Boutonnieres for bridegroom, best man, usher, father of the bride and father of the groom. Corsage, wrist corsage or arm bouquet for the mothers of bride and groom. At the ceremony, flowers for altar, pews, and the church's main entrance. At the reception, centerpieces for the head table and arrangements for the tables for guests, for buffet and cake tables. Thank-you arrangements for parents, honored guests and the bridal consultant.
Flowers are a very important part of the setting.
Barillo offers some cost-cutting advice in choosing flowers for a wedding. She recommends the couple consider forgetting flowers for the pews and concentrate on the flowers for the altar, since it is the focal point of the ceremony. She also recommends choosing altar flowers that can double at the reception. She also suggests a bride make her own hand-tied bouquet using homegrown flowers or buying blooms from a wholesale florist. In place of bouquets, she said, attendants could carry baskets decorated with ribbons or prayer books or fans.