jane6672 and mae141 Was it hard to do your own flowers? Do you guys have any pictures you can show me?
I loved doing my own flowers. Everyone told me not to, but I was so glad I did. It was like a stress reliever for me the day before the wedding. I ordered some flowers online, and bought some at Trader Joe's and Costco for a little more variety. I used hosta leaves from my mom's garden for greenery in the arrangements. I got tons of compliments on them and it was probably my favorite part of my wedding. The bouquets were probably the hardest part, but really not that difficult at all.
I did have boutonnieres and corsages made at the grocery store floral department.
Here's my bouquet and one of the centerpieces. I used silver (plated) pieces from thrift stores for vases for the centerpieces. I just wrapped a little bit of white ribbon around the stems in my bouquet.
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
Post by sawyerthedestroyer on Jul 8, 2013 20:51:18 GMT -5
$20ish. I bought a bunch of silk flowers at Michael's and wrapped a wide ribbon around the stems and glued pearls to the ribbon. It's in my china cabinet because I don't know what else to do with it.
Don't mind the fact that my dumbass forgot to take the hair tie off of my wrist.
Post by thoseareradishes on Jul 8, 2013 20:52:11 GMT -5
I went to a local farmers market where one of the vendors sold mixed flower bouquets. I bought like 10 of them, for I think $60? One I used for my bouquet, two were for my bridesmaids, and the rest were for the tables. I kept mine until it died.
Post by poisonkisses on Jul 8, 2013 20:59:19 GMT -5
I paid $100 for a bunch of random colourful flowers (same idea as the pic BaliHai posted), I absolutely loved it but I let the woman who caught it at the bouquet toss keep it. She kept trying to give it back to me, but I'm not sentimental enough to have done anything with it.
jane6672 and mae141 Was it hard to do your own flowers? Do you guys have any pictures you can show me?
I'd done flowers for several weddings (just friends/acquaintances), so I felt comfortable doing it, and knew I would enjoy it.
It saved a bundle - I think flowers for all the bouquets, boutonnieres/corsages the cake, and table arrangements were less than $400 (but, all the flowers were pretty simple: roses and carnations, greenery. Lillies and such cost a lot more). I ordered through Sam's Club.
It was part of our floral package deal which was about $2500. I don't remember the specific breakdown. After the reception, we stopped by the cemetery and I placed it on my grandfather's grave.
well well well. look what the knot saved for me! my budget!!! we didn't spend shit on flowers. just simple bouquets, bouts and centerpieces. really simple
Bride's Bouquet $60.00
Bridesmaid Bouquets $45.00
Groom & Groomsmen Boutonnieres $16.00
Additional Boutonnieres & Corsages $50.00
Reception Decorations & Centerpieces $370.00
SUBTOTAL $541.00 SUBTOTAL $541.00
I still have my bouquet in a box with my rehearsal bouquet (roses made out of tissue paper from my shower)
I think I budgeted 425$ or so. That was what we signed on. I wanted small bouquets. There were 6 BM, 1 flower girl, myself, some corsages, maybe 10 bouts?
The bill was much higher the day of, I was so mad. It was done by a friend of MIL.
We got a refund for the difference by the time we got home from our HM.
I gave the bouquet to my cousin who caught it. She brought it to school for show & tell the following week.
The florist at Whole Foods did our bouquets, mine was peonies & white hydrangea, my MOH's was blue hydrangea. It was $40 total.
I lost my bouquet somewhere between leaving the reception and our suite. Pretty sure I left it in the Waldorf=Astoria bar after enjoying my free martinis.
All of my flowers, 500 black magic roses were ordered online and I got them for super cheap. I did all Of the bouquets and bouts and centerpieces with them. I grabbed 24 of them for my bouquet and tied ribbon around them. So it cost me maybe about $25. I was a super duper DIY bride and even made my own invitations and veil. I kept the bouquet in my china hutch after drying the flowers.
I have no idea how much the bouquet cost...probably in the $100 range? Out whole flower budget was like $1000 for everything, but I don't remember how it broke down. I threw the bouquet away...no reason to keep it. We didn't do a bouquet toss or anything....
I think mine is in my siggy. It was a huge bunch of peonies. I think it cost $100 or so since the flowers were in season. The cost either way wouldn't bother me since it was something I loved.
I believe mine was in the $100 range, but I can't remember exactly as it was part of the whole bill for all the flowers. And I have no idea what happened to it. I think my mom might still have it at my parent's house as I believe she took it home with her...but I could be wrong.
it was calla lillies and I shat myself when the hotel said they'd have to have them flown in from the US (wedding in Jamaica) so considering that, they were an absolute bargain
We stayed at the hotel another two weeks after the wedding so we kept them in our room. I dried a couple of flowers in a book but never remembered what book that was so I guess they're still in there on my shelf.