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I am a kindergarten teacher in the DC area and have been snowed in for approximetly a week.  With this time I decided to play around with DIY pomanders.  I am typically NOT a fan of silk flowers anywhere in a wedding but this is the easiest and most cost efficient way for pomanders.  The rest of my wedding will have fresh flowers.  This is a picture of our wedding location, not us, and a picture of my pride and joy. I am going to alternate, every other row, with a kissing ball and a starfish ribbon. I have not made those yet.  They will be yellow ribbon with a white starfish.  Let me know what you think.  Too much or perfect?

Aww thank you ladies.  I was so excited to share them with the hive.  My fiance was hysterial.  He looked at me funny when I walked out of michaels with a big bag of flowers and a hot glue gun. I think he doubted my skillz.  haha Although when he saw it finished he couldn't stop looking at it.  I was very worried they were going to turn out to look like a bad kindergarten project but thankfully they turned out pretty nice.  So if you want pomanders I totally recommend DIY.  It took me about 20 min. to make one.  Not nearly as cheap as you would think but gorgeous.

They look awesome! i like how you combined different colors. great job!

They look great :) 

ksnow--No problem.  I wanted large pomanders.  I used the 6in (I think) green styrofom balls $4/each.  The roses were on sale for $3 a bunch, approx. 6-8 flowers per bunch.  I splurged a bit to get more realistic roses.  I could have gone for the $1 a bunch roses/carnations as a cheaper route.  I seriously underestimated how many flowers would be needed for each ball.  They needed about 40 flowers per ball.  Mine turned out to be about basketball/soccer ball sized.  With the cost of flowers and the styrofoam ball it ended up being about $20 per ball.  Of course your cost would go down quite a bit by using a smaller ball and cheaper flowers.  I know they are a little expensive but I figure I can get some of that cost back by selling them after the wedding.  Hope this helps.

@obmims--They look great!  I love the bright yellow you used. I love to see other Yellow wedding pics.  I don't see them as often.  I couldn't find any bright yellow blooms at Michaels when I went.  So I settled on a softer shade. I was looking for carnations but all they had were stark white and hot pink. 

@Jamaica Bride-- Yours looks great!  I really like the compact look of carnations and the printed ribbon.  Very pretty.