Trying to get this figured out by the end of the month... =)
Real or Silk flowers for outdoor wedding...?
If you are having an outdoor wedding... to commune with nature... and be surrounded by vegetation... then WHY would you want silk flowers?
Work with a local florist, there is no way real flowers should run $2100 if you are flexible and work with a professional. Mine were a third of that cost for 24 centerpieces, alterpiece, bouquets (5 bridesmaids), corsages, and boutoniers (we actually planted the centerpieces in both mine and my mother's gardens later).
Besides, a local florist will know which real flowers can hold up in a Tennessee summer.
Reply:Personally, I'm getting married outside in 2 weeks (omg. lol)
I'm using Fake flowers. But they are very pretty flowers. I bought the bouquets already made for $6 each (50 % off of $12) They are white roses and tied with pretty white ribbon on the stems. They look really nice.
I didnt want to risk REAL flowers wilting outside in the heat, or dying before the ceremony, or like you said.. bees, I'm allergic. lol And I only spent a total of $21 on the fake flowers, $14 on real roses that we dried for the flower girl. so mine was totally cheap and still look nice. I'd send a pic, but dont know how to do that on here. lol
oh and I also made al my own boutineers and flowers for the women, well I had to have18 of them so I wasnt about to order that... that cost me like $10
Reply:Of course on the website they are going to look great, but unless you can get them to send you a sample and see for yourself you cant no for sure and I wouldn't trust it. You'll never get fake flowers to look and smell just like real flowers. If you can accept and are ok with them looking a little fakey then go for it.
But of course I always vote for getting the real ones. You only do this once and might as well go for it. You wont be carrying your bouquet after the ceremony anyways and centerpieces shouldn't wilt too terribly if they have water.
Reply:Either is acceptable, and silk is not tacky at all. However, it depends what the point of you wanting flowers is. I wanted real flowers because it was one special day, and having real, beautiful flowers made it bright and lovely.
For my big hand-tied European bouqet, four bridesmaids bouquets, three centrepieces (all these had an assortment of lillies, carnations, etc. just a nice colourful combo), with several corsages and about 7 boutonnieres - our flowers were just over 700.
Reply:I used silk in mine and in my mom's re-marriage. It's all in how you arrange them. If you'd like a keepsake, use the silk. If you want real flowers, use them, but keep them refrigerated up until your ceremony. Either way, enjoy your special day and best wishes!
Reply:I've been a bridesmaid 4 times and a bride once - each time I was a bridesmaid, I carried real flowers, and each time they were drooping and/or falling apart by the end of the day (and it one case, before the ceremony). You have to be so careful with them, I felt like it was such a big production just to even put them down for a moment to free up my hands for something.
For my own wedding, I decided to do silk, for two reasons: 1. real flowers are just a pain in the a**, and 2. COST. I bought my flowers from a Michael's craft store, and arranged all the bouquets, corsages, and boutonieres myself. It all cost less than $50. Everyone - even the men - commented on how beautiful all the flowers looked.
Reply:I'm getting married in a few weeks and ALL of my flowers are silk and very beautiful. It's all in the way they are put together. I got my flowers from the Dollar store, Walmart, Hobby Lobby, etc. If you are crafty, or know of someone who is, that could save you tons of money. If you're worried about bees, go light on the perfume for yourself and go silk. Good luck and congratulations.
Reply:I looked at the website and they are pretty. This is really your choice and it doesn't matter what others think...but sense you asked, I would still do real if at all possible. There are flowers that can hold up to the heat...but if cost is a concern then stick with silk.
CONGRATS!!
Reply:do whatever you want, it's your wedding! don't do something or not do something because someone else tells you it's tacky. it's your special day to remember FOREVER and you should remember it being exactly how you wanted it. you know your budget, you don't want bees......my opinion is, whatever makes you happiest. good luck and congrats!!
Reply:I had real just got married on June 9th..... I live in TX... it was an outside wedding inside reception... when we got to the reception i put the flowers in a vase to keep fressh and then home to the freezer to preserve. I personally choose reall over silk.....Just looked better used Star gazer lillies.. We ordered them from randalls and made them ourselves....
Reply:My sister in law used silk flowers at her outdoor wedding because she wanted roses, but was allergic to them. Nobody said anything about the flowers other than how pretty they looked. If you use a good quality, silk flowers will look just fine and can save you a lot of cash.
Me, I used real ones, but I also got them the day before the wedding from a florist's supply that was open to the public and tied my own bouquets. Since I wasn't picky about what flowers I wanted and was doing simple sheaf bouquets, and wasn't doing any other floral arrangements, it wound up costing less than $50.00...but that was fourteen years ago, and as I say I was willing to take whatever was long-stemmed and cheap. If you've got something more specific in mind or need something more difficult to arrange than simple bouquets, that option wouldn't work nearly as well.
Most of all, relax. This is a personal choice. Which means more to you? The real flowers or the $2000 you'll save by using silk? We can't answer that for you, because we all have different priorities and pocketbooks.
Silk can be tacky, but it doesn't have to be. If you've got a good source, then it's well worth considering...or even doing.
Reply:I think dollar store silks that look super fake is tacky but nice silks from a store like Garden Ridge or Hobby Lobby isn't tacky at all. I am doing the same thing. The boquets will be real because I want to be snobby about it, lol. The boutineers, corsages for the parents/grandparents, and the centerpieces and stuff will all be fake. I am in same boat, I have been to way too many weddings where the flowers are all wilted in an hour or two or it has been bug central because of the real flowers.
I wouldn't use the sprays that supposedly make silk flowers smell real. They have never convinced me and the smell gets overwhelming. If you want to have a scented reception there are two easy options, especially for an outdoor wedding.
1. Go to store like garden ridge and you can get scented candles with a little citronella in them to keep the bugs away. We got some for our rehersal dinner that smelled like warm apple pie and they worked amazingly without that citronella smell.
2. This worked well for me since it's a Fall wedding but in the bottom of the vases (or hidden in flowers in a mesh bag will work as well) we put coffee grounds and a few of the whole beans instead of the usual marbles. The coffee smell is wonderful and not too overpowering.
Another way to keep bugs away is to make sprigs of fresh rosemary and lavender and mix with your flowers or tie onto back of chairs. They are natural bug repellants and much nicer than the bug zapper lamp. It has something to do with the smell but bugs, esp. mosquitos, hate it. We planted them in our flowerbeds and never see any even though we live across the way from a cattle ranch so I know it works.
Reply:Try to do silk to avoid bugs fro bugging your guest and you too!
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