Is anyone using, or thinking of using artificial flowers at their wedding? Saw a great website for artificial flowers in terms of price. Worried they won't look as good though but much easier on the purse and great for keepsakes. Any ideas on advantages and disadvantages of artificial flowers? Has anyone used them? I'm thinking of silk roses for my wedding but don't want it to look naff :)
CommentAuthorRoxy_Blade
I'm having foam flowers. If you go to hobbycraft, thy have the flowers there so you can see and feel them. That's what I did :)
CommentAuthorKimbo
Great thanks :) Are you getting them in advance of your wedding or delivered/ collected on the day? Thinking of storage if got them earlier to fix them up a bit with ribbons and stuff.
CommentAuthorrainykins
I'm using velvet roses (which i have just ordered from the states) so will put some pics up when i get them. Am hoping i have ordered enough to make a bouquet, 3 baskets, half a dozen button holes and ditto on the corsages
CommentAuthorSoon2beMrsHall
Well i am having artifical flowers for the ceremony for me and the bs and fgs and botton holes but we are having real flowers on the tables. Mostly as they are going to double up as gifts
Cant wait to to marry Martyn
Wishes the wedding would come faster
XxX
I'm having silk flowers as my BM's and FGs want to keep them as a reminder of the day. Also, my bouquet is being laid on my Nan's grave the day of my wedding xx
CommentAuthorKimbo
aaah what a lovely sentiment! :)
CommentAuthorekielty(now Trow)
Im having artificial flowers for my bouquets but not sure whether to get foam or silk and Im not sure how much to spend on them. x
Very very happy as Mrs Erica Trow
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! xx
CommentAuthorMonicaGeller
i've seen some great artifical flowers in a ball on a ribbon at a wedding fair, probably getting them for the flower girls. they willl look great on the photos and i think that will be the main issue.
there are a lot of realistic fake flowers out there - my mom has to feel the leaves on most of then to check whether they are real or not.
think you should be fine
CommentAuthorKimbo
Feeling very relieved by all of your comments. Will send off for samples I think just to be certain.
CommentAuthorekielty(now Trow)
Kimbo - what is the website you have found. can you post the link on my wall please? I have only been looking on the bay of e and i cant find what I have in mind. xxx
Very very happy as Mrs Erica Trow
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! xx
CommentAuthorKimbo
ekielty-have posted website on your wall :) Hope it helps.
CommentAuthorsalamander
I bought silk flowers from an online wholesaler and made my flowers and and 3 bridesmaid flowers, including holders and glue gun for about £30ish. I have just ordered some bits to make buttonholes as well! Venue are providing flowers there, fresh for top table which will be at the ceremony as well and fake for the other tables...that is if we can get them how we want them - red and black!!
CommentAuthorekielty(now Trow)
thanks for the link kimbo. Much appreciated!!! xxxx
Very very happy as Mrs Erica Trow
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! xx
CommentAuthorbabycham79
i had artificial flowers an they looked fab if anyone wants a nosey pics are on profile will also give link to the seller if anyone wants it she has also got a sale on at the mo :) x
CommentAuthorluvlifejen (mrs berr
i'm having artificial flowers and love them!! the button holes are real but everything else are artificial and cost a fraction of the cost i was quoted :0) x
soon to be Mrs Berry 26.11.2011
CommentAuthorNuttytart
I'm getting married abroad, so it will have to be fake!
CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
I used artificial flowers for my centrepieces- which ws great as I could have them the exact colour I wanted! Plus, at the end of the reception people took the centrepieces (large artificial flowers in tall vases) home with them and have them in their homes- we have one in the middle of our dining room table.
Now a extremely happy German housewife and now a Mother!!!!
Islay Jean born 24th June in Hannover.
CommentAuthoremster
Artificial :-) You spend all that money and you get something to keep afterwards xx
CommentAuthorslybacon
I'm having artificial flowers so I can save my bouquet after!! x x x
CommentAuthorjenn
i think that my bridesmaids bouquets will be artificial and mine real, i like realf lowers as they give off scent but then i wana keep the artificial flowers for a keep sake:)
CommentAuthorChrissy~MrsFaulds2b
All mine are going to be real but I'm thinking of getting a replica of my bouquet made in silk flowers to go in my keepsake box :)
CommentAuthorRoxy_Blade
Ive put a link on your wall of the place im getting mine from :)
CommentAuthorshellay
we are having foam, they are gorgeous, would have loved real but could not afford them, i need to take some pictures of all my wedding stuff and upload it as not done it in a while x
I have know my soulmate for 27 years and on the 6th August
I married him and became Mrs Garnham.
