Comments for weddings

Comment on What is a cheap alternative for wedding flowers? by Mother M

Mother M — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:25:59 +0000

Think simple. I just ordered carnation boutinerres with greenery/baby’s breath for an occasion that were $2.50/each. A rosebud may be a bit more but not a lot. Guys all taken care of. Bridesmaids: Have them carry one long-stem rose or one of whatever pretty flower is in season at the local grocery store, Wal-Mart or other store that carries flowers. Go to a craft store and buy a roll of ribbon and tie the ribbon yourself. You could do the same for the moms and grandmoms. For the flower girl, do a few flowers, tie them with a ribbon. You can probably manage it all for about $50 bucks.

Another great idea is to ask friends and family who they know who has flower gardens and would cut a few fresh flowers for free for your wedding.

OR…check outdoorsy areas and see where wildflowers might be growing naturally that you might be able to cut a few for your wedding. Cost: FREE
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Comment on What Type of flowers did you have for your wedding and why? by giftgal

giftgal — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:23:59 +0000

I had purple and white Lisianthis. I chose Lisianthis because they look like roses but are far less expensive. And they are a true purple.

I do love alstromeria, Peonies, and white lacy hydrengea. but not together.

Roses are classic but you can make them look really awsome if you get a unique color and match it with something cool like bells ireland or something!

Good luck
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Comment on What Type of flowers did you have for your wedding and why? by Kelsy

Kelsy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:39:59 +0000

Bridemaids had light blue hydrandas, coral roses with pearls in them, and cream gerber daises, baby breath, I had roses, stephanoies, and baby breath
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Comment on What is a cheap alternative for wedding flowers? by Alice

Alice — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:23:59 +0000

you can get artificial flowers.
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Comment on What Type of flowers did you have for your wedding and why? by Lydia

Lydia — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:19:59 +0000

For a July wedding, our colours were lilac, pink, yellow and light teal – taken from the bridesmaids’ dresses which had little posies of flowers of those colours on the white embossed fabric.
So I had a European handtied bouquet with a big mix of flowers in lilac, pink, yellow and white, with greenery and ribbons of those colours trailing down. There were roses, mums, carnations, alstromeria, stargazer lily, etc. just a beautiful mixture of flowers – really beautiful large bouquet. The four attendants had smaller versions of my bouquet.
It just made everything bright, pretty, fresh and happy, having the variety of colours and types of flowers!
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Comment on What is a cheap alternative for wedding flowers? by idontknowdoyoudoyou

idontknowdoyoudoyou — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:09:59 +0000

making paper flowers? see martha stewart.com
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Comment on What is a cheap alternative for wedding flowers? by ruddy_scot

ruddy_scot — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:02:59 +0000

Fake, I'm telling you, silk is the way to go. I had an outdoor wedding myself and used silk flowers in the bouquets, bouteneres, headpieces and archway. I used real petals for the flower girl to toss of course, I didn't want to have to have somebody pick up a bunch of fake petals and also for a few other places. I wanted some very expensive and out of season flowers and getting silk ones and handtying them was so much cheaper and they looked great you can't even tell in the pictures they were fake. Another plus is that it will be so much easier to save your bouquet if that's important to you. If you insist on real flowers you can always go to the flower shop a few days before the ceremony and seeing what they have in stock that's in season and will be cheaper than having to find and ship flowers.
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Comment on What Type of flowers did you have for your wedding and why? by dana

dana — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:51:59 +0000

our wedding will be held december 20th and i will be having poinsettias that are red with gold glitter around the edges….and my brides maids will have gold poinsettias…. the bridesmaids will have red dresses..and we are using fake poinsettias because they leak a milky liquid…… and we are using them because they are my favorite Christmas time flowers
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Comment on In what order do speeches go after a wedding? by Louise HM

Louise HM — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:39:59 +0000

I got married last year and my Dad gave his speech first, then my new hubby, then the best man. . . . . . I don't think it's so important these days though.
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Comment on In what order do speeches go after a wedding? by Ms Mat Urity

Ms Mat Urity — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:30:59 +0000

Father (or person who gave bride away), Groom and then best man. However, nowadays often there are others who want to speak, for example the mother of the bride or the bride herself. Usually in the hotel or venue you are holding your reception would keep you right in this and advise the best order for speeches if more people than normal decide to say a few words.
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