DIY Floral

melisrodis · October 2012

Is anyone planning on doing your own floral centerpieces? If so, where are you going to get your flowers?? There was a reg on here who did all their own florals, right? Anybody know who that was?

Thanks!

bluebfalo · October 2012

I think you're talking about ysl1983

This is her link to her DIY florals

http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_review-diy-costco-flower-and-candelabra-centerpieces

She did not do her own bouquets or boutonnieres.

I am doing my own flowers, but only 1 hydrangea per mason jar, which accent a lantern on top of a mirror, and are surrounded by votives

Bouquets, boutonnieres and placecard centerpiece are going to be done professionally.

I am not having any flowers at the church.

melisrodis · October 2012

Thanks blue! That's very, very helpful!

I am the same, I want relatively simple centerpieces, mostly candles and a stem or two of flowers, so it seems mind-boggling to be spending thousands for it. But I don't want to overwhelm myself and I am definitely not going to be doing bouquets (although the groomsmen are in pocket silks, so I only need a boutonniere for the FI). Where are you going to get your hydrangeas from? I actually was hoping for stemmed calla lilies but that is all I want...do you think they would be too difficult to handle myself?

Hmm....

bluebfalo · October 2012

The centerpieces are such:

Borrby lantern (smaller version) from Ikea

3x4 pillar candle from candles4less

12in mirror from saveoncrafts

8-10 votives from quickcandles covered in vellum ... where ever it's cheapest

1 hydrangea from wholefoods (actually cheaper than coscto) in 1 wide-mouth pint mason jar from truevalue x2 (so they are flanking the borrby lantern).

I don't think 1 or 2 stemmed calla lilies would be that difficult.. It took me like 1-2 minute tops to cut the hydrangeas...

Look on saveoncrafts for bottles/vases... or I saw at a local restaurant that they put 1-2 stemmed flowers in a glass evian bottle (you could remove the label...) I'm not sure how expensive a case of evian water is... but it might be cheaper than buying individual bud vases.

I looked at Trader Joes, WholeFoods, Costco, fiftyflowers... I decided to go with wholefoods (eventhough trader joes was cheaper) because wholefood has more consistent flower head sizes...and it's closer to my house (like walking distance).

melisrodis · October 2012

Thanks blue! That's so great!

kate_11322861 · January 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_diy-floral?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:105Discussion:2969c2e6-6bf8-46cf-b801-0bb1f5eda0fdPost:adb178d2-44e0-49ea-aba1-7b3614036927">DIY Floral</a>:
[QUOTE]Is anyone planning on doing your own floral centerpieces? If so, where are you going to get your flowers?? There was a reg on here who did all their own florals, right? Anybody know who that was? Thanks!
Posted by melisrodis[/QUOTE]<div>For DIY brides make sure you check your local farmer's market for fresh flowers. You can also find a list of local flower growers by state on <a href="http://www.ascfg.org" rel="nofollow">www.ascfg.org</a>

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