Natural Confetti/petals

Our venue will only allow real rose petal confetti, I got ours from here:

http://www.confettidirect.co.uk/coloured_rose_petals.html

I only bought two pints of petals and a basket to hold them in for the pictures, think it came to £25/ish

I am making it myself. I take the petals off flowers I have bought for the house (before they turn brown) then leave them to dry, or put them in a very low oven spread out on a tray. I am storing them in a box with some of those little silicone packs that you get in new handbags to keep them dry. I couldn't believe the prices either when I did some research

I got mine from Shropshire petals. They have a calculator so you can work out how much you need and you can choose the colours personally for your mix.

Just bought petal confetti from eBay, 6 litres for about £30, which will apparently be enough for between 60 and 72 guests. Think you can get good deals on biodegradable paper there as well.

Thanks everyone this is a massive help! MissRachel, when you made them how much confetti does each bunch of flowers make do you think?

A bunch of roses from M&S filled an ice cream tub when they were dried. I'm not sure how much I will need, I'm going to make little cones so am thinking only a small handful to fill them. They don't have to be roses though, I am just using whatever flowers I buy anyway and not worrying too much about colours. You can get the cheap bunches from the reduced aisle if you don't have much time. I will probably end up doing this a bit more. Just make sure none of the petals have started to go brown. I'll also ask my bridesmaids to help out if I don't think I have enough and it gets closer to the time.

I got ours from ebay... just under £10 for half a litre of lavender and a litre of rose petals. I'm going to make small cones to put it in, and either have the confetti in a basket or have the cones ready filled in a box so guests can grab it on their way outside. I am not supplying a huge amount as some guests may bring their own (i always forget to get any for weddings but we did mention it on the info sheet).

Just a little observation on lavender, when it gos down your top it can be very itchy. I know this from experience and being in the thick of it whilst shooting the confetti throwing and getting it down my own neck !

Luckily my dress isn't strapless I have the benita 'jacket' over the top so hopefully no lavender will get in!

Oh it will get in allright - dont you worry about that !

Considering I wear a shirt and tie and it is not being directly thrown at me it still manages to get down somtimes.