I was just wondering if you could all give me your opinion of a reasonable budget for flowers and cake..
H2B is doing the cake totally solo, I won't see it until the day so I want to give him a decent but still reasonable budget.. I know he'll try and do something really special for me and I don't want him to feel he 100% can't because of the budget I set..
And the flowers I want are bridal shower bouquet (silk roses, real lilies), moh posy (all silk), 7 button holes and a medium sized flower basket to place on his mums grave the day after our wedding..
We won't be sorting them out til next year but I'm trying to work out our honeymoon budget and it's hard when I don't know what to budget for these two things..
Thanks xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorBeckyU98
for flowers - i have been quoted £100 for bridal shower bouquet and approx £40 for MOH bouquet and £25 for bridesmaid bouquets. and i cant remember for buttons holes sorry. That was with a lady that had good prices. however i went with family friend who is doing them all at wholesale price. we have been quoted £270 for wholesale price for My Bouquet, 2 adult BM's, 2 Flower Girls, abut 15 button holes plus a long and low top table decoration. i would say that would normally be double in a flower shop as mine is wholesale price so you have to think about profit for the company. i think you need about £500 for flowers unless you can get a good discount anywhere
as for cake, depends how big you go. my auntie is making mine - its a 5 tier with sugarpaste flowers and im only paying for ingredients at £200 although it will probably be a bit cheaper than that. my auntie always says when you have got the ingredient price then double it to get your profit and the time it takes you to make. i would say £300 would be enough for a 3 tier cake - i have read somewhere that its approx £100 per tier.
why dont you go and do some google searches or go and see florist and cake maker for some ball park figures so you get a good idea. obviously you can do it cheaper than the prices i have put here but i think these are average prices xx
oh and over budget a little for everything as you will have either missed something out or dont realise how much the little things are - and besides how great would it be at the end if you end up with some spare cash for a little extra something x
CommentAuthorBeckyU98
oh and sorry the prices i have gotten are for real flowers! only just read that you want silk ones so not sure about those sorry x
CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
That's still great thank you Becky ! Gives me a little bit of a better idea ! I will email flourists as you've said though and send them some pics :-)
How many people does your 5 tier cake serve ? Xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorMrsX2b
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I think your best to get as many quotes for what you want as i find prices are soo different everywhere. I was quoted £800 up to 1k for my cake lool and even then most tiers would have been dummy cakes, I have always known the exact cake i wanted. I was then prepared to make it myself well try(still would have worked out alot). I then found a lady a couple of weeks ago at a wedding fair her 10 tier is £375! (feeds 175, pic in album) and she then said il show you my other one. So went to another fair the week after and she had the exact cake i always wanted set up for £495(all vanilla flavour). All real cakes aswell (pic in album). I get to choose from 35 flavours and it would work out appox + £60 if say i wanted each tier a different flavour. (Its all fresh fruit in the sponge cakes aswell). my sil paid £400+ for her cake and it was 4 tier quite plain, decs wise and the bottom one was a dummy cake. So i think this just goes to show if you look around the prices are so different. She and my sis couldnt believe my cake for the price iv paid or the other 10 tier. Im not sure with flowers as i made my own as my mum cant be near real flowers for health reasons. So i used foam roses, My bouquet, 3 b/m's bouquets 7 buttonholes 2 corsages and top table flowers cost me under £150 and didnt take long to make at allxx
I bumped the budget brides thread that lists what some others have paid for their cakes. As for what you spend, it should be what you can afford. Search on the Bay for flower packages or even the book of face for packages.
CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
Ooo if only your cake lady loved nearer !! Lol.. The cake people H2B liked at our last wedding fayre were constantly being jumped on so he didn't get chance to ask prices.. Think he has the leaflet for the website though...
One of the tables I saw was £475 for a 5 tier that fed 250 people... We only need about 100 servings.... H2B didn't like their stuff though an I think thought that was actually cheap for the servings but not sure... Xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
Ooo thanks.. We'll have around £2729 to fit the cake, flowers and honeymoon in to Sarah.. There is a possibility that I've found a way to make a little extra money and a tiny possibility we may get money from FiL for Xmas which the majority of will go into the wedding fund... So maybe add £300-£1400 on top of that, depending on if / how much I can make and if / how much FiL gives... Lol.. xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorMrsX2b
Mrsh2b, My cake lady said that nearly all cake companys slices are different sizes aswell so it makes it so hard to know what you are getting for your money, she showed me what a company would normally class as a slice and its the size of your finger lol (tiny) My h2b couldnt believe it. My lady gets booking from as far as essex lol because people dont want to pay the prices up there for what they want.
CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
Lincoln's a tad further than Essex lol.. I will make sure to inform H2B of slice sizes and make sure he knows what he's ordering ! Thanks Mrsx2b xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorFernP61
I'm also having mine as a wholesale price I'm having a bouquet for me and two adult bms, 6 buttonholes, 3 fairy wands, and large spray for top table and 1 happy birthday bouquet, thank you bouquet and a mum bouquet we don't have an exact price but we know we are having them at a wholesale price plus vat ! Our 3 tier cake with three diff flavours £170
CommentAuthorMrsK2b
I've got a two tier giant cupcake that cost £80 quid and then 2 small cakes for vegan as gluten free that cost me £20.
