Love the idea of bringing the turquoise in with a ribbon! And your flower options sound really pretty!
I can't take credit for the pomander/bowl idea, another BDW bride gave me the idea first! Here's what hers looked like. I am using Tai Flora, but they are also the florist used by Secrets. So if you get a proposal from Secrets it's actually Tai Flora. I reached out to Tai Flora a couple months ago so by the time I got contacted by Secrets to make all of my choices for food, music, cake, flowers, etc. I already had a proposal for the flower portion ready to go. They are providing us with:
- two post archway with purple fabric (I bought some online and will bring it with me) and crystals ($500) It'll look like this, but there won't be those two pillars with flowers
- my bouquet of purple vanda orchids, purple hydrangeas, purple lisianthus, and purple calla lillies ($360)
- bridesmaid's bouquet of purple hydrangeas and purple calla lillies ($210)
- boutonnieres of purple calla lilies ($25 each)
- 10 pomander balls with deep purple and fuchsia carnations ($850)
It's not cheap but I decided I want real flowers so it's a splurge and I'm ok with it!