Flowers for weddings?

getting married on a budget. anybody had a wedding recently and provided the flowers themselves? how much would these sort of things cost. and whats the best way to organise it.if im doing it myself,rather than getting them delivered on the day. need some hints

Flowers for weddings?
I'm a straight bloke who happens to like flowers. Have done the table decs as a wedding present in the past. Get your friends and family to join in and u will all enjoy. It is your wedding with those who mean the most to the pair of you. Sod spending loads of money! A "budget".....................make your own special day of it! and all the flowers came from my garden, friends and from fields! And I got a s**g out it from an impressed bridesmaid!
Reply:the best thing you can do is go to a wholesale florist, of course you will be buying these items in bulk
Reply:This is a great way to go. I had my best friend do my flowers as my wedding gift, she has been arranging for a while. She bought the flowers wholesale at http://www.onlinewholesaleflowers.com they ship for free and have great wedding packages and how-to videos!
Reply:I just got married last month and my sister did my flowers. They are artificial but that just means I get to keep them. I think it only cost her like 50.00 for 3 of them. If you want I'll send you a pic
Reply:I would get some other friends/relatives to help you out. Here is a good site on organizing the flowers yourself---%26gt; http://www.cheap-chic-weddings.com/weddi...
Reply:depends on the theme
Reply:Since I don't know where you are getting married (i.e. in your home or outside in a garden, or at a small reception hall), how many guests you are having as well as how big your wedding party is, this is a hard one to answer.





The first thing to do is to decide what kind of bouquet you personally want to carry as the bride. Do you want something small and simple, with ribbons to accent the flowers and add some color? Imagine carrying uncut flowers with a ribbon tied around the center, for example. It's a natural look, and gives the impression that you cut the flowers yourself. Or, do you want a big, round bouquet with cut flowers that are placed in a holder? This has to be assembled. Do you want the bridesmaids to carry something similar? You have to consider the lapel flowers for the groom, the groomsmen, as well as your parents on both sides - corsages for the moms' (wrist or on the chest) and lapel flowers for the dads'.





The next thing to think about is how many guests you are going to have and how many tables you are providing for the reception itself. Do you want a centerpiece of flowers on each table, or perhaps a simple bud vase with a single rose in it? A large centerpiece of very colorful flowers gets costly. A centerpiece with one type of flower (carnations for example) is cheaper. A simple bud vase with one flower, or several cut flowers is cheaper.





Think about what you want and then shop around at the local florists in your area to find out what they can provide for you and your budget. You can figure out your budget for this based on the prices you will get from the florists and go from there.





As for doing it yourself, and with specific reference to the flowers, my advice is DON'T. You can do the wedding and the reception at home if you want, which is what my husband and I did when we got married 6 years ago, but we hired a florist to take care of our wedding flowers. We had centerpieces that we made ourselves (candles centered in a bowl with water and goldfish - it was a Hawaiian themed wedding), so flowers were not used in that case. We had to buy the bowls, the candles and the fish and we had family help us assemble them. But the florist took care of my bouquet, the girls' flowers, the lapel flowers for my husband and his groomsmen.





A florist will specially order the flowers you want just prior to your event, and will prepare them for you the day before. They will be refrigerated. Doing it yourself means that you will have to pick up the flowers, refrigerate them (though your refrigerator will not be set to the precise level of cooling that a florist's refrigerator is set for), cut them and place them on the tables, as well as buy the vases. You will have to prepare the bouquets, corsages and lapel pins and that means you have to buy all the supplies: flowers, ribbons, pins. Lots of work.





Honestly, you will be under enough stress that day - and you will be - so don't add to it by trying to do this yourself. You will make yourself crazy. Let someone else do the work for you. Your job is to look gorgeous, and be prepared for YOUR day.





Best wishes.
Reply:something that smells nice. Even wen your at your most nervous, there is a lovely smell you can concentrate on for a moment Not an xpert but lily of lthe valley freeshas ??
Reply:hmm