a green foliage boutonniere. it would match the rustic and elegant beauty of the sunflower. perfect compliment!!
Stick with something simple and outdoorsy-ferns with an acorn, or even some pine or leaves (if it’s a fall wedding).
My niece is getting married in October and using Sunflowers and daisys. You could use daisy’s with some greenery or use sunflowers when they are very small, just starting to open.
Best wishes!
For a 6 minute video on how to make this cute arragement,
go to http://www.flowergod.com, click on summer floral arragements,
and then Lemonade Arragement.
I absolutely love sunflowers! It is the flower that i have chosen for my bridal bouquets. But is there a way that i can use the large flowers for say a center peice and the smaller ones for the bouquets?
jordan, yes that would be ideal. another option is you carry say 3 large sunflowers and let bm carry a single sunflower with ribbon
I am getting maried March 29, 2010 and we are having a country themed wedding at my father’s house. It isn’t a farm or anything, but we want to use hay bales for seating and we are going non-traditional with the cake, as we are thinking of doing individual Strawberry Shortcakes. We are wearin Blue Jeans and White Button-up Shirts. I want to incrporate Sunflowers, but what I have concerns about is the red in the shortcakes. Should I have the BM wear red shirts and forget about the sunflowers and change the flowers or use all four colors (blue, white, red and yelow)? Any help would be appreciated!!!
dawn,
the red in the shortcake s will add a old fashioned feel. i would not add the color anywhere else. with any party you will have food bringing in different colors; doesnt mean you need to add them to the color scheme. it will be perfect especially the “traditional” blend of colors that go in a country wedding!! smile. keep the sunflowers, if you do want to add a bit of red elsewhere then consider putting your favors in red bandanas. it would lend an xtra country feel to the wedding. bandanas are associated with “country” not just western. tie the ends or bunch it up and wrap with twine and voila a little red to the setting. i hope this helps!!
Don’t forget . . . .they have red tinted sunflowers!
They’re are many kinds. The only problem you may run
into is getting red sunflowers in March. Consider doing a
small arragement with silk red sunflowers for your dessert table that will tranision into your other decorations and flowers.
Or consider doing arrangements with both kinds. Check out your local nursery, talk with your florist, or go to your local craft store to get a look at what is available to you. Good Luck!
you should have you bridesmaids wear red & white flannel looking shirts and “daisy-duke” esque jean shorts with cowboy boots!!
that’d be cool!!!
Nice site, glad I ran into it. I’m getting married in 6 months & love sunflowers, so i would like to put them into the wedding. This site gives me lots of ideas.
i also love sunflowers!! getting married 10th of april 2010 in south africa on a farm. so it should be perfect!! so exciting!! any other ideas on sunflowers you have researched?? x
lou,
*sunflower real wedding
I’m getting married August 29, 2009 and I am using sunflowers. My bridesmaids are wearing chocolate brown. I was going to use dark red gerbera daisies for an extra punch but I’m on a small budget and am using silk flowers. So far I haven’t been able to find any silk geberas I like in the color I want. Do any of you have suggestions on either where to find high quality silk gerberas, another dark red flower that would compliment sunflowers, or another color altogether that would work with brown and yellow. My wedding is going to have a touch of a country feel to it was well with the centerpieces being mason jars with flowers and candles in them.
We may be planning the same wedding! Lol!!
hello can you help me girls, i’m getting married in 6 months and we’re planning right now…..pls give us some suggestions
E Hal,
See Silk Specialties
also google image silk gerbera daisy. if you are looking locally, you craft store should have beautiful gerbera daisies. but be careful, some silks can be hard on a budget too. have you considered just simple greenery and fake red berries? you could also add other berry sprays. check out blackberries, etc. they will lend a great color to your sunflowers and you should be able to get those in abundance budget friendly. another idea is instead of artificial greenery add fresh clipped greenery, from the woods or an abiding yard, in the mix. it will add a little something to your silks. its a popular concept now mixing real and silks. i personally love the berries and sunflowers what a country feel to it! i am from the country so our bouquets have these items and they are so welcoming and beautiful!
Hi.
