What do you think about using flowers made out of paper or fabric?

Katshia

I really do not want to work with real flowers being we would make the bouquets, centerpieces, etc by hand and have to do it a few days before the wedding. I would love to get what I can taken care of over the summer, and I found some cute fabric flowers on Etsy I could use to make, what do y'all think? http://www.etsy.com/listing/35476745/100-single-origami-roses-pick-your?ref=v1_other_2

And yes I noticed my crazy run on sentances...I'm hyper up on caffiene and its comming out in my typing :P

baystateapple

Personally, I love the look of fabric flowers or button bouquets (although I'm not crazy about silk flowers).  If that's what you want, then go for it!

CA2MT4EveR

http://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/how-to-make-ribbon-flowers.html

These are kinda cool.  I would rather an obvious not real rose than a silk flower pretending to be real.

lseemiller

I definitaly think they are cute. The ones you found from the etst seller are awesome.

I say go for it. And I agree with the pp, rather it be obviously fake then try looking real but is fake. I do not like silk flowers (they never look real imo).

fallbride1109

Houston Knottie Adorable Bridezilla did tissue paper centerpieces and they looked great.


Also a girl on Etiquette posted the other day about doing roses made out of coffee filters.  They looked amazing.  She used a Martha Stewart tutorial.



So there are definitely great looking options out there if you have the skill and time.

Mya232

I think it's a great idea and an even better keepsake. Usually your wedding flowers last a day or two and then die (Unless you do a preservation kit) Here is a great article by Signature Grand:

http://signaturegrand.org/Articles/ViewArticle/tabid/269/smid/657/ArticleID/12/language/en-US/Default.aspx

threepinkroses

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_flowers_think-using-flowers-made-out-of-paper-fabric?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:28Discussion:87f9e8da-1252-4d27-8d7d-7dd31369795cPost:0b81f285-433e-4ccb-bd1c-fccfefbc6186">Re: What do you think about using flowers made out of paper or fabric?</a>:
[QUOTE]Houston Knottie Adorable Bridezilla did tissue paper centerpieces and they looked great. Also a girl on Etiquette posted the other day about doing roses made out of coffee filters.  They looked amazing.  She used a Martha Stewart tutorial. So there are definitely great looking options out there if you have the skill and time.
Posted by stephiehall[/QUOTE]

<div>I followed the same MS tutorial for the coffee filter roses. They do take some time, but they look pretty realistic. </div>