My flowers £75 for 3 BM mine £60 the button holes £7.50 each and mums cost me £12.50
But I did spend over £1k on flowers so maybe she gave it to us at a good rate xx
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CommentAuthorMrsX2b
Mrsh2b, I didnt think it was, But im a really bad driver, i get lost driving to my local supermarket lol. Mrsk2b your pictures are lovely. I love your venue cake and dress. Could you tell me where them white shoes are from please iv been looking for some like that for a while.
CommentAuthorLauraE67
MrsX2b i wanted to see your cake but cant see it as your profile is restricted x
We've paid £420 for flowers (my bouquet,moh bouquet,3x bridesmaid corsages,3x head garlands and 3xflower baskets for flowergirls,10xbuttonholes, 10x floral centrepieces and a top table centrepiece ) x
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CommentAuthorMrsX2b
Hi lauraE67, Iv sent you a friends request, Its not to everyones taste lol but its what i wanted. It is more expensive as it includes the fountain hire castle hire and the carriage and stands and stair hire. I have a pic of the 10 tier in there to.
CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
Ok so looking at everything I'm thinking £250 for flowers and £450 for cake.. What do you all revkon ? Baring in mind not all are real flowers xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorMrsX2b
I think thats good, Where you thinking of going for honeymoon?
CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
I have no idea :-( we can't agree lol.. H2B wants to go to canada but I want a private villa with a private pool and those are far too expensive in canada... Plus I know every single day would be jam packed but I want some relaxy days too... I thought Lanzarote but H2B says noone he knows liked it so that's out... We thought about Orlando and do the theme parks but the villas are miles and miles away from the beaches and everything else......
So yeah, we're stuck haha... I want luxury but not the kind that the word honeymoon seems to entail like personal room service, all inclusive etc... Found a villa in Greece I want sooooo bad but it's £6000 for villa, flights and car... But we don't have that budget at all !!! Xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorMrsX2b
I know what you mean, Im not that sure either. I was looking into multi center hols where you can do 4 days one place then fly to another for like 6 days somewhere else but i only seem to be able to get prices in store and know they are gonig to be soo expensive. I normally book online.
CommentAuthorMrsK2b
That sounds about right for cake and flowers :-)
Mrsx2b which shoes? The BM are from Debs herring Red but i don't think they do them anymore. My shoes are from America xx
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CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
We're just going to keep looking at the villa of James and hope something stands out :-) H2B found a site with a few nice villas on but the price doesn't include flights or a car like James does.. I know flights aren't that much anymore but would be nice if it was included.. Xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
Oh big fat rubbish pants !!!!! I just realised I've not budgeted for hair and nails !!! :'( From the quotes I've got, hair will be about £80 for me and MOH and my nails will be £25....
Honeymoon is getting less and less luxurious by the minute :'( I so so hope FiL gives us money for Xmas like he has past 2 years ! Money toward the wedding would be even better ! Never going to get as much as he gave his granddaughter though xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorBeckyU98
our 5 tier cake serves around 250 people but we are probably only going to have about 160 at the evening when im serving it. im going to make sure that they save me some for snacking on honeymoon :) also not cutting the top tier as its fruit and going to save it for first christening and all that.
the money you have put for cake and flowers looks about right though xx
CommentAuthorMrsX2b
Thanks mrsk2b, It was the white bm's one, How much were they? Both pairs are lovelyxx Mrsh-2b not good but at least you remembered now. You never know your fil might just give you some towards the wedding, I couldnt see why not if he gave you money 2 years running:-) Beckyu98 do you have a pic of your cake it sounds nice, and you can never have to much cake lol.
CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
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Since then he gave his granddaughter £10k for her wedding and leant her countless amounts of money so his wallet is probably closed to H2B... His son isn't as important as she is I'm afraid.. Xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
CommentAuthorBeckyU98
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MrsX2b ive just uploaded pic of our cake in my albums. it will be a 5 tier cake (White Chocolate, Chocolate, Red Velvet, Vanilla and Fruit). Spiral set up but with Sugarpaste roses (purple centres faded to white) instead of the flowers pictured. theres a great site called cake centr@l which has millions of pictures of cakes on there for some inspiration which is probably where i found this one. i love it xx
CommentAuthorMrsX2b
Becky, Thats lovely, the roses will look fab, I love your flavours. Red velvet seems to be in at moment, I hadnt seen it before a wedding fair a couple of weeks ago, Bet you cant wait with only 5 months to goxx
CommentAuthorBeckyU98
thanks! i love it just hope it turns out just as nice as the pic looks. the purple will be darker to match in with BM's dresses - more like a plum colour but i just want the cake to be pretty plain. I know it was exactly 6 months left on Saturday and we dont have much left to do now. just waiting for fittings and doing all my stationary at the moment then i will probably have nothing left to do :( xxx
CommentAuthorMrsK2b
How is your planning going?
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CommentAuthorMrsH-2B
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On a stand still ATM MrsK2b.. I was made redundant 2 weeks ago so everything has been focused on job hunting..
How was your big day ? Xxx
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4th July 2015 <3
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