Instagram-able Alternative Wedding Flower Trends in 2019 to Watch Out For

Whether we’re talking about a wedding arch of ivory roses, a beautiful bridal bouquet of elegant calla lilies, or a thoughtful centrepiece of hydrangeas - flowers are the icing on the cake to a perfect wedding day. While fresh flowers add a definite touch of beauty to a wedding, we can’t help but notice an increasing number of adventurous brides who are thinking outside of the box and opting for alternative options to adorn their venue or themselves.

Planning the ideal wedding flowers takes time and careful measure, and choosing the non-floral path is a bigger risk you’ll have to consider. Not sure where to start? We think it’s good to have a venue and theme in mind already, and then visualising how your idea would look like.

Let’s imagine that you’re all set to have a destination wedding in the charming city of Hanoi, Vietnam - rich with Southeast Asian, Chinese and French influences. Located in the heart of the old city is the neo-classical, luxury hotel of Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi. The hotel offers a variety of venues to suit whatever theme you have in mind, so pick one and we’ll tell you which Instagrammable wedding flower alternative you can try:

A touch of elegance with paper creations

Your venue: A classy ballroom with floor-to-ceiling windows and cascading chandeliers
Your theme: Vintage elegance
Our recommendation: Paper flowers

The Thang Long Hall provides the perfect backdrop for your ‘vintage elegance’ wedding theme - think Victorian lace wedding dresses that would fit right in with the English Royalty.

Add some playfulness and bright pops of colour to your wedding décor with paper flowers. Not only are they flexible and can be incorporated in wedding bouquets, backdrops and centrepieces, these affordable creations look anything but cheap. Create a whimsical bridal bouquet by using delicate crepe paper to simulate the graceful fragility of real flower petals, and mixing in metallics like gold and silver for the fairytale effect.

You can also play around with giant blooms to add an eye-catching feature to your event! Wedding backdrops using paper flowers are quickly catching on ever since Kim Kardashian and Kanye’s epic flower wall. Having one at your wedding is definitely going to set you back a lot of moo-lah. Instead, grab your crafty bridesmaids, some scissors and glue and build one yourselves for a fun, bonding activity before the wedding.

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A deliciously beautiful green twist

Your venue: A lush garden
Your theme: A rustic, nature lover’s affair
Our recommendation: Swap out the flowers for fruits and vegetables

Love the outdoors or nature? Chances are you’d opt for a venue like Le Balcon, a 100 square metre open-air garden, furnished with classic park benches where your guests can enjoy sweeping views of the hotel’s inner courtyard.

For something a little extraordinary (and environmentally friendly), why not try carrying a unique fruit and vegetable bridal bouquet instead while you walk down the aisle? Bursting with bright colours and textures, you can even incorporate local produce like lychee and okra to pay homage to your host country.

On your dining tables, add a pop of something unexpected and redefine the phrase ‘farm-to-table’ eating by using fresh, seasonal vegetables that your guests can snack on (just have the hotel kitchen prepare an assortment of yummy dips). We guarantee that your guests will be talking about your table adornments for years to come!

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Airy, feathery delights

Your venue: An opulent hall with high ceilings
Your theme: Gatsby-inspired glam
Our recommendation: Glitzy feathers

Nothing exudes glamour better than Le Veranda - a multi-purpose venue fashioned in a sophisticated palette of maroon, indigo and mahogany. Overlooking the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi‘s landscaped pool and lush garden grounds, you and your guests are bound to enjoy an evening of splendour.

If the bejewelled 1920s vibrancy is what makes your heart beat, then we think you should definitely incorporate feathers in your bouquet, boutonnières and venue decorations. Feathers offer your guests a unique tactile experience, less expensive, and can create a big impact without requiring large quantities (they’re also less likely to trigger allergies if this happens to be a legitimate concern for you and your groom).

Use them in a space with high ceilings so that the feathers don’t make space feel small. Less is definitely more (you don’t want to look like Mother goose) and stick to muted, pastel feathers for a dreamy look.

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Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Your venue: A glass house, or a shady canopy
Your theme: Modern and whimsical
We recommend: Colourful umbrellas

Did you know that Hanoi actually experiences four seasons? If your wedding takes place during spring between February and April, a stately European glass house like L’Orangerie would serve as the perfect venue for your special day. Enjoy the best of the spring breeze by exchanging wedding vows at the picturesque hotel garden in the late afternoon, and then duck into the shade of the glass interior to party the evening away.

Swap out the flowers for the best accessory for you and your bridal party to carry in this setting - an umbrella! Umbrellas are a sign of good luck in many cultures, and they do double duty as a photo prop and weather protection. Colourful umbrellas or paper parasols offer a beautiful and fun way to dress up both your bridal party and your venue. In the evening, hang them from the glass house ceiling or canopy to add a pop of colour to otherwise neutral nuptials. As a bonus, these umbrellas would also make a great wedding favour for your guests to remember your special celebration.

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