Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Wedding Flowers for the Frugal
Would it be anathema to suggest that wedding flowers don't have to be planned ahead of time? If it's not important to have the whole church decked out in flowers, it's possible to wait till the day of the wedding or the day before, and run into the grocery store or Walmart. We spent less than $20 for Katie's wedding flowers last year. Next week I expect the same. Around here, the smallest, simplest floral arrangements are a minimum of $20-25. But you can get a small vase from Goodwill for a dollar or two, and for $4-5 you can get a bunch of carnations and daisies and greenery from the produce dept of the grocery store. Or you can get a nice big bunch of roses and babies' breath and greenery from Walmart for about $12. These flowers can be used for the bride's and bridesmaids' bouquets and for altar flowers just as easily as going to the traditional florist shop.
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That is a good idea!
ReplyDeleteI also like another idea some have used at our church -- ordering silk arrangements from the florist and donating them to the church for use on those Sundays when no one has ordered flowers.
The huge expenditure on flowers is one of those big wedding things that I don't get.
ReplyDeleteBep will probably have a big wedding. And it probably won't be inexpensive. But I anticipate most of the cost being the entertainment and feeding of our family and friends, not, as for one bride I knew of recently, $3400 for flowers.