Calla Lily Weddings

The Calla Lily has religious significance and has been referred to as Archangel Gabriel’s flower because of it’s resemblance to a trumpet.   The white of the Calla Lily is seen to represent purity and faith which is why it has also long been associated with the Virgin Mary.

The white, purity is also in keeping with a traditional white wedding hence the use of Calla Lilies in bridal bouquets to start with.

Luckily you can use the Calla Lily with a number of different colors in a bouquet as it is a flower that matches most other flowers.   Calla Lilies themselves are also available in a number of different colors as well, although I’m referring to the white Calla Lily in this article.

When one of my friends got married her bridesmaids all had a single Calla Lily as their flowers and the sheer simplicity of that looked absolutely awesome.

Basically any theme, any colors, any location the Calla Lily will look fantastic as part of your wedding.

Besides floral arrangements there are other ways of incorporating the Calla Lily into your wedding, the first is with the wedding stationery.

Besides the wedding bouquets and floral arrangements there are other ways in which you can incorporate the Calla Lily into your wedding such as with the ring pillow, guestbook and pen for signing your wedding certificates.

As I’ve previously said the Calla Lily matches so many different colors that you really can use any colors in your décor and incorporate a lot of different styles as well.   There are different touches you can add to give a nod to the Calla Lily though.

Calla Lily candles are awesome and they can be placed as a centrepiece in some tables while you can have some potted Calla Lilies in your wedding colors as centrepieces on other tables and vases of single Calla Lily on yet other tables – this helps to break up the décor so that people don’t get overwhelmed by the Calla Lilies and it also allows them to shine even more.

Place card holders can be used in your wedding colors or, if you’re already using the tablecloths and napkins in your wedding colors you could use Calla Lily designed place card holders which are gorgeous.

Calla Lily Wedding Cakes
Calla Lily Wedding Cakes are beautiful and you can achieve a gorgeous looking wedding cake using gum paste Calla Lily cake decorations or non-edible Calla Lily Wedding Cake Toppers which you can then keep as a momento.

You can also give a range of different Calla Lily inspired wedding favors away to your guests and there are lots to choose from.   Most wedding guests, however, don't really use a lot of wedding favors that they recieve and instead they are popped away in a drawer or cupboard.   That's why I think edible wedding favors are a great idea.

I don't know many people who can resist chocolate and you can easily get some personalized chocolate wrappers made like this one here -

Then again there's also the popular idea of a candy buffet at weddings and giving your guests bags or boxes to fill before they leave...........why do I never get invited to those weddings :(

There are lots of alternatives for Calla Lily wedding favors from bookmarks to candles and more, you can find a few to browse at on Amazon.

There are lots of reasons for holding a Calla Lily wedding from the myths surrounding how the Calla Lily came in to being to the esteem ancient civilizations held it in.   Different cultures have held the Calla Lily up as a symbol of many things from hidden lusts to chastity, from the winter solstice to purity and more.

Personally I just love the look of the Calla Lily and I think it’s because it wouldn’t look out of place in fantasy art – there’s just something so simple and yet so mysterious about the flower.

Wedding Color Themes
Choosing a theme for your wedding can be hard - do you go for a color theme or something else like a beach theme or do you go for both? One of the easiest ways to think about your wedding is to think of your favourite color and look at what goes with it, sometimes another theme will emerge and sometimes you'll just have a color theme like aqua and black or light pink and brown.

An Aqua Wedding
If you're thinking of having an aqua wedding then you are following one of the hot wedding color trends for 2012 and you're in great company. There are so many different color combinations that you can have with an aqua wedding that it's hard to know where to start. Put your feet up, make yourself a drink and let's look at how we can incorporate the color aqua into a wedding of your dreams.

Aqua & Red Wedding
If you've decided that you want your wedding colors to be aqua and red then you're in for a gorgeous looking wedding. On this webpage I've compiled as many things as I could think of to help you plan your perfect aqua and red wedding day.

Red and White Wedding Ideas
Red and white is a great combination for a wedding as it combines the red for the passion you feel for each other and the white for the purity of the love between you - talk about a romantic wedding theme.