XP: Vendor Suggestions? Flowers or Invites

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Does anyone have any any suggestions for florists or a good place to order invites/STDs/Menus/Programs in the Raleigh/Durham/Cary area? 

Thanks!

tarheelbabs

I worked with Tre Bella in Durham for flowers for my rehearsal dinner & wedding. Both were in Raleigh & I think my budget wasn't extravagant-$60-85/centerpiece; $75 for bridesmaid's bouquet; about $30 each for the moms & groom's sister; about $15 for bouts; plus 2 large arrangements at about $175 each. They came in right at my budget with the flowers I wanted, except anemones, which were out of season & would have cost too much. I was looking for fairly contemporary arrangements, but i've seen their traditional work and it's lovely, too. Most importantly, they are so nice to work with-just the type of people you want to work with. Also used Wedding Paper Divas for STD's, which were great, Invitation Box for rehearsal dinner invitations--we had a pig pickin and they had a great invite at the best price--and Paperbuzz, formerly Frances King, for wedding invites. The wedding invites were by Arabella Papers because I wanted something very contemporary. I was very pleased with how they turned out, but they were pricey & I wish I had checked with Gourmet Invitations--an online vendor--to price custom invites. Gourmet Invitations did do custom stamps for me through Zazzle and we got a ton of positive feedback about them. My husband was really surprised how many people noticed them. We didn't do menus, but a friend who is a graphic designer designed our monogram and set up the program for us. I bought some scrapbook card stock online--cheaper--and Kinkos copied it for about $.05/program--much cheaper than online vendors. If you'd like the name of our graphic artist, just shoot me an email at bjackson2 at nc dot rr dot com. Good luck!