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I want to know how much it cost you to have flowers at your wedding. I am thinking about having roses.
How much did it cost you to have flowers at your wedding? What type of flowers, and was it through a florist.
Now on a second note, I know how to make boutonnieres and corsages on my own, and bouquets.. So we were just gonna by bunches of roses and do it ourselves. =) I am trying to figure how much we are saving based on how much you guys spent on flowers for your wedding.
This is an email response I got from a local florist recently:
Thank you for your inquiry about wedding flowers. It sounds like for your flower needs,
a budget of $1000.00 with work well. Bridal bouquets tend to average $120.00 – 150.00, Bridesmaids average $60.00 to $75.00, corsages $20.00 each for mothers, boutonnieres for the men average $10.00 each. Where the expense adds up quickly is for centerpieces, and ceremony decor.
I hope that helps!!
Hello,
I need some thoughts, advice, suggestions please! Here it goes… So, I’m getting married in about a month, and I thought I had my flower arrangements pretty much set until my design session yesterday. We were wrapping up the session until I noticed a price discrepancy of $50 in the contract, yes, it’s not a huge amount but I mentioned it. The lady who was helping us mentioned it to the owner and he became very irate and mentioned that if I signed the paperwork for the wrong amount then I have to pay the “wrong” amount??? Crazy, I know. The nice lady who was helping us asked him to please fix it for us, and so he did after she mentioned it but he already treated me so rudely. So, being all stressed out because my wedding is in a month, when she came back I began to cry and told her how rude he was and I didn’t deserved that. She apologized but kept saying he didn’t mean it. My maid of honor who was also at the design session was there and mentioned that he was a jerk and he treated me badly.
Few moment later a guy comes into the flower shop and says “who owns the honda parked in the back?”, my MOH states she does and he follows to say that someone keyed the car. Ok, to make the long story short, the owner of the shop, who made me cry for treating me so badly was the one who keyed her car!! When the owner came outside, the witness pointed him out and said that it was him to he saw key her car, crazy!! My friend called the cops ASAP, and they came and we all saw the keyed scartches on the car.The owner ultimately got arrested and the nice lady who helped us she gave me all my money back but still defended him that he did not do it because she believes her boss. Horror story, i know… To finish it off, she tells me at the end that they want to compensate me for the aggravation by paying for all the flowers in my wedding and whatever I wanted, and even double the flowers, for free..
My friend who’s car is keyed will be compensated for the damage and the owner who KEYED the car is saying he still didn’t do it (bs!) but will compensate because it happened in his property..
Now, my question to you all is if I should go with it and accept the flowers being done for free as promised, or just dont deal with them?? Only reason why i’m thinking of going with them is bc it will be done for free and my future hubby and I can save money, and also bc i know they get a lot of business from my venue so they do not want to look bad because they know i will tell.
Thoughts????
I’m exploring an idea and a possibility of doing my now wedding flowers, since i have an expensive taste and a small budget. I really like this type of centerpiece: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://flowerswithfeeling.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/wedding-centerpiece-elevated_led.jpg&imgrefurl=http://flowerswithfeeling.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/weddingideasusingledlights/&usg=__1h1VqmpqHvZ-Sl230AtIDo7rg-w=&h=800&w=600&sz=88&hl=en&start=0&sig2=rh9oRTYLDgcAoKmyi91v7Q&zoom=1&tbnid=xMrjTFDCh17xGM:&tbnh=188&tbnw=131&ei=nd6KTKrbMYfCsAOvp52gBA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwedduing%2Bcenterpiece%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1200%26bih%3D629%26tbs%3Disch:10,100&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=359&oei=nd6KTKrbMYfCsAOvp52gBA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0&tx=100&ty=52&biw=1200&bih=629
But florist quotes I got were around $170-200 per centerpiece, I need 15 of them. I only have 2.5k to spend on flowers.
Anyone has links with step by step directions on how to arrange flowers like that?
