Coordinating Flower Girls for Your Perfect Wedding
Are you planning on having Flower Girls? Or do you have children in the family who you
would love to include in your wedding?
Whether you are blending two families together, have darling
nieces or a girlfriend has a sweet daughter who you want to be a part of the
festivities, there are many ways to include children in your wedding.
Three Roles for
“Flower Girls”
The most popular position for children is “Flower Girl”. However, there are really three distinct
roles for little girls in your wedding – which one(s) appeal to you most?
- Flower
Girl – a child attendant wearing a child-like dress in either Tea or
Formal length who usually carries either a basket of petals to strew on
the aisle or path announcing the arrival of the Bride.
- Miniature
/ Jr. Bride – a child dressed like a bride. This role comes from medieval times as a
decoy to lure evil spirits away from the Bride to avoid a curse on the
marriage. She may wear a
miniaturized version of the Bride’s gown (perhaps the Bride’s gown
manufacturer or custom dressmaker can accommodate) or a wedding-style gown
complete with train and flowing headpiece.
She carries a bouquet.
- Jr.
Brides Maid – while not really an official title, older girls certainly
prefer this designation. These
young ladies are usually dressed to coordinate more with the Brides Maids
rather than in a full, fluffy little girl’s dress.
You can select one – or all!
Their attire can be beautifully coordinated. Color is an important key.
Selecting the
Colors
White or ivory dresses are the most popular (always
coordinated with the color of the Bride’s gown). But color can be gorgeous! There are many
alternatives; consider the following:
- A white or ivory dress and add a sash in a color
close to the color of the Bride’s Maids dresses. It may be possible to order extra fabric from
the company where you order the Bride’s Maids’ dresses to have sashes made
up. Or, you can select a similar color
from a child’s dress company; matching isn’t often that important – get them
close or contrasting (see below). Or,
you can be very wide double-faced satin ribbon in the right color for the
sashes.
- A white or ivory flower-petal filled dress. Select flower petals in the color of the
flowers everyone will carry or the color of the Bride’s Maids’ dresses. It is not necessary to have an exact match;
the fabric of the dress holding the petals is considered a “buffer” that
diffuses color and can help many different shades go well together.
- Order Flower Girl dresses from the same company
– at the same time from the same dye lot – as the Bride’s Maids dresses.
- Have all the dresses – Flower Girls and Brides
Maids – made custom from the same fabric from the same dye lot to insure a
match.
- Select a beautifully coordinating color for the
Flower Girls. A dark navy blue theme
wedding could look gorgeous with little ones in a lighter shade of blue while burgundy
weddings may look stunning with pink; -- or – dress the children in the color
of the flowers everyone will be carrying.
Any of these approaches can produce a stunning result.
How Many Flower
Girls?
We are frequently asked “how many flower girls can I
have?”. The only right answer is – any number that you wish! Do you want one? Three?
Six?
There is no limit.
There is no requirement. You
don’t have to have any – you can have as many as you want for your perfect
wedding.
Many Brides feel that it is easier to have a darling group
of little girls who are delighted to be in the wedding and will be charmed by
any dress she selects rather than a group of adults who all have their own
opinions about everything.
Or you can have them all!
The choice is yours and ruled only by your vision of your perfect
wedding.
About the Author: Written by the Wedding Coordination staff at
The Perfect Pear Children’s Boutiques – special occasion clothing boutiques for
infants, children and juniors all available from one main website: www.theperfectpear.com.
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