10/22/2009
Black Wedding Flowers Do I dare do my OWN flowers - Bouquets???
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Do I dare do my OWN flowers - Bouquets???

Hello,

Soooo I have been looking around at florists in the city and WOWWZZAS!!!! Crazy expensive...

And well if you have been reading my blogs I have been watching very carefully what I am spend... I don't have the biggest budget, so I have been looking at cost effective ways of saving money... Plus I do want to be "Green" lol
And flowers wow...

Realistically I would like to find a local flower dealer to buy my flowers from and then do the centerpieces and bouquets and everything... well with help from my beautiful bridesmaids and a few friends... My friend Allison has taken some classes and she knows what she is doing (for my birthday last feb. she made me a tiny bouquet - LOL - she's the best) So Allison has already offered to help with the flowers... so that’s GREAT... and really I think we can get them all done... - of course I think we will do a little mock up of the bouquets.
BUT... now it's just finding a place to buy flowers locally.
My mom's friend used to grow and sell flowers - originally I was going to buy from her..... But she doesn't grow flowers no longer....
Sooo I am back to square one... Hmmmmm,...
I was thinking of growing to the local farmers market to see if I could work out something with one of the flower vendors there...
Do any of you WBC brides have any ideas of where I could go?
And are any of yours attempting to do your own flowers??
Or if you have any ideas or advise it would be very welcomed!

Thanks Bunches Ladies! And Happy Thursday! YAY the week is almost over!!!

Courtneykins : )
flowers, diy, receptions, centerpeices, bouquets
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sweetlatina's Purple wedding
sweetlatina
 |  West haven, CT, USA  |  10/22/2009  | 
You can check out flower wholesalers in your area :)
slbakerbride's Blue wedding
slbakerbride
 |  Calgary, AB, Canada  |  10/22/2009  | 
Well i am a Budget bride too and I want to attempt to do my own flowers too!

the wholesalers may help as sweetiatina said!

Good luck darlin!
misstoni26's Blue wedding
misstoni26
 |  Sarnia, ON, Canada  |  10/22/2009  | 
There are some grocery stores (or Costco) that have very reasonably priced flowers (just like a florist just in a grocery store) so they do it all (wedding bouquets etc). They are soooooooo much cheaper because they are not a actual florist but trust me, I'm doing the same thing because although my wedding budget is great, hey if I can do it cheaper........lol!!! For all boutonnieres, all bouquets (including my throw away bouquet), the flower girls' basket, the parents' of the bride & grooms corsage and a few flowers for the ceremony, we were quoted $400 and I have 12 ppl in my bridal party!  Check it out, you never know! Good Luck and Congrats!
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3rdtimebride
 |  Ottawa, ON, Canada  |  10/22/2009  | 
Your in Ontario, so check out Loblaws Super stores,
  They have great deals and they actual have certified florests who do the wedding packages. Thats where I plan to go.....
blkbutterfly's Pink wedding
blkbutterfly
 |  Killeen, TX, USA  |  10/22/2009  | 
I found out the many grocery stores are much cheaper than the florist and they can get them in BULK for you!! Check around with your local stores.
s00n2bemrsb0lton's Blue wedding
s00n2bemrsb0lton
 |  Hayward, CA, USA  |  10/22/2009  | 
I'm going to do my own bouquets and centerpieces too.

My sister has a neighbor who is a florist..and she's going to instruct us on what to do and where to get the supplies from.

Good luck!
kristah's Green wedding
kristah
 |  Surrey, BC, Canada  |  10/22/2009  | 
A florist will probably charge a lot more than a place like 50flowers.com, costco or flowerswholesale.ca.
I wanted huge dahlias for my centerpieces, so I looked up dahlia clubs in the area and it listed some of the local farmers.
I called one of them and she gave 100 huge blooms for $40, they would have cost me $500 if I had ordered through my sister. (she's a florist, and that was without any extra charges).

If you want a unique flower, definitely call around to clubs and farmers, if you want more standard flowers like roses, gerbers or hydrangea you can't beat costco.
futuresmrst's Black wedding
futuresmrst
 |  USA  |  10/22/2009  | 
I'm not sure if you have Sams Club up there but they also do bulk flowers really really cheap and they look absolutely amazing!

I went with real touch silk flowers since peonies are so hard to get in December plus i can make them ahead of time and they look soooooo pretty! I just finished my bridal bouquet and sent the picture to one of my girlfriends to see what she thought of it...she replied "i thought you were going with silk flowers????"

She thought my silk bouquet was actually real....that's how nice some of the real touch flowers are. You might want to check in to them. Doing your own arrangements in the last 2 days before the wedding can be very very stressful and you will already have enough on your plate without playing florist! If you do decide to go with real flowers and the DIY approach more power to you and good luck!
courtneykins's Black wedding
courtneykins
 |  Toronto, ON, Canada  |  10/27/2009  | 
WOW Thanks to all you ladies for the advise - I am going to check out Metro (A&P) and Costco... and I'm also going to see the ladies who have stands at my local farmers market,.,,

Thanks for all the great advise girls I will make sure to post again once I found out what the heck I'm gonna do!!! BIG THANKS!!!
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