I wrote in my book about the tiny white spider I found in my bouquet on my wedding day, but I love this idea:

Virginia added a small crystal spider to her rose bouquet. I love this as a way to add a subtle and playful accent on a more traditional floral arrangement.

And jeez who knew that there were so many options when it comes to crystal spiders.

Thanks to photographer Michael Andrews for sending us some unique floral inspiration from Simi Valley based florist, Flowers by Susan…

We've seen feathers and flowers before, but who knew what a great addition colored sticks of rock candy would be to floral arrangements!? Well… apparently Susan did. Yay Susan! These "rock." [Editor's Note: HARDY HAR HAR, MEGAN. You so punny! -Ariel]

To see more examples of both Michael and Susan's work, click over to Michael's blog for more floral photography.

I'm not even sure what to call this style of bouquet, as I've simply never seen anything like it. It's sort of an extreme cascade, or maybe a double crescent? Any florists in the house want to help me describe the style? Regardless of what it's called, it's damn dramatic and unlike any I've seen elsewhere…

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I'm sure I'm biased because the floral centerpieces at our wedding consisted of flowers from my aunt's garden arranged in a mishmash of old vases and mason jars, but I just love this photo of a niece acting as florist at Sarah Jane & Esther's recent "not-wedding" in Melbourne, Australia.

Also, am I the only one who got choked up at this shot of the brides?

Lots more photos over here, and OBT members can pester Esther with more questions over here.

Professional florist and member of the Offbeat Bride Tribe Tiffany Saul aka. Ragdoll shares with us 15 insider tips that florists don't want you to know! Oh and PS: All photos in this post are from the Offbeat Bride Flickr pool — click the photo if you want to learn more about the flowers pictured.

So I am a florist who strictly does wedding work, cake toppers, centerpieces, floral dog collars, and the usual, all for brides on limited budgets. I was visiting a friend of mine at her work (a big money sucking floral shop) and I over heard some things that I could not believe.

A bride was doing a consultation and the florist she was talking to kept trying to "up-sell" or downgrade every idea the bride had! There was nothing wrong with her ideas at all, except for the fact that they wouldn't put enough money in the florist pocket. It was sick. But the sickest part about it was that the bride agreed with every bad idea that the money hungry florist said. By the time my friend finished her lunch break, her coworker added at least a couple hundred more dollars to the unsuspecting bride's budget.

So I felt that I needed to share some tips with you. Tips from an honest, budget friendly florist:

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