It was most definitely the happiest day of my life.
I love married life !!!!
CommentAuthorSoon2beMrsHall
Roxy can i have the link to please babes
Cant wait to to marry Martyn
Wishes the wedding would come faster
XxX
CommentAuthorYourFirstDanceBride
Artificial. I have made my own bouquets, table decorations, button holes, fairy wand for flowergirl, and trees. They are all ready and the wedding isnt until June. I have some pictures and everyone I have shown thinks they look really real!
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
I've already got my flowers tucked away in the wardrobe for next year. They are foam roses and they look lush. I love them. I never thought I would have fake but after seeing how good the roses were I fell in love with them and love the fact I can keep them forever. They were also over hald the price of the florist. I'm going to spray them with rose water on the day so they even smell real.
CommentAuthorGriff
Artificial I'm having sugar flowers but I can't find the link to my supplier lol Just their phone number. These are so stunning :) xx
CommentAuthorsammys
foam flowers :)
CommentAuthorMrs fairytale
hi ya hun i am having a mix of both, bouquets, buttonhole and corsages are silk and pew ends, pedestals and centre pieces are real. my silk ones look even better than real ones i was worried about them looking fake and tacky but was really really suprised, there are some pics of my flowers on my profile if u fancy a nose xxx
cant wait to renew my vows, love my hubby sssssooooo much xx
CommentAuthorKimbo
Just got my silk flowers in the post, they look perfect. I love them!!! Thanks everyone for helping me decide to go for artificial flowers. Hope they still look as good come June xxx
CommentAuthorZoe81
I'm so happy that so many other people are going for artificial flowers, I've been thinking about doing the same because I want specific flowers and they're not all going to be in bloom at the time of the wedding so artificial is the ony way.
Please can people post websites/places they've got them form on my wall? I've been to a florisits but was disapointed in how fake they looked :(
Z x
CommentAuthorloubie100
Im having all real cus i love the smell of them but i know hey are going onto special peoples graves the day after the wedding anyway so is nice, plus on our 1st anniversary my h2b is going to have my bouquet made in silk flowers and i thought that was a lovely idea x
CommentAuthorMrs Alsbetty
mine were artificial but we had real button holes pics of wooden ones up need to button holes on here loved both, made my own bouquets and decs
Enjoying being a wifey!!
Currently baking a small person at last, took a while :)
CommentAuthorsarahwasabride
i want silk ones with diamonte on xx
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Zoe I can't write on your wall unless you add me as a friend but if you look on my wall you will find somewhere in there a link for my flower lady. She was a florist until she had her kids then decided to go into artificial. She does both silk and foam and has done a fab job of my flowers. She is honest with you and will tell you if she thinks they look real or not when she goes to the wholesalers if you are wanting something that she doesn't usually do. I've had foam roses with diamantes in all of them.
CommentAuthorAttention seeker :)
im not having flowers im having...............................
im not seeking attetion i just like everyone looking at me
im married
im now Mrs Dove
no more wedding planning LOL yer right
CommentAuthoramy666
yeah, im definately goin for fake flowers. i dont want to spend hundreds on flowers that'll die, id rather be able to keep my bouget as a reminder : ) and same, getting fresh flowers on the tables so at least the ones people will be near wil be real!! xxx
Amy
CommentAuthorNetta
Am having leather roses done in a mix of our colours. That way they can be kept as a reminder of the day. For the tables we are having bowls (like goldfish bowls lol) with lights and/or some flowers in them.
CommentAuthorZoe81
Hi Jo
I've added you!
Thanks Zx
CommentAuthorMrsMac
I was really unsure as I love real flowers but as my wedding is november choice was limited and I really wanted yellow cymbidium orchids that were just extortionately priced.... I found a company in australia that specialised in silk orchids and they did a bespoke bouquet for me and my 2 bridesmaids and shipped them here for a quarter of the price of the real ones, Im absolutely thrilled with them they are beautiful!
