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I wanted an All Baby's Breath wedding and the florist (man) LAUGHED AT ME! ...that was awkward and then he showed me the 1000s of ways he could display PINK/WHITE Star Lilies! HAHAH! Yea...def. want that esp. for a CHRISTMAS-TIME wedding!
I hope you find some info, Im def. interested even if I have to do it my dam self!
i don't have centerpiece pricing for you, but my BM's had baby's breath bouquets. they were only $25 each, in a very very expensive area of California. i thought it was such a bargain. you can see their bouquets on the cake table in this pic.
@CupCakeMeg: That's ridiculous! Have you talked to another florist?
I have no input on cost- I have thought about doing babys breath in combination with peonies but have not talked to any florists yet.
There's a flower wholesale store here in Nashville & on their website they list 10 Gypsophila (baby's breath) for $8.50. So it would depend on how many individual stalks you use per centerpiece. Say you use 5 stalks per arrangement with 30 arrangements that's 150 stalks. At $8.50/10 you'll spend $127.50.
@accorn: I havent seen another florist since that guy. The first florist (lady) we saw I showed her pics but she still insisted on adding a dozen roses to each centerpiece! WITH lots of baby's breath! She just didnt see my vision I guess. I got some local referalls to check out! =)
I love how whimsical, light/airy and romantic Baby's Breath is!!! =) Esp. all bundled up!
@CupCakeMeg: my florist was very confused by my desire for all baby's breath BM bouquets.... and she was pretty young (mid 20s). i figured a younger florist would be more likely to be up on the trends, but seriously, she was like wait, what?! do you want, and why?!
I priced this out as BM boquets with my florist and another florist who would have sold me just the flowers (not in boquet form). Honestly, there are so many kinds of babys breath (I learned from both florists) and the ones that look best on their own are the more expensive larger types. To get this kind and do it myself would have cost between $15 and $20 per boquet not counting ribbon and other supplies I would need to make them. To order them complete from my florist would have been about $40. For $45 I could get roses. Ultimately, I also learned that babys breath are true white and with ivory table cloths and an ivory dress, I decided to go for the ivory roses to match my boquet instead. He put tufts (clustered to look like a larger flower if that makes sense) of baby's breath in the girls' boquets and it ended up looking really nice. If you are not DIYing them, babys breath don't really save you money. My florist had experience using babysbreath as a stand alone flower but the other guy who priced it out to sell to me thought it was a rediculous idea.
I am planning on using it for my center pieces for my New Year's Eve wedding. It looks like fluffy snow when bunched together properly! My mom and I did a test run since we will be DIYing them. Ignore the vase, that was just something we had on hand, I plan to use black tower vases for the real thing! We haven't gotten bulk pricing yet, so if anyone finds a good deal please be sure to post!!!
@kimca07: When is your wedding? Do you have anyone in the US who has room in their garden who could grow it for you? If it is the right time of year? very easy to grow your own.
There are annual and perennial plants with many different sizes of flowers.
@julies1949: I am in Boston and my wedding is on New Year's Eve, not prime gardening season here :( Good idea though, maybe somoene else could use that option. Thanks!
Order from Costco if you can - 100 stems for 79.99. They come in bulk, but since it's only one type of flower, you don't necessarily need a florist to arrange them the "correct" way.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11333477&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|3605|90371|24847&N=4045468&Mo=48&pos=0&No=29&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=24847&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC38256-Cat90371&topnav=
@sheilad72: How many stems did it take to get that size?
@sheilad72: I saw the date of your wedding. That's why my response was only directed to the OP as she doesn't say when her wedding date is.
I did all baby's breath. I DIY the flowers and ordered in bulk from Sam's. The great thing about BB is that it's REALLY hearty, so you could do it several days in advance and it will still look great. I think I spent about $150 total on flowers and vases (which I picked up at garage sales)...and I had WAY more baby's breath than I needed.
@Miss Smashville: It was about 10 stems. My mother picked up 3 bunches at Stop & Shop that were 3 - 4 stem per bunch.
@sheilad72: You're my new best friend for giving me that information! Thank you!!!
@Miss Smashville: Awww thanks! Doesn't it look so pretty? I can't wait to see it on my reception tables on New Year's Eve!
I have to admit I am one of those people that was like, what?? O_o when I first read about using Baby's Breath as the only flower for a wedding. I'm not a florist but my mom was one when I was little so I'm soooooo used to it being a filler/compliment to other flowers in bouquets that it was really kind of weird to envision at first. I guess it's almost like asking for roses then cutting off the buds just to have a bouquet of leaves and thorns.
After seeing the pictures though they're very cute and I can see why people want them as the only flower especially since they're so cheap. I remember when I was little I loved playing with just them since they were small flowers but my mom always gave me another flower to put in the middle when she saw what I was doing.
I actually just went to Kroger yesterday to price Baby's Breath. Yes, I know, Kroger...but guess what?! It was cheap as hell there! A bunch (5 to 6 stems) $3.99. Seriously, you can't beat that with a stick! If you have a Kroger in your neighborhood, I would definitely try them. Or any large grocery store chain would probably carry it.
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Hi Weddingbee!
I hope you can help me with a little question. I want to use all baby's breath for my wedding and just wanted to know if anyone has done the same and what were the costs. I am planning my wedding from afar (most likely from out of US) and will have to enlist a florist to do the job for me (which kills me fyi).
I am under the impression that they are not as expensive as other options but have no idea by how much. We are going to have long farmer tables, so about 3 center pieces a table with 10 tables...
Any input would be a great help!!
xo
Kim