Wedding Resources

How to store silk wedding flowers? I have a brand new silk flower bridal bouquet, but the wedding isnt for 2 years! Is there anything I can do to store the bouquet to keep it looking as pretty and fresh as it does now?

where can I get really good silk wedding flowers made in the UK? I need to organise my wedding flowers - from silk adn want excellent quality silk orchids. Anyone know a good reliable silk wedding flowers company that will make me a bespoke bouquet?

Silk Wedding Flowers? I am considering having silk wedding flowers instead of real. Has anyone done this and had problems? Also, if I do silk flowers, do the boutineres have to match our bouquets? Or can we just get a smaller flower with similar colors? Thanks so much! The colors I am looking at having are a deep yellow, deep orange and a rusty red. I am getting married in September and the girl's dresses are a sage in color. Do you think that would be a good match?

Wedding Flowers (Silk)? Does anyone do a website where I can get reasonably priced silk wedding flower for my wedding. Bouitneers, bridesmaid flowers, etc..

Does anyone know a good website to buy silk wedding flowers from? I heard some are very realistic looking and MUCH cheaper. I am looking for it all bouqets, bouteniers, hair ornaments, etc. Thanks for your help.

Advice on doing my own decorating for my wedding and Are silk flowers too cheap or ok to use? Is anyone doing there own decor for the wedding? I am trying to save money by doing my own decorating but don't know where to start. Also is anyone using silk flowers for all there floral needs?

I am trying to find a good website for silk wedding flowers...? And does anyone know, how much less expensive are they than the real ones. Was it worth it to get the silk and save the money or did they look like crap? We are having an outdoor wedding in the mountains so we don't need a lot of decoration but for the bouquets, boutteniers (sp?), and some for the arbor. Thanks.

What's cheaper for wedding flowers - silk or real?

Do you prefer real flowers or silk flowers for a wedding and reception? This could be either an inside OR outside wedding, etc.

Does anyone know where to buy wholesale silk flowers in bulk for a wedding? I dont want to spend to much money on real flowers since im a DIY bride. Id rather get fake silk flowers im just having a hard time finding a place that sells them in bulk for a good price.

What are the pros and cons of using real flowers and silk flowers for a wedding?

My mother wants to use silk flowers at my wedding, but I'm worried it will look cheap. What do you think? ? She wants to use fake flowers for everything...my bouquet, bouttenieres, corsages. My wedding is in March and the flowers I picked (daisies, tulips, clover) are in season. How much would we save using silk flowers? I'm really worried about what my MIL will think if I hand her a fake corsage!

Are Their Secrects To Adding Silk Flowers To A Butter Cream Wedding Cake? My Mother In Law Is Making A Homemade Butter Cream Wedding Cake And Wants To Add Silk Flowers To Match Her Bouquet But Wants To Know If There Is A Certain Way To Add These Flowers.

To whom asked about wedding flowers. Silk flowers are not as expensive, are they?

What silk flowers could be used in a wedding with color scheme of red, white, and blue? My wedding is on July 18, 2008 and I am having a hard time coming up with what types of flowers to decorate with. I need some ideas (besided red, white, and blue roses or carnations)...

would silk flowers be a better choice for a wedding? I am getting married and I want to have silk flowers so I don't have to worry about wilting and they will look fresh all day. Along with the fact that I would like to keep the flowers to decorate later. Any suggestions?

Silk Flowers for wedding?? I've been asked to use silk flowers for my wedding, how do they look? I dont think i've seen silk flowers... Do they look real? It was a suggestion from family and friends to use the flowers, i guess family suggested it since they are helping to pay for it.... :p

How much money is too much to spend on silk flowers for a wedding?

Inexpensive silk wedding bouquets or flowers in Arizona? I'd like to find two silk bouquets for my wedding, which is Dec. 2. The flowers can be white and/or blue (the wedding colors are silver and various shades of blue) and I'd like to find (or, failing that, make, but we're kind of pressed for time here) arrangements inexpensive enough that I can get a decent-sized one for myself and one for my maid of honor without going much beyond the $50 range. I'm looking online but would just as soon go to an area seller and just pick them up. Any ideas?