How far in advance can I make my own flowers so they don’t wither on the day of my wedding? Do I need to make them the same morning, or can I do it 24 hours in advance? Will it still look the same if i do it ahead of time?
thank you
you can get wedding flowers to last for 24 hours if you keep them cold. you will either need to refrigerate them or keep the a/c turned down pretty low so the room is cold. also, the type of flowers you use will make a difference.
if you use roses, carnations, peonies, daisies, hydrangeas or mums they will keep very well. if you use orchids or calla lilies, they do not keep as well, so choose flowers which will keep better.
the best place to get flowers that are super fresh delivered to you at your home or at the venue, order online from a wholesaler. here is a great site for wedding flowers in bulk for do it yourself flowers. http://www.fiftyflowers.com/ the flowers pictured in the photo you posted appear to be white peonies with pink roses. pure white peonies are very expensive. you can obtain the same effect using large head white carnations for a quarter of the price…plus they will have a nice fragrance.
for the lights shown in the photo of your centerpieces, go to http://www.save-on-crafts.com/ you can get the lights there as well as tons of ideas and all that you need to make them. the submerseable lights which you put right in the water in clear vases come in various colors and you can get packs of 10 for only 28 dollars. they make really cool looking centerpieces. this site also has vases and candles and everything there. it is a huge site so give yourself plenty of time to look around. hope this helps you.
How much are wedding flowers going to run me? We’re going with real flowers, and her family is taking care of the bouquet. My family is taking care of the decorative flowers at the church and reception.
I know to see a florist soon, but i’m at work and cant make personal calls while i’m on the clock (but I can ask on the internet….shhh!!!)
We’re having a small wedding in July, maybe 125-150 attendees. Generally speaking, not going way too elaborate and staying away from cheap, what’s about the average price for flowers for that small of a wedding?
total cost without the bouquet.
no artificial flowers.
and there’s 3 groomsmen and 3 bridesmaids
I know it sounds wicked weird, but Costco! Go onto there website and click around to floral and then weddings. They have bridal packages for AMAZING prices. Plus, I personally have ordered from them online and they have fantastic flowers. Plus they are a worldwide corporation, if someone screws up, go to a local one and raise hell. Its not like a mom-n-pop place that could take the $$ and run.
I have heard that they do a awesome job. Check it out!!
Congrats and Good Luck!!
Im planning my wedding, and im just curious as to how much a florist makes off of a flower stem, im doing blue and white orchids, and they are about 5 a stem, how much does a florist pay?
They pay by the box you pay by the stem, there is a huge mark-up on floral. The mark-up depends on the place you get them and there not going to tell you there mark up and nor can we exactly. I can tell you the more exotic the bigger the mark-up.
Hi. I’m trying to get an idea of how much money I saved (if any) by doing my own wedding flowers (middle to high quality silks). Anybody out there (brides, florists, etc) who can make an educated guess of how much the following list of items would have cost me if I had used a traditional wedding florist? All of the flowers used were roses, and some filler flowers and fall leaves were used as accents.
1 very large round bride bouquet with 2-3 dozen large open roses, fall leaves, and filler flowers, with handle fully wrapped in satin ribbon
2 large round maid of honor bouquets with 5 open roses and 10 rose buds, few fall leaves, some filler flowers, handles fully wrapped in satin ribbon.
5 medium sized bridesmaids bouquets containing 4 open roses, and 8 rosebuds, few fall leaves, some filler flower handles fully wrapped in satin ribbon.
3 mother wrist corsages, 2-3 roses each
11 single rose bud boutonnieres
1 groom boutonniere with 2 rosebuds, accent flowers
16 pew markers, containing satin bows and 3 roses each
4 medium sized church arrangements containing about 2 dozen roses each
2 small swags and 2 garlands, 4 additional decoration bouquets
FYI, I already have the flowers. The list above is everything that I have and have already done. The bouquets look real from a few feet away. Actually, a few months ago I bought a bouquet of fresh orange roses from the grocery store and then compared them to my silks and they looked extremely similar…actually the silks looked better because their color was more vibrant. Honestly, flowers weren’t all that important to me…I mean I want them to be nice but I didn’t want the flowers to be one of the biggest expenses of my wedding. There were other places I would rather spend money, on things that mean more to me. So that is why I went with silks. But I’ve just been wondering what I would have paid ballpark for all of those fresh roses if I had gone through a florist.
