Comments on: How To Do Your Own Wedding Flowers

By: Quasi-Crafty: DIY Flower Centerpieces for $13-33 | a buttercream wedding

Quasi-Crafty: DIY Flower Centerpieces for $13-33 | a buttercream wedding — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:05:23 +0000

[...] if you were a full-on DIY bride then you could consider the more elaborate DIY approach discussed here. You can even recreate a couture-inspired arrangement here. Of course both of these require [...]

By: What if I don’t want to just “sit back and relax” on my wedding day.

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:23:36 +0000

[...] maybe I could’ve kept the jitter level down. I could’ve also made my own bouquet, like A Practical Wedding or Big Day for 10K (something I considered way back, but buying flowers wholesale wouldn’t have [...]

By: First Person: 10 Steps to a Budget Friendly Wedding | Plan A Dream Wedding

First Person: 10 Steps to a Budget Friendly Wedding | Plan A Dream Wedding — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:12:03 +0000

[...] talent or ability make their own wedding flowers. However, it may be more simple than you imagine. APracticalWedding.com is an informative website ready to guide you on making beautiful floral decorations. The typical [...]

By: First Person: 10 Steps to a Budget Friendly Wedding | Garden Weddings

First Person: 10 Steps to a Budget Friendly Wedding | Garden Weddings — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:03:48 +0000

By: carol alberti

carol alberti — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:35:04 +0000

You’ve given me, a M.O.B., hope for my duaghter’s wedding next May!

By: Flower Dress Rehearsal « Another Ring Coming

Flower Dress Rehearsal « Another Ring Coming — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:06:36 +0000

[...] time ago to do my own wedding arrangements. I did a bit of research, by which I mean, I read about Meg’s floral adventures over at APW and convinced myself that it would be, if not a snap, something absolutely acheivable. I downloaded [...]

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:57:02 +0000

I am a floral designer in the NYC area- Go to the 28th street markets. Not all will accommodate someone retail, but for the most part, there is no better place to go.

That being said, and maybe this comes from innate perfectionism, and training, doing my best friends flowers for her wedding, buying everything wholesale, and mostly doing just candles/petals for centerpieces, we still spent roughly $500 and I worked from 6 am until midnight to have everything done, arrived at the hotel to stay up with the bride for another 3 hours, and woke up that morning at 6 to make her bouquet in time to shower and be ready to make it to our 8 am hair appt (fresh tulips grow an average of an inch overnight, so if you want smooth pave styled bouquet, that poses a minor logistical issue for day before assembly).

Working as a high end floral designer, I have learned what it takes to put together weddings, and it is usually a significant number of manhours. If your venue has a tight load in load out schedule (most places near NYC) it would be worth having someone you don’t need to look pretty that day, to be involved in setting up the room.

I haven’t picked my venue yet, but, I honestly will not do my own flowers even though I have the connections and the training, and the tight budget, the DIY on almost anything else (e.g. I’m making my dress) and a sort of expectation that I would…

It really depends on the look though. Also, potted orchid plants (trader joes sometimes has them for $20 or less) or other plants can be awesome centerpieces with a little moss/attention to planting, and will save a lot over the average centerpiece. Also can double as a nice favor.

Also- Sidenote. Boutonnieres can be made the day before and refrigerated if you use long lasting flowers, like spray roses, wax flower, callas, some orchids (but not phaleonopsis) lisianthus, billy balls, (most textural stuff) certain berries, etc. Make sure you wire the flowers though!

By: India flower delivery

India flower delivery — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:00:04 +0000

You may already know flowers are perfect for most occasions, if you be on a single; just tell your preferred flower distribution company and it’ll send your Flowers by mail to the person you care about, whether it’s your wife, girlfriend, mother, friend…etc.

There are numerous online flower shops, however couple of them are reliable, trusted as well as does excellent work. If you’re confused about what company you should trust to supply excellent fresh flowers in the exact delivery period you have specific, then you can definitely locate them on the internet.

By: Kathi

Kathi — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:50:46 +0000

I would plan for about 15 to 20 minutes for the bouts. It probably won’t take that long but that’ll give you an estimate for time management & planning. They can easily be made the day before & keep well in the frig. The rest will take a bit longer depending on what you choose. For an estimate, plan 40 min per item for larger pieces.
Kathi

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:09:46 +0000

Can anyone estimate about how long this takes on average? I am loving this idea but don’t really want to have to get up at 6am the day of the rehearsal dinner, but still want to have time to get a manicure afterwards! ;)