Where can I find some really good ideas for wedding flowers? I need a website that has lots of pictures about silk wedding flower arrangments. Anyone know some awsome sites?

What does everyone think of silk flowers for a wedding are they really cheaper??

Price difference between silk and real flowers for wedding? i contacted a silk florist from michigan (i'm in ohio) to price an entire wedding set for 5 bridesmaid bouquets, 1 cascading bride bouquet, 9 boutinieres and 5 corsages in the specific flowers that i want (sunflowers, lilacs and sage roses) and it came to $422 shipped. If I would opt for "real" flowers, would the florist charge a lot more? I am actually crafty and would consider making my own, but I'm afraid of making them look obviously home made.

Need Websites With Silk/Artificial Flowers for My Wedding and Flower Color Help? I am getting married in May and have decided to use silk/artificial flowers. I'm not sure on colors, flowers, or where to get them. My dress is ivory with a champagne trim and my bridesmaids are champagne and maid of honor is latte. Groomsmen are wearing champagne vests and Groom and Best Man are wearing Mossy Oak/Camo vests. I need colors that will go with everyone. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Where could I buy silk flowers for my wedding? I live in Esperance, West Australia. Any ideas of stockists in my area?

are silk flowers alright for a bouquet in a lower-budget wedding? can i make my own bouquet to look nice using silk flowers???? i am going to have a low budget wedding, and I feel that a lot of silk flowers look like the real thing.

I'm looking for hot pink silk flowers for a wedding!? What is a good website to find hot pink silk flowers for a wedding?

Using silk flowers for wedding? Getting married in December 08, using silk flowers. Can I go ahead and buy my flowers now or should I wait? I really want to use lilies and roses, my colors are royal blue and silver, so I am having a little trouble finding what I want in those colors.

Recommendations for Silk Flowers For My Wedding? I am really giving some thought to having silk flowers for my wedding for a number of reasons...it's an outdoor summer wedding so real flowers will lilt AND attract bees PLUS...I am allergic to fresh flowers. I'm just worried about them looking tacky... I've come across a few wesbites where the silk flowers are really pretty, but I'm worried that when they're delivered, they're going to look cheap. So, can any brides / brides to be recommend a place or website where you got your silk flowers? I'm looking for people who have used silk flowers and like them so much, they'd want to refer this bride to be! I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Is it really that much cheaper to do silk flowers rather than real for a wedding? I want something inexpensive, but I want the look of real flowers also.

Anybody choose silk flowers for their wedding....? I'm getting married in another 5 weeks and $$ is at a premium we have to pay the vendors and get a few other last minute things, and I've been trying to find a good florist, I've even tried Safeway and honestly we just cant afford what they are charging, I dont want to spend more than $200 for all the flowers we need....We only need my bouquet {it can be hand tied nothing dramatic or sweeping}; a Maid of Honor bouquet a Bridesmaid bouquet ~ approximately 4 pin on corsages ~ approximately 5 bouts ~ and that's it, we have other things for the table centerpieces and the flower girl has silk flower petals that I purchased at Michael's.....I want my special day to be just that but with all the other expenses flowers seem at this point a luxury we cannot afford.....If anyone has every used silk flowers for their wedding or no of anyone that has please tell me if they looked realistic or not, I dont want to be walking down the isle looking like a total fool..... Thank you Stressed out Bride2b {with a stiff neck ouch!}

alanasinbloom.com is not coming up on my yahoo search for silk flowers why? This is a great silk wedding flower site . I know it exists and I created it through yahoo. Shouldn't a yahoo domain show up on a yahoo search ? Why else would I pay monthly for a site?

Can a bride carry silk flowers in a small wedding, or is that in poor taste? Should they always be real? Getting married overseas and was considering bring silk ones in a style and color that I like, unless the flowers should always be real. I'm clueless about this... LOL...FATSAUSAGE, I like your logic!

