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What are folks thoughts on "fake" flowers at a wedding?
I am DYING to have hydrangeas at my wedding. My colors are espresso, ivory, antique gold and hunter green.
the problem is i cant find a color of the flower that fits... except for these really cool antique-y looking dried hydrangea type fake flowers. they look real and look great, but will people notice and will they "talk"? is it *gasp* TACKY??!?!
oh and its loads cheaper and im SO not a flower person.
I almost clicked waffles haha, but as long as you pick quality faux flowers, then you'll be fine. I don't think people look *that* close at centerpieces, bouquets, etc anyway. And not being a flower person myself, I'm fooled about half the time when confronted with real/fake questions. I thought the first picture was real flowers. If nothing else, you could ask a florist (or DIY it) to add some coloring in the water a few days before to get a light espresso color or something along those lines.
ohhhh i didnt think about the colored water! great idea :)
and yeah... im a "shiny object" kinda person - easy distracted.... hence.... waffles :)
im using fake flowers for my bouquet. yesterday i bought blue fake hydrangeas for my dinning room and they look awesome. i think they one you choose look really nice!
I really can't tell if flowers are fake unless I actually touch them. I would get whatever you like and not worry abou tit.
sorry folks, but no matter how "quality" you think the fakes are they will always look fake and yes, that is kinda tacky. sorry! i went to a wedding once where they used fakes and it was instantly obvious. they also had a cash bar so let's just say they clearly didn't care about being tacky lol! people did talk a bit but if you don't care about that then say F it, do what you like :) or, maybe just use (fresh) hydrangeas in your bridal bouquets only and less expensive flowers in the centerpieces. you can then re-use the bouquets by placing them in vases on the head table or around the cake to display them at the reception. just an idea!
@kemi - we were actually thinking that - the bouquets as real and centerpieces as fake (since you really shouldnt be touching those anyway! lol) i think the silk ones are pretty good replicas though - i really couldnt tell until i touched the leaves - which we might just get real leaves and use the fake blooms. who knows
but thanks for your honesty! i really need to know if folks are gonna bawk at it or not. :)
I'm considering using silk flowers, and I found some really, really good ones at Michael's. SO much cheaper than real flowers (not that there's anything wrong with real flowers, silk ones are just much nicer to our budget). plus you can keep them for years after the wedding as a keepsake! :)
We used fake flowers on manzanita branches and only got compliments on how nice they looked. We even had a few people take the centerpieces with them (not the original plan, lol).
Flowers are not worth thousands of dollars to me, so I really don't care if anyone's tacky meter went off because I used the money on other things.
i love real but if you can pull of the fake ones its all good i seen some beautiful fake flower centerpieces on here..
I personally don't really like fake flowers. I've never seen any that were that good that I thought they were real flowers. Plus to me they aren't that much cheaper. But I'm a very visual person and would be worried they would not photograph well. That being said, I do have some in my apartment! I just can't see myself using them in a wedding.
If you were my friend or family member I wouldn't judge you. It's up to you what you like and works best for you.
No one will notice if you use nice fake flowers for your arrangements. Half the time I can't tell the difference unless I touch them.
Besides - the kind of people who notice this stuff and think it's tacky are... well, they're the kind of people who go to a wedding and judge flower arrangements. Who gives a **** what they think?
I really really wanted to get fake flowers for pomanders but when I went to pick some out I just couldn't get over how artificial they looked. Maybe the place I went didn't have good quality fakes. I think fake flowers work better at a distance so when I saw them up close I didn't like them as much.
I think dried flowers could work well (or even artificial dried) because they're not suppose to look like real flowers. Plus with your color palette it might be the only thing that matches.
Fake flowers make me depressed. I just think, personally, that it is better to go with real ones that are simple, or just go for candles or another option. Good luck!
If you are just substituting or doing some of it with fake, along with real, it'll be fine - especially for the reception. Personally, I would look for something less expensive if possible; I definitely wouldn't use fake flowers for my bouquet (that's just me).
im thinking that what we might do is do mostly candles for the centerpieces in the reception hall, and just cut down on the flower budget by doing only real flowers for like bouquets or something, these fake flowers would be like for the gift card table, the staircase by the cocktail foyer, etc?
Isn't miss nachos using synthetic flowers? I remember seeing one of her centerpiece posts and I thought it had silk ones...I could be wrong, though.
i say rock the faux flowers, real flowers are way more expensive in my opinion and last nowhere near as long. i found peonies and so many other flowers that look real and feel real, so i don't feel bad using them. i think ones from the dollar store though do look tacky, but thats just my 2 cents.
I think the faux flowers can look really classy. Go for it. If it saves you money and you're happy, then that's all that matters.
I'm kinda tired of people saying certain things are "tacky" at a wedding, if you want to do it - then you should do it. It is YOUR wedding, YOUR day, and YOUR money. I don't think cash bars are tacky either, I'm not a big alcohol drinker, and so I wouldn't want to pay for everyone at my wedding to drink and get drunk too - that's not cool - thankfully my venue doesn't even allow alcohol ;)
anyway.
point is, I think you should do it because it's your wedding. I'm having fabric flowers as part of my decorations! My centerpieces aren't flowers, they are small birdcages with ceramic birds, well and some babies breath, and then on the food tables, mini milk jar vases with fabric flowers. I think they're classy and unique and my mom thinks they're adorable.
