Artificial flowers?

We are for the BMs and on the cake. Which ones are you thinking of getting? I agree there are some lovely ones out there. When I was bm for my best friend my flowers were artificial and they were lovely, and looked fab in the photos next to her real ones.

I had artificial ones in my bouquet and my H's buttonhole - here's a pic.

I am swayimg towards wooden roses for all our flowers, i love the fact you can keep them forever, does seem such a waste of money that way :-)

All of my flowers are artificial due to the fact that H2B, me and our 3 kids all have hayfever!

I'm having artificial purely because I'm finding them to be much cheaper than real!

Yeah that's my reasoning to getting fake ones too - the cost. I got quotes from two local florists for red and white - one bridal, one MB and two buttonholes and one was £160 and one was £175! I can't justify that - not when I can get fakes for £70 x

Wow thats alot from the florist.

Like i said i am going with wooden ones and i have been quoted for 1x bridal bouquet, 3 BM bouquets, 1 flower girl basket, 10 button holes, 4 corsages and a top table arrangement for £170.

Fake flowers are the way to go i think x

Were having artificial flowers, my nan is doing them for us. alot of them are from country baskets, its a wholesalers but anyone can go, really reasonably priced and they look lovely

That's a really good idea. I'd considered dried flowers but not artificial. Flowers for the room are included in my venue, but this is a nice way to sort out buttonholes and bouquet!

this is a selection of the ones we picked up from country baskets, sorry about the size of photos!

I am going for artificial flowers. I like the idea of keeping them forever

If I'd seen paper bouquets before I got married I think I'd have had one of those, they're gorgeous. I loved my flowers though, so not complaining!

I am having artifical flowers for the exact same reasons that you have mentioned!

Also, I want our mums and dads to be able to keep their button holes/corsages forever as I think it wil be a lovely reminder of the wedding. Both me and my OH are only children, neither of us have brothers and sisters, so its the only weddings both of our parents will ever host!

When we saw our flowers originally in the shop, I mistakenly thought the florist had made them from real flowers, becuase they looked and smelt so life-like!

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I am going for artificial flowers purely because they are cheaper and easier as we have to travel quiet a distance to our wedding venue.

However that being said I am treating myself to a real bouquets if I can

I have gone for artificial flowers so I can keep them although the main reason is H2B and son suffer really bad hayfever so don't want any snotty noses and swollen eyes!!

I just got mines today from a fab lady called Foam Flowers by Joanne, she is on facebook!! Truly amazing lady and really friendly. Here is a photo of them, I have silk peonies and the BM's and guys have foam roses.

I like the idea of artificial flowers too. Can I ask where you got them from? Are there artificial flower florists?! Sorry if this is a dumb question!

I had artificial too - one of my bestest friends made my bouquets for me and I think they're stunning! I get to keep them forever and they will always remind me of my friend as well

Another vote for artificial ? Got all mine for under £200 from Ebay. Florist wanted £600!! xx

Mrs S - could I ask which ebay seller it was please? They're beautiful!

Sure, it was Sues flowers of york .. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Sues-Wedding-Flowers-of-York . I ordered them ages ago, requested a custom listing because i wanted a bundle of items. In total it came to £165.58

1x teardrop bridal bouquet
4x adult bridesmaid bouquets
2x star wands
2x luxury corsages
8x single buttonholes
1x double luxury buttonhole

The delivery was good as too, can't remember what the delivery service was but you could track the flowers every step of the way just by putting the ref in online xx

Yes to artificial flowers! here is one that I love. It's so pretty, origami wedding bouquet