I worked as a florist of a couple of years. What I know its that good to high quality silk flowers cost about the same as fresh. The advantage is that when you are finished with them they are still around to appreciate, for years to come. Where you have really saved your money, is in the labour of making all the arrangements say around 20.00 per hr. Where you will receive your biggest savings, is if you resell all the florals as done pieces to another bride for their wedding.
Hope this helps.
I need suggestions on wedding flowers. I was trying to plan for an elegant but in my budget wedding. I am only having one bridesmaid, and possibly a matron of honor (if my sis who hasn’t had a wedding chooses to participate). One groomsman poss best man. I don’t know a flower girl or a ring bearer. The facilatator from my church wants me to have a flowre girl, ring bearer, and at least three ushers and three hostess. Now she has said I need corsages, boutineers (spelling) and I don’t know how to budget for this. I don’t know how much wrist corsages cost and boutineers and I can’t afford to spend over a thousand dollars on florwers. Any ideas on how to cut florist cost. I was thinking of making at least the bridesmaid bouquet and my throwaway bouquet from Michaels but she my facilatator got a little racial and stated african americans buy their flowers making them is too cheap. Please help me. I am getting married in April 08
Buy fresh flowers in Walmart and make them your self. Enroll the help of crafty relatives or friends.
or
Have silk flowers instead.
As far as the church attentdant, be honest and tell her that you are looking into a more simple affair and that you don’t need all of that. It seems like your church “buddy” is trying to bully you into something completly unnecesary, how tacky is that?
You don’t have to have a flower girl or ring bearer. They are out of style as a matter of fact.
You need a bouquet for you, one for your bridesmaid and MOH, and bouttonniers for the groom, groomsman, best man, mother of the bride and father of the bride, That’s it.
I’ve never hear of corsages for attendants!!! Do what you can afford and don’t let nobody twist your arm and intimidate you into getting additional and unnecesary expenses just because they need to feel superior giving you so called “advice”.
Do not listen to her and stand up to her and tell then that you have other plans in mind and that it’s ultimately YOUR choice what to do at your own wedding.
Good luck
We’re getting married in September and haven’t a clue where to start with ordering flowers! Can someone tell me whether we need to go to the florist / call them to make an appointment or give ideas of what we want / what do we do? We have ideas of what flowers and colours we want, but don’t know how to get the ball rolling. Help!
Just pop in on a non busy day… have a word & then they will advise you. Always ask to see a portfolio & only go with the person who seems to understand what it is you like & can make good suggestions.
You only really start to get involved with the florist in the last few weeks… which is good coz ive changed my mind 3 times since the first time I spoke to her! lol
Instead of going to a florist, can I buy from the same places they do for half the price and put together my own stuff for my reception? If not, how much would a boquet of about 10-15 calla lillies (purple and ivory) be?
I have 2 friends helping to plan my wedding that can help, and I only have 2 bridesmaids. For the centerpieces I only want maybe one or two flowers in a simple vase. I’m not the type of person that likes huge balls of flowers and giant bouquets. So time and putting them together is not an issue. Any other websites you can suggest?
I don’t know that you can buy from the warehouse, but even if you buy unarranged stems from a flower shop, you still save money if you arrange them yourself. HOWEVER, one caveat, think about whether you have the time and patience to take this on. Remember that you will want to have fresh flowers for your wedding so that means you will need to prepare them likely the day before. Will you have time to do that will all of the other things you need to take care of? Also, are you knowledgable enough regarding flower arranging to do the bouquets? Calla lillies are simple in that you can just put your two chosen colors in a bouquet by themselves, though. They look nice without filler flowers.
I am making centerpieces for a wedding reception. I’m looking for 1 dozen pink gerbera daises and 1 dozen white. I’ve checked a lot of florist websites and nothing comes in just a solid color bouquet.
Will they allow me to order what I said above? Approximately how much will these 24 flowers cost?
A florist will sell you whatever you need. You should call as soon as you know what you want so they can order it from their supplier. Good luck!