If you go to any flower stall/market in your town centre, you can pick up gerbera for 50p each, might be worth asking them if they will do a discount for bulk orders. Or alternatively you could use chrysanthemum, cheaper and they have more longevity.
I personally, would go for white instead of the red. It will allow the sunflower to stand out and it will break up the bold blocks of colour. They’ll also look really cute and rustic in the mason jars.
I too am having a sunflower themed wedding this year. I can’t wait!
I hope you find a solution to your quandary soon!
Best wishes,
Tea
You can spray paint silk flowers any color you want. Find a good flower paint it any good color.
HINT test 1 first
Christy
TRY http://WWW.AFLORAL.COM. I BOUGHT ALL MY WEDDING FLOWERS FROM THERE AND HAD LESS THAN $150 IN ALL MY WEDDING FLOWERS. GREAT RESOURCE AND MINE WERE VERY HIGH QUAILITY!
AL BRIDES, HERE IS A GREAT WEBSITE FOR THIS THEME CHECK IT OUT!!
* Sunflower Wedding Theme: Summer/Fall Wedding Themes (in Yellow)
i thought this had alot of cute ideas for the reception.
I love theese ideas they r greta however I am getting married July 4,209 and need some ideas for my sunflower theme wedding if you all can help me please send some ideas and pictures to me.I will appreciate all the help I can get.
Hi Kami,
Here are a couple photos from my wedding….I used only sunflowers. I gave out sunflower seeds as the wedding favor from American Meadows (.50 per packet!!) Good luck! Stacy
Hey I also need all the ideas I can get from the invitations to right down to the decor and the cake. My wedding is on 26 September ’09. Just looking at the website has already made me fall in love a whole lot more with sunflowers
lea, google image sunflower wedding cake, then sunflower wedding invitations, you can also google image sunflower wedding bouquet then sunflower wedding decor. i was gonna pick and choose but they are all beautiful! it was just to hard!! i hope you find lots of ideas!! good luck!! for many more real weddings go to theknot.com and search sunflower wedding and check out the galleries.
*Kristi & Adrien in Orlando, FL
*Kristina & Anthony in Westhampton Beach, NY
*Real Sunflower Wedding! And Cheeseburgers In Paradise?!
heh brides just google image sunflower wedding. i also saw in a party book a simple sunflower wedding. the reception tables had white tablecloths edged in yellow with white plates utensils, glassware etc. and just laying down center of the table were sunflowers. it was really beautiful!!
Hi everyone! Planning a backyard wedding for 8/30/08. Trying to come up with unique party favors based around sunflowers. All tableware is in ivory. Bridesmaids in black. Only using sunflowers for centerpieces and bouquets. Thanks in advance for your ideas.
Stacy,
They have candied sunflower seeds you could give out in little packets. Another idea is sugar cookies decorated as sunflowers but this probably wouldn’t be as elegant as the rest of your wedding sounds. My mom did these when we were young. You use a round flat chocolate mint (junior mint?) for the center and candy corn for the petals. HTH!
This is really great! It’s just what I’ve been looking for! I really need some theme ideas for my wedding, you know. In fact, I never thought that there is such a thing as “Sunflower Theme Wedding” . I was even kind of hesitant to tell my wedding coordinator that I want a lot of sunflowers on my wedding day. So she was kinda asking me if it was already the theme. I said most probably, it is.
It all actually started with my niece and I coming up with a decision for a motif. Green is my favorite color; but which green? My niece suggested forest green with a touch of yellow. At first, I couldn’t visualize what she was saying so I asked her what exactly that color looks like. She reminded me of my dress I wore on her high school graduation day. Guess what? I loved that Sunflower dress! I wish I could also have my photo seen here, wearing that dress. he he…
Anyway, thank you so much, really. You’re such a big help. I might as well start planting sunflowers. I wonder how long it takes before it bears flowers, though. Is nine months just enough time to grow sunflowers? I’m getting married next year, in January.
Thanks again and more power!
I love early Oct. 2009 or Aug 2009, my favorite flower is sunflower. What should I pick as my colors? Help 43 years old adn never been married!!!!!!!!!!
Carmen, I’ve seen so many dress colors look stunning with sunflowers. A pale, butter yellow looks wonderful. But so do jewel tones, even steel gray. In fact there aren’t many colors that won’t look great with them.
