Cheap Flowers/Cake

alwadw

Hey ladies!

The two final big items on my list is flowers and cake. Both were not high on either of our priority list. Were getting married October 1st, 2011 in Auburn, ME. Any recommendations? Ways to save $, cheap vendors, etc...

MollyNicole24

have you thought about doing silk flowers? thats what we are doing, and they are alot less expensive. especially if you get them at Michaels or AC moore- and you find a coupon.. they almost ALWAYS have coupons in the newspaper flyers- also, if you buy the Martha Stewart Weddings magazine that is out right now (its a DIY issue) there is a 20% your entire purchase coupon for Michaels.  plus you can buy them way ahead of time and they don't die :-)

plato79

I thought Jessica from Nothing Bakes Like a Parrott had good cake at really reasonable prices. I bet if you tried to negotiate with her, you might be able to since she's a solo-baker. 

ABeautifulMind

Look at buying locally grown flowers from a nearby farmer.  You'll be saving money (probably) and staying green!

jelenybeany

we're doing diy flowers we're buying from samsclub.com

you can also look at sites like fiftyflowers.com

for cake we're going to Bri Sorcorro. Her cakes are 2.75 a slice for butter cream, and $3 for fondant. Her cakes are gorgeous and she's based in Turner. Her delivery fee is only $15. PM me if you want her website/contact info.

hcorr34

I used fake flowers for my bouquets and was very pleased with how they turned out.  If you hit some sales, you can really score some good deals.  I used real flowers for my centerpieces - I was able to get 12 jumbo hydrangea stems for $70 from BJs - they have a 13 inch bloom and I only needed one per table.

dmcphee

I used Davis Florist in Rumford, which may be a little far for you to travel, but we got a great deal!!  I think a lot has to do with what kind of flowers you want, and if they are in season or not. This is the best pic I have so far of my flowers:

I got my cake from Heavenly Delights bakery, in Augusta.  The baker is Deb Golden, and she did a great job.  She was the least expensive that I found for fondant, but her buttercream frosting is to die for.  Here is my cake:

fickrj5

I am using sams club for most of my flowers, though I am having my bouquet done by a florist, because I wasn't abl to get only 2-3stems of the flowers I wanted for it.

My bouquet and the cake are both being purchased at The Bankery and fleuriste in Skowhegan.  The prices are very reasonable and working with them has bee an excellent experience.  I can't wait to see the finished product in less than 2 months!

HE&ME

You might want to have the bouquets for the wedding party professional done, then buy bouquets from Hannaford for the tables.  They have gorgeous flowers right now for $10 per bouquet.  You can even check out Goodwill & Salvation Army for vases.  Hannaford & Shaws even do a pretty decent wedding cake for a fraction of what a baker would charge.  Good luck!

jelenybeany

oh also, traderjoes if you're going to go the grocery store route are cheaper than hannaford or shaws and they tend to have fancier flowers.

alwadw

Wow thanks guys! Great ideas. I don't really want fake flowers But I'm not doing flower centerpieces so that will save some of the cost. And we aren't really interested in fondant so that will save some $ plus were thinking sheet cakes. As far as what flowers we want...cheapest is best. Our colors are red and brown and were going with a fall theme. I'm def. going to check all of these ideas/options out. Thanks again folks!

sarahfowler38

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_maine_cheap-flowerscake?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:98Discussion:13c3e727-3c9c-419a-abdd-92cefa4a7c2aPost:42f46caf-f0d6-45de-8a9b-6b8e36fe230f">Re: Cheap Flowers/Cake</a>:
[QUOTE]I used Davis Florist in Rumford, which may be a little far for you to travel, but we got a great deal!!  I think a lot has to do with what kind of flowers you want, and if they are in season or not. This is the best pic I have so far of my flowers:<strong> I got my cake from Heavenly Delights bakery, in Augusta.  The baker is Deb Golden, and she did a great job.  She was the least expensive that I found for fondant, but her buttercream frosting is to die for</strong>.  Here is my cake:
Posted by dmcphee[/QUOTE]

This is who we are using!! When we went to taste, we picked four flavors. She had one cupcake of each flavor, for both FI AND I! All of them were AMAZING!

She was the only one that did fake cakes. I didn't want a huge cake to feed all our
guests (I like the small, three tiered cakes). So she is doing fake cake, which is cake on the top tier, styrafoam on the bottom two and frosts them all. After we do the cake cutting, they take it out back "to cut up" and then they actually serve the sheet cakes we buy instead. We paid less than $300 for the fake cake, 1.5 sheet cakes, and another small cake (for my cousin's 21st birthday which is on our wedding). She was definitely the cheapest.