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By LAUREL SCOTT

Democrat Staff Writer

Flowers form an integral parr of any wedding ceremony, setting the style and mood tor the event long before the bride and groom make their appearances.

Wouldn’t it he nice to he able to recapture that feeling years afterward with a breathtaking wedding bouquet you can keep forever.'

In the modern age, many brides who are both sentimental and sensible choose to decorate with "permanants" dried arrangements of natural flowers, or blooms fashioned in 'ilk.

Resent trends in wedding floral decoration have run the gamut of history's i onttthuf loti'." from rile .i.is'K I neli'h \ ivtoil.in r "e bouquet t \rt 1 V. i v ail.I like', and wen trc'lih picked cloyet induildfi I. wet'

Aifno't an\ of rhe'e (lowers can be specially dried tor arrangement purposes, or reproduced realistically in the mi i't delicate . I fabrics.

What's the appeal.’ (dearly, longevity 'trikes many as the most important plus.

With silk and dried flowers, a bride has a keepsake memento of that special day not only tor herself and future generations, but for her bridesmaids and other family members as well.

Of the two, silk flowers are by tar the more common, and are readily available at most area florists’ shops.

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