Real or Silk flowers for outdoor wedding...? Everyone is saying silk is tacky... I agree to a point. I have been in wedding with silk and felt/smelled like a funeral home. However, I am getting married in 2 1/2 months outside in TN Humidity and Heat... I think I want real for the walkdown and my fiance's, but silk for the keepsake and for the wedding party... What do you think? I've seen some websites where silk's were used and I had to e-mail and ask if they were real or fake. When she replied... I was shocked. For a 21 piece set... Real is running almost $2100... for silk+shipping, and minus mine $215. Hmm... here is the website I am looking at www.weddingcents.com. They have sprays that can make silk smell real? Opinions, ideas, suggestions... PLUS so help me God if there were bee's buzzing around me... I would look like a run away bride... Trying to get this figured out by the end of the month... =)

Are silk flowers okay for a wedding.? My Bouquet, and Bridesmaids/Groomsmen/Parents... Will have real one but,I really don't want to spend $3000.00 for flowers when they are gonna be thrown away at the end of the night. I would like silk ones, so that everyone can have something to take home, that will last forever, All the flowers are going to be tied, with a ribbon, with our names and wedding date . So whats up...could that be done, without anyone thinking... "Oh! How cheap!!!

Silk or real flowers for a wedding? I'm having my wedding in NS but I am currently living in ON. It will be in December, next month. We are currently debating whether to go with silk flowers or get real ones. Since we had originally though my Aunt would be doing them, we hadn't budgeted much money for them. I already have silk flowers for all the decorating/centerpieces. I was wondering about the bouquets and boutonnieres. What would look nicer? Which would be cheaper? What would be easier (considering the time of year, and location)? I'm thinking if I went with fake flowers, I could have them all picked out sometime soon and not have to worry about getting that done a week or two before the wedding when I fly down. Any advice would be great.

If I prepare silk flowers now for Aug wedding will they droop.? Using tall approx 3 ft tower vases. The floral arrangement on top will be like a hugh topiary. It is approx. 22 wide and 18 inches high with silk rose flowers 9 and 7 inches tall. The greenery will be 11 and 9 inches in length. I also used the pick or stem machine on the stems of the flowers. I am not a florist I just like messing with flowers but, I wasn't sure if the roses and greenery would hold their shape. I have done one and I feel like the very tope of the topiary seems to be drooping a little bit. I know I could always reform the flowers right before the wedding But, if that is the case I would probably wait and complete the arrangements about a week before the wedding.

Where can I buy silk flowers? I'm looking for silk flowers, for wedding decor I've been to Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Arnies but no luck.

Is having silk/fake flowers at a wedding really THAT bad? True, I do agree that some fake flowers look better than others. I just dont see why so many people are anti-fake-flowers?

Should I have real or silk flowers for my wedding?

wedding flowers real or silk???? i get married in a few weeks but am still having a flowers problem do i get real or silk i will be going away stright after for 3 weeks so will have to leave flowers behind also can you tell the diffarence between real and silk

Do you think silk flowers at a wedding are tacky? I really want to use real flowers (My flowers are pink & white oriental lilies), but I don't think I'm going to be able to afford it. Do you think silk flowers would be tacky? Thanks. Wow! I wasn't expecting so many responses! But I think no flowers would be more tacky than silk flowers. And no, I wouldn't be buying them from a 99cent store, but I'm not going to pay as much for them as real... (that would be kinda pointless). Anyway, I was thinking using real for the bouquets, and silk for the pews and stuff, but also real for the centerpieces (bc my centerpieces are going to be floating candles in a clean bowl with pink & clear stones in the bottom w/a few flowers (no stem) around it. And no, I'm not changing my flowers. They are my favorites & that is what I want.

how do you wire and tape silk flowers to put in a boquet? i am familiar with wiring and taping fresh flowers for wedding boquets but not sure its the same with silk flowers

Silk Vs real flowers for a wedding? So i was thinking about making my own bouquets. Although i dont know if i want to make them with silk flowers or if i want to use real flowers. Which do you think looks better. Personally i think real flowers would look nicer only because the fake flowers i have ran into ultimately look way too cheesy and you can tell their fake! Just want some opinions. im thinking of using white and red roses andn carnations. with some ivy

Real or Silk Flowers? For a wedding what is best?