Maybe check back there in a few days, I will try to post some gown and sunflower pics in the comments section. In the meantime what are your favorite colors? I bet your top choices would combine really well.
‘kay Carmen, I’m developing an infinite-seeming file of bridesmaids & sunflower pics, here is installment one for your delight!
I think this goes to show that there is no known color you can’t put with sunflowers, you might expect the colors to be ‘mostly autumn’ (brown, burgundy, rust) or mostly country (blue, periwinkle, butter), but the fact is, they are all over the map …. you have cobalt, black, persimmon … and all kinds of brides are using sunflowers!
So here are a few to start with. If you like any of these pics click on the credit below to see more of the wedding!
row one : 1) Gina’s wedding, 2) Kara & Shane, 3) Robin & Paul.
row two: 1) Mel & Dan, 2) Sophie & Lee, 3) Nate & Kate.
row three: 1) Darren & Marci, 2) Phil & Jo, 3) Jamie& Roz.
row four: 1) Kristian & Sarah (oh how I love this pic!), 2) Christine & Jason, 3) Meghan & James
Hi,
Great pics. I never thought I’d get sunflowers to match anything. However I now also love the colours of the bridesmaids dresses in pic 1 row 1 and pic 3 row 3 any way of finding out the colour.
Thanks nina
Personally, I am undecided whether to go with sunflowers or mango calla lilly flowers, but my colors are Brown tuxs with Tangerine bridesmaid dresses from Davids Bridal. I posted a pic
tina, dont change a thing! those sunflowers give it something unique. that is absolutely breathtaking!
also here is an example of both flowers, very nice!
* Fresh Touch Silk Wedding Flowers Bouquets
you could have girls carry either or (in your colors)then put both flowers in vases for centerpieces. make sure the calla lilies have that tinge of yellow in them! beautiful!!
Tina
Do you have more pictures? I would love to see more!
What season were these Tangerine Dresses from?? I love them & I don’t see them online @ David’s Bridal. I need 3 in size 4′s or 6′s by march 20, 2010, Help! Thank you!
believe they are from spring 2009
need help ..planning a summer back yard kitchen shower for my niece ..very upscale…looking for some ideas for centerpieces ..I bought pastel colored kitchen whisks, spat, that I would like to use for decorations need some idea…thank you
Hi Barbara, the first thing that comes to mind is take a galvanized watering can, say. Tuck in a casual bouquet of mini-suns, a few Circus roses, a few stalks of wheat. Then tuck spiraled copper wire (easy to bend) at the edges of the bouquet, at the same time creating snazzy “holders” for the various utensils so you can actually make them part of the centerpiece.
Then I’m seeing a beautiful, oversized sheer organza ribbon, patterned (gingham or color-blocked) tied in a bow to the watering can handle. For a less rustic look, change up the container. Use cobalt blue or graphic black & white crockery/vases.
If this is totally off the mark tell us more about your centerpiece needs
Why I am posting these, aside from the awesome, bold work on the cupcakes by Yummy Piece of Cake, which are a GREAT idea for sunflower weddings?
This shows how even a flower as rustic and relaxed as the sunflower can be ridiculously elegant in a creative setting. The pale yellow organza swags, the gold chivari chairs, the paper lanterns, the unexpected and wonderful chartreuse and cream floral arrangements — together it’s completely toney in a fresh way … fabulous.
I love wedding cakes that are just a little left-of-center or a little stripped down or just interpret ‘the usual’ in a slightly different way. Here are three awesome sunflower theme cakes that I think fit the bill.
1) I love this chunky boho style SO much! At its cutest here, with a really nice custom topper for an outdoorsy couple that loves to hike. By Tzila Cakes.
2) Love this cake! The designer OOZES talent. His cakes are exuberant but not even slightly cloying. Clearly, he loves draped fabric effects, architectural flowers and bold colors. He has a vision and he goes for it. (Sunflower brides probably should see his lace & gerbera cake too.)
3) This sweet and totally-not-fussy cake is from Sweet Pea Bakery. The clean lines just let us focus on those lovely colors and petals.
Bev,
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