Bridal bouquet question

[midnightrae]

How much did you pay for your bridal bouquet? What did you do with your bouquet after the wedding?

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I had silk flowers at my first wedding and the whole thing was like $40.  I had a total heart attack yesterday when I looked up the prices for real bouquets. The one I want is $219.   Thank goodness all we need this time is my bouquet and 2 bouts for FI and DS. And hopefully this thread will either knock some sense into me or show me that it's  sadly reasonable.

[Deleted]

I have no idea.

All I remember is that I paid $2000ish for all flowers for a wedding with 251 people.

[snickers]

Probably around $75 for gerbera daisies

[Deleted]

I have no idea to either question.

I'm obviously sentimental.

[midnightrae]

Jul 8, 2013 19:33:21 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

I don't remember.

My mom actually dried the flowers and put them in some glass bulb Christmas ornaments.

I LOVE that idea. 

[donutsmakemegonuts]

Don't remember the cost. It was all pink roses and I dried them and they are in a vase on a bookshelf in the living room

[Deleted]

I think $150 for all roses.

[jane6672]

I did my own flowers. Not sure how my much my bouquet itself cost.

I like flowers.

[TrickyBob]

Well, I paid $180 for my 2 bridesmaids and myself, plus extra for the tables. They were just gerbera daisies.

However, they never showed up. So we had to run out and buy silk gerbera daisies and such for everyone. And then my sweet neighbor cut all the blooms out of her garden and gave them to us to use.


When we got home after the wedding reception, there was a box on my back porch full of flowers. UGH!

I went around that night/next day and gave bunches to my neighbors/grandparents/parents.

[wambam]

$100, white roses. I threw it away post wedding.

[tizzy]

Mine came as part of our all inclusive package, so I don't know how much I paid, but H's aunt turned it into potpourri for me.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

I have no idea, I only remember that it was $1100 for just bouquets and boutineers for 6BMs, 6GMs, dads, moms, flower girls' headpieces and a bouquet for dh's grandparents. I tried to save it, but I did something wrong and it turned green.

[feistypants]

$200. Two dozen red roses with jeweled picks.

[mae141]

I did my own flowers and I paid about $250 total for 12 tables (I think?) and 3 bouquets.

My ILs took my bouquet home at the end of the night. SIL was trying to dry it, but didn't like how it was looking so she threw it away.

[midnightrae]

jane6672 and mae141
Was it hard to do your own flowers? Do you guys have any pictures you can show me?

[TemperanceBrennan]

I think my bouquet was $75 and it included a small one just like it to do the toss with (13 yrs ago). I tried to let the flowers dry, but they fell apart. I now have what is left in a clear bulb to use as a Christmas ornament.

[kirra]

I have no idea. It was part of the flower package.

I threw it away. It was in pieces anyway. When I threw it, my sister caught it, but my BIL's girlfriend really wanted it, and it came apart when they pulled it in different directions.

[pierogigirl]

All of my flowers were about $1600. I had the photographer take lots of pictures. I threw away the bouquet, but kept the wrap and jewels.

[nsl]

I think mine was around $125, but I'm probably just pulling that number out of my ass. I gave it to our 8 year old niece, mostly because it didn't really mean that much to me in the grand scheme of things and I knew I would have freaking loved something like that at her age. It was a good decision.

[lucky513]

mine was included in the total flower price I dried mine and its now in a cabinet

[lilafowler]

Mine was part of the package...it's sitting smooshed and dried up in our china cabinet as we speak...almost 7 years later.

[BaliHai]

$110 (unsure about the BM bouquets, since my SIL bought the flowers for those and put them together) and the hotel staff threw them all away when they cleaned our room the next morning.

[lilafowler]

[Moe]

Too much for something that I specifically said I didn't want.

But admittedly I didn't care too much.

At least the centerpieces were exactly what I wanted.

So..

[revolution]

bridal bouquet? nothing after they refunded my money. the florist hadthe right date (and i found out later written correctly on the calendar there) but they forgot that day to do my flowers. they showed up after i called them and they barely made it in time for the wedding. And the fuckers had all pink carnations they threw togther and i was supposed to have all dark pink roses. i dislike.carnations a lot.

[bornbaker]

I don't remember exactly how much for my bouquet, but all of the boutiners (sp?) for the groomsmen, family, bouquets for bridesmaids, myself, etc came to about $750.

I was going to have mine preserved - but my mom's cat ate and destroyed my bouquet.

[revolution]

And my ugly bouquet is dried and in my basement.

[RoxMonster]

I have no clue how much my bouquet was. I only remember the total cost for all the florals.

I tossed it after the wedding.

[Yankees21]

It was $120 ish for gerbera daisies, roses, and garden roses. I meant to keep it, but accidentally left it in the car while we were on our honeymoon.