When the flowers arrived, the preparation was easy! The person I talked to gave me great advice as far as prepping the calla lillies, he told me to only put them in 1-2 inches of water and change the water out and cut the stems every 24 hours, that way the bottom stems don't become mushy if they sit in deep water. This was great help! I did exactly what they told me and on my wedding day every single calla lilly looked beautiful! There wasn't one calla lilly that was damaged or wilted.

The Black/Dark Purple Calla Lillies are beautiful in color. I love the range that I got, which worked out perfect for me, as my colors were eggplant, raspberry purple, passion purple and black. I used the ivory calla lillies for my bridal bouquet and one single boutonniere for my husband.

The calla lillies alone made for very elegant bouquets! The arrangement was simple, it was inexpensive and looked gorgeous. I found that smaller bouquets for the bridesmaids looked better. I used 15 black/dark purple mini calla lillies in each bridesmaids' bouquet. I used 25 ivory mini calla lillies in my bridal bouquet, which was also perfect for me, the bottom part was a little bulky and I probably would have opted for less after seeing how elegant the bridesmaids' bouquets were.

We wrapped the stems from the very bottom to almost the very top with thick satin ribbon and then put pearl pins all the way. For my something old, I wrapped my two great grandmother's lockets around my bouquet and for my bridesmaids gifts, I bought them all lockets and had their initials engraved on them, then had each bridesmaid wrap their locket around the handle of their bouquet. It was very elegant and gave it a nice antique vintage feel, which was a theme throughout my wedding.

The boutonnieres for the men were one single calla lillie with the bottom stem, about one inch wrapped with a smaller ribbon. The mothers all got fancier boutonnieres, they each got 2 of the black dark purple calla lillies and then one ivory calla lilly. All three wrapped together the same way we did with the men's boutonnieres.

I had left over black, dark purple calla lillies so I place 3 in each centerpiece flower arrangement. Which were manzanita branches, painted silver, with a silver antique vase keep them in place. At the top of the vase, bottom of the branch we used dark purple and black carnations to fill the bottom and then inserted the 3 calla lillies. It was nice to do this because it broke up the carnations and added that touch that carried a theme throughout the wedding decor.