Wedding gown and headwear silk flower embellishments? I’m getting married next spring. Does anyone know of inexpensive place that can make silk flower embellishments for my wedding gown and headwear from my own fabric?

Opinions please about silk and real flowers at weddings? Does anyone have silk flowers at their wedding? Do you think they look elegant? Or do you like real flowers?

I want to put silk flowers on a wedding cake.. can I just stick them in or do I need a tray of some sort?

Any websites where I can buy cheap silk flowers in bulk? Making my own flowers for my wedding wanting silk ones. The ones I have found seem to be so expensive though.

How much did you spend on flowers for the wedding? did you use silk or real flowers?

beside silk and plastic flower where are some real wedding flower websites? i have notice that the brides that ask about flowers people answer with silk flower i think they are disgusting. anybody out there know of some real websites of real flowers for a bouquet for a wedding in 14 weeks

Does anyone know where I can get fake flowers for my wedding for a cheap price? I am looking for fake or silk flowers for my wedding in June, I want yellow and white daisies, but I want to be able to get them at a decent price.

silk wedding flowers? hi im getting married in october and i am looking foe silk wedding bouquets for everybody only problem is i want them to be affordable does anyone a good place in australia to get tham from

silk wedding flowers? hi im getting married in october and i am looking foe silk wedding bouquets for everybody only problem is i want them to be affordable does anyone a good place in australia to get tham from

What can I carry at my wedding besides flowers? My grandmother and I are both severely allergic to flowers so I don't really want to carry them. I don't like flowers that much either so I was thinking something other than silk flowers. Also, I need somthing other than flowers to use as centerpieces on the tables. My wedding will be in July 2007 so I have time to plan something elaborate.

Are silk or fresh flowers better for the wedding party and cake?

How can I dye ivory silk flowers to blueish and tan using koolaid? I would like to dye the flowers for my wedding in Oct. thank you.

Ladies, do you prefer silk or fresh flowers for a wedding?

I am needing to find silk flowers to go on my cake....I need some ideas or websites to order from help!? I am looking for websites to order silk flowers for my wedding cake....or any ideas that might help thanks!

Wedding Flowers? I was wondering...has anyone gotten their wedding flowers from TheBridesBouquet.com? They have beautiful silk flowers, but I wanted to know if anyone has ordered from them? And if so, what was the quality like? They look so real on the website, but that could be deceiving. Also, has anyone had silk flowers for their bouquets instead of real ones? I think I'm leaning more toward silk, they're cheaper and they last forever without having to preserve them. Any help would be appreciated. :-) I already placed an order with them, I'm ordering a single rose, a sample color swatch, and a boutonniere. I thought maybe someone could tell me if they had a good experience with this company.

Would you hire wedding decorations for a least half price (silk flowers ,table decorations,etc) rather? than buying them outright and safe yourself money for other things?

Where can i find information on how to make silk-flower arrangements and bouquets for a wedding?

where can i find silk flowers wholesale in los angeles? if certain places need a vendor's id, that's not an issue. this is for a cousin's wedding scheduled in november. we're looking for tropical - birds of paradise, plumeria - or yellow flowers in general.

How to make my own wedding flowers? I want to make my own wedding flowers to save money but dont know where to start. I want to use silk calla lillies. I need to make a bridal cascade, 3 bridesmaids calla posies and table decorations. Can any1 tell me how to make these please? or give me any good websites to look at? Also, im not sure where to buy the supplies from or how much to buy either. Please help, thanks.

Where can I buy silk hibiscus flowers online? I'm making my own wedding flowers. I can't seen to find them. When I do find them the website only seems to carry red and yellow. Does anybody know?