http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee Boards User Favorites: LLauRRa en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:25:39 +0000 http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-200078 Tue, 12 May 2009 18:32:19 +0000 GeorgiaPeach 200078@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>If you have a costco membership you can order them through there and they are so so much cheaper than the other vendors and look great! We have done it for both of my sister's weddings. I would suggest going into their store to order them in bulk though as they will sometimes give you a greater discount than their website. </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-200055 Tue, 12 May 2009 17:46:33 +0000 beantownbliss 200055@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>@ maureen9004</p> <p>I can't believe you did all that after finals! Amazing.. </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-132681 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:06:33 +0000 pam2009 132681@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I like fiftyflowers.com, I had some flowers delivered for my best friend from them and she said they were fantastic. I havent used flowersandfreshness personally, but I cant help to think the quality is different just based on their price though. </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-132441 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:07:43 +0000 miac 132441@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I used theflowerexchange.com and was really happy with them. We got all the flowers on Wednesday and it took my mom and I one and a half hours to trim and remove the stems from everything. We stored everything in the basement and kept the house a little cooler than usual just to be safe.&nbsp; </p> <p>On the Friday before the wedding I gathered some very helpful people. My mom, two sisters, my moms friend and myself went to work. To keep things looking similar and to avoid the centerpieces from looking like they were made by 5 different people we all took jobs. We figured how many of each type of flower would go in in arrangement. My mom and two sisters put together the centerpieces, while my moms friend went through and edited everything to make it looked uniform. We realized that some of the arrangements were looking a little spare and my sisters went to the field next to my parents house to pick some queen anne's lace to make things look a little fuller. </p> <p>I made all the bouquets and boutonieres myself because I had practiced before and knew I could handle it. I didn't wrap the ribbon around the bouquets until the morning of the wedding. </p> <p>The only problem that occured was that we ran out of flowers to make corsages. My sweet sisters ran out the next morning and haggled the florist down to $10 a piece for four corsages.&nbsp; </p> <p>A word of the wise, not everything will go perfectly. Except it and move on. Flowers are beautiful no matter what. All together we made centerpieces (12), bouquets (6 +1 bridal), aisle decor (6) and boutonnieres (7). It also will help to have someone (a good friend and my aunt in this case) who can transport everything to the site.&nbsp; </p> <p>Although I don't post here a lot, I wanted to respond to this post. I had a lot of people tell me it would be too much and that I wouldnt be able to handle it. I knew I had my moms support and had three other very helpful people&nbsp; there. I wouldnt have changed the way things went. It saved us over $1000 and was beyond worth it. If anyone needs more advice or help, I would love to help.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sorry for the crummy pictures, I dont have my pros with me. The first is my bouquet and the second is one of our centerpieces (or bar display in this case). </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-132254 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:19:15 +0000 maureen9004 132254@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>oh and just incase- my bouquet wasn't all roses.&nbsp; I have about 15 mini calla lillies in there </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-132253 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:17:58 +0000 maureen9004 132253@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Flowersandfreshness is a better deal- and I did like the quality of their roses, my problem really was that I ordered the wrong kind and color because I'm a moron.&nbsp; 60 bucks is a lot of money to save- do a few google searches to find out more about the rose types they have on flowersandfreshness.com&nbsp;you&nbsp;want to&nbsp;find&nbsp; how big the rose head really is and what the color is like in real life.&nbsp; </p> <p>&nbsp; For the bouquets- My sister is holding hers and mine.&nbsp; I think all together I ordered 50 roses- I probably used a good 20 for my bouquet.&nbsp; </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; I actually just checked and flowersandfreshness actually has the amelia creamy rose for sale- I would definitley order from there.&nbsp; They are so much cheaper, and they did have great customer service.&nbsp; I like fiftyflowers.com because they have a big selection- but flowersandfreshness.com prices beat fiftyflowers.&nbsp; </p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Make sure you double check your order though! :)</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-131976 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:46:42 +0000 lilythespitfire 131976@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>*shoo spam filters* </p> <p>Rosychicklet I patiently await the links! </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-131940 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:29:08 +0000 rosychicklet 131940@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Ugh.&nbsp; I just posted a bunch of links to other posts about DIY flowers and it's being held back by the stupid spam filters!!!! </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-131924 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:19:55 +0000 rosychicklet 131924@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>There have been a ton of posts about this- do a search, but here are a few:</p> <p><a href="http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/experience-with-online-flower-wholesalers" rel="nofollow">http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/experience-with-online-flower-wholesalers</a></p> <p><a href="/topic/looking-for-wholesale-florist">http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/looking-for-wholesale-florist</a></p> <p><a href="/topic/costco-flowers">http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/costco-flowers</a> </p> <p>I did my own (ordered from bloomsbythebox.com) and it came out really well.</p> <p>I posted about it here:</p> <p><a href="http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flower-vendor-recommendations" rel="nofollow">http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flower-vendor-recommendations</a></p> <p>Here's a photo: </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin#post-131913 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:12:52 +0000 Swoonie 131913@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Flowerbud.com sells bulk flowers. I didn't do my own flowers, but I order from them all the time! </p>