Go for it girly.
we are doing faux flowers. a friend of mine at work puts flowers together as a hobby! she's doing ALL my flowers (centerpieces and bouquets) as my "wedding gift" and omg they are seriously AWESOME!
to me - my own personal thing - i do NOT want to pay hundreds or THOUSANDS of dollars on something that you throw away the next day...(my MOH spent $6,000 on her flowers that - yup - got tossed out the next day - no way!)
mine - total - I've spent $250 on flowers - 13 tables, the head table, my bouquet, 2 bm bouquets, no bouts, and a few corsages.
here's pic of just ONE of the centerpieces...these will be all of the guest tables - the head table will be white lillies with orange accents.
I am doing silk flowers! My mother actually sells arrangements/does events! I went with her this weekend to her wholesaler....Honestly there are about 3 levels of faux flowers......the cheap ones from walmart dollare store ect....that are so obviously fake you cant get past it......Then the mid grade from Michaels and ac moore ect. that are just a little nicer then walmarts some of the more exensive ones are believable.....and then there are the High quality ones that come directly from a wholesaler We spent a good amount of money on my flowers but I got exactly what I wanted without having to worry about them wilting.......
@ spaganya I also wanted hydrangeas....my colors I got are ivory green hygdrangea ivory and peach roses but we added some ivory peonies ......I love them! I couldnt be happier!!! Mine are going into vases that I made a mercury glass finish on....They look fantastic!
Oh an FYI I am doing a Cash Bar.....I dont think it is tacky.....If people want to drink alcohol that is fine but I dont feel the need to provide that!!! I think every wedding I have been to has been cash bar and they were definetly not "tacky" people. I dont think that going to someones wedding....the happiest day of their life....and judging them on THEIR choices is very cool! I say u may think my decor or choices are tacky but show some class and respect that they are just that, My choices!
I think it is fine. I have been to weddings where I knew that the flowers were fake only because they told me. I think that it depends on the quality of the flowers. Also, some people prefer fake flowers because they are able to do everything in advance.
personally i do not like fake flowers and i would rather have no flowers than fake ones if it were me. but would i notice or care if you had them? nope. i mean, i doubt anyone would notice anyway.
I really wanted real flowers, but since we are having a larger wedding it was getting too expensive to use real flowers in almost 50 centerpieces besides the already large wedding party. I found some really nice fake hydrangeas and roses at Hobby Lobby for reasonable when they are on sale for 50% off. They have good colors and textures, especially the real touch stems. I would recommend checking them out...it definitely saves you money if you are considering buying real hydrangeas-- I was quoted between $5-10 a stem! Good luck!
Just wanted to respond to Hydrangeas in general. I also was quoted between $5-$10 a stem for them. I bought a fake one in the flower section @ walmart for $10. So there wasn't really much savings there. I havn't checked at other places like hobby lobby or flower factory. But I would keep that in mind. Even fake flowers can get pretty expesive. The hydrangea I purchased actually looked very real except for the leaves. Thats where I can really tell the difference in fake and real flowers; is in the leaves and stems. Good Luck! Let us know what you decide to do! Because I'm kind of in the same boat!
We're using silk. I hate flowers for the most part, but do want a big round bouquet for my wedding. So we're using silk. I'm going to make sure they look good. The only rule I've made about flowers is that there will not be any roses. The flower I hate the most. They are just to tradional for me.
We are getting married in a garden so obviously we need to use real flowers. Have you checked prices? Fake flowers are very expensive too. Especially if you get good quality ones. Try growersbox.com. They are wholesale flowers. They send you the flowers and you make your own arrangements and bouquets. They are pretty cheap too.
thanks for all the tips yall :)
and im giggling over the votes for waffles :) we are seeing another florist and going to a faux florist this weekend so i will post what i find out :)
My sister is getting married in October and we decided to do the centerpieces ourselfs. Fake flowers are actually more expensive than real flowers. We went to the flower district in downtown Los Angeles and the Hydrangea came out to $2.00 per stem in white and $2.75 per stem the purple ones. If you order in bulk they give you good discounts. We also found calla lilies for 4.75 the bunch that came with 6 mini callas.
Congratulations on your wedding!
Go for it! It's WAY cheaper than real ones, which die in like a day anyway...we're doing silks as well.
I'm in the "I think fakes just are not good" camp. If I needed to go fake, i'd honestly just pick a non-floral centerpiece that was more original and interesting.
I am doing silk flowers, and they turned out great. Granted they are for my bouquets and bouts, I am not doing floral decorations.
I wanted to do silk flowers but after seeing them in person my fiancé and I decided to go with real ones. The fake ones that we saw just looked...fake lol. Also the high quality silk flowers that I saw online are more expensive that having a simple real flower bouquet. The ones you found do look nice in the picture though.
I wanted blue hydrangeas at my wedding, however they were not going to be available, nor would they be the colour I needed them to be. So, I went with real gerbers, real roses and fake hydrangeas that were painted the blue that I needed. Here's a picture, you decide what you think...
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