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RP* - Need your help with flowers, ladies!

msteph82msteph82 member
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Okay, so last night I had a horrible dream that our photog didn't show up, my DJ sucked and my ring started falling apart during the ceremony.  Ugh. LOL Guess I'm getting 1-year-to-go anxiety.  LOL

Which brings me to something that has been stressing me out to no end lately - FLOWERS.

I am not a flowery girl, unless they are in my garden outside. So I want to just say NO FLOWERS. It would save us so much money and it's one less thing to worry about.  We're going to have candles everywhere anyways for the reception, so why spend all that money on flowers?  Ugh.  But then I think - okay, the parents need them and the groomsmen.  I need to come up with an alternate to flowers somehow.

Any suggestions?
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  • debbies44debbies44
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    edited December 2011
    Ok I tried posting this before and then it went crazy and didn't work :(

    Anyways, I have two ideas for you.  Since you are having a late spring/early summer wedding (at least that's what I gather from your ticker) you could use branches and moss for your centerpieces!!  First, I've seen some awesome vases filled with moss and then a pillar candle placed on top of the moss.  They had a couple of vases like this in various sizes.  The other idea is branches in a vase and maybe you could attach some flowers to it (like cherry blossoms or orchids).  You could even attach silk flowers which will probably be cheaper, and if you are DIY you could do ahead of time.  I've read somewhere about a bride that had her BM carry laterns filled with moss and twigs and they put them together themselves!  I don't know what your colors are, but you could probably work this in if you are using pinks, greens or browns at all.  I'm using branches for my winter wedding and then instead of moss I'm using stones in the candle vases.  I'm going to alternate them.

    Here's the pics of my ideas:
    To dress up the buffet table, the bride had candles set in jars and hurricane vases filled with moss. A few orchids strewn between the candles completed the look.Cymbidium orchids are expensive, so the couple mixed inexpensive silk ones in with fresh flowers like hydrangeas and roses in the short centerpieces. The silk orchids were paired were curly willow branches in the tall arrangements.
    Hopefully these get some ideas flowing for alternates to flowers.  I would suggest looking at centerpieces on the knot and also project wedding. They have really wonderful ideas!  Good Luck!
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  • debbies44debbies44
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    edited December 2011
    OH and I forgot to say--it's your wedding, do whatever centerpieces you want!  It doesn't matter if people *think* you need flowers, it's your vision and you shouldn't let anyone compromise that!
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  • BackpackersBackpackers member
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    edited December 2011
    My friend is going to be in a wedding where the bridesmaids are going to carry fans instead of flowers. Maybe you can do something like this? I don't think flowers are necessary for WP unless you want them. They kind of already stand out (typically) because of how they are dressed. However, mothers are another story. Maybe they could also have fans or something? TK has some cheap fans that can be personalized. Or what about different grasses or green leaves? There are some really pretty leaves - ti leaves - that come in different varieties. Maybe do something with that? But I agree with pp, it's your wedding! Do what makes you happy! :)
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  • morticia7867morticia7867
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    edited December 2011
    The only flowers I am having is my bouquet (mango calla lillies) and a wrist coursage (I can't spell) for my mom. Going to go to Sendik's for the flowers. As for centerpieces, we are having a Halloween wedding. I am carving fake pumpkins for every table. Going to back the guys boutinerre's (still looking for ideas) and my BM's are carrying brooms. My jr BM had a canipition about carrying a broom so I made her a pomander ball out of silk flowers (very easy DIY). Hope this helps! I agree with the flower situation. I used to be a funeral director, such a waste of money!
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  • jcrew_shopaholicjcrew_shopaholic member
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    edited December 2011
    I used Flowers by Faye for my flowers, since she was about 1/2 the price of other florists that I used!  That would work if you decided to go with just a few flowers liike boutinneres or corsages.
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  • boxcarboxcar member
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    edited December 2011

    We're doing candles with just a few flowers on every other table.  I really like them in groups of 3 on round tables and lines of them on long tables. Here's some inspiration. 



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  • debbies44debbies44
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_wisconsin_rp-need-flowers-ladies?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:118Discussion:6248249e-1135-414b-b0db-c7eba2dde955Post:95d7de2b-cc80-4e4c-9a37-d0a92bf0e8cb">Re: RP* - Need your help with flowers, ladies!</a>:
    [QUOTE]Here's the pics of my ideas:[/QUOTE]


    I was just rereading this thread and read that and wanted to correct it.  Not my ideas--took them from the knot, but I will be tweaking them to become my ideas!
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  • kityjane2kityjane2
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    edited December 2011
    I found the website OBB, and I love it, but I am doing Crystal Bouquets... Really reasonable and beautiful.

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    http://offbeatbride.com/2010/02/crystal-bouquets


    But they are only cheap if you do it yourself, if you order them, people charge up th ebutt, and you cannot even customize them as much as you can when you do them yourself... GOOD LUCK!!!
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  • mrsloatmrsloat member
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    edited December 2011
    I have seen the crystal bouquets before and it was beautiful!  Their crystals were pink and clear and it went perfect with the contemporary/modern theme that they had throughout their wedding.

    If you are doing a lot of candles at your reception be sure that they have a very light scent or just get unscented so that the smell is not overwhelming for your guests.  I went to a wedding where the candles were all pink (different wedding from the pink crystal bouquets) and they bought the candles online.  The bride thought that they were named Pink Grapefruit because of the color, but no, they were scented as pink grapefruit and they were a very stong scent!  I noticed that many of the guests had blown the candles on their tables out to avoid the overwhelming scent.  Candles are always beautiful and you can buy in bulk from the Dollar Tree if you are really trying to save $. 
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