DIY flowers...help!!!

I booked a florist intensing to have her do everything but since booking I have decided I am going to (try) do my own brooch bouquet, buttonholes and BM bouquets using dried lavender.

Now I am thinking of also doing the centrepieces but if I do they will be using foam roses and dried lavender so that I can prepare them in advance!

At this stage I am having the florist do some venue decoration including ceremony table flowers and centrepieces (which are my own various teapots and teacups) and also OH buttonhole and MOB corsage.

If I was getitng married closer to home I would be doing fresh flower centrepieces. Have a look for a florist market near you.

Hi - this site should help you with names, colours and availability for when you are getting married:-

http://www.flowers.org.uk/flowers/flowers-by-month/

For your budget - you have a maximum of £4 per jar so you would need to go for flowers with plenty on the stem such as spray carnations, chrysanths, gyp, solidaster etc to fill the jars out as much as possible. If you have a garden, utilise as much as poss in the way of foliage such as ivy, skimmia, laurel leaves etc to use as fillers but not cupressus (leylandii) as this is generally regarded as funeral foliage. It's worth having a word with your florist as she may be willing to do you a discount if you buy in bulk for the tables. Hope that helps.

Hi, I didn't make my own centerpieces but I did order flowers for the ladies who were decorating the church from an online wholesalers:

https://nurseryfreshwholesaleflowers.com/wedding-flowers/

They were really helpful if you give them a ring they can suggest flowers to go with a particular colour scheme or budget and tell you what is in season. Delivery was very smooth and the quality of the flowers was excellent when I used them.

I had looked into this.... never sure of internet companies so thanks for the recommendation.

Thanks, that's really helpful - I've been trawling through the last 30 minutes

I'm doing all my own flowers - except for my bouquet which is too important for me to mess up! But I'm saving a ton of money by using artificial. I did my bridesmaid bouquets yesterday -

Just simple but still... (my scheme is purple and lime - they'll be in purple dresses)

And the centrepieces are a current project but they're causing me issues...mainly because I wanted them to be high....it would have been much easier if I'd chosen low ones!

Oh and Youtube has some great flower arranging videos!

These are so lovely! Well done x

They look lovely, good work! Thanks for the you tube tip

Where did you get your artificial flowers from? Ever where I look they seem to be as expensive as real ones?!

They're from Dunelm Mill! These ones to be exact - http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/artificial-foam-rose-bundle-168082#5050210700929

Cost £3.50 for a bunch of 6 individual ones

I love Dunelm, what a fab find!! We don't have one near me but the OH is from Coventry so we always make a trip to Dunelm when we go and see his parents!! (Yes, that is my idea of a fun day out, haha!)

Thanks again.

Hi,

I am doing them for my daughter`s wedding and have bought artificial roses from a wholesaler called Village Green. They came very well packed and were very helpful. I bought the florist tape to bind them from ebay and crystals to put in the centres from my local haberdashery shop.

Hope this helps

Lynne

Village Green are doing my bridal bouquet! They do bouquets to order so I've been emailing back and forth with them to design it. I'm glad you said the packing was good