When planning a wedding, you can expect to spend about 10% of your budget on flowers alone. With that in mind, you need to ask yourself whether all that money that goes on flowers that nobody will actually care about, couldn't be put to better use, like a honeymoon in an exotic place, perhaps? Many brides would agree that investing in the honeymoon would be the wiser course, yet you don't have to discard flowers completely. It only takes a bit of imagination and flexibility to come up with cheaper ways of having wedding flowers when limited by a budget.
If you choose the right venue you may not have to spend at all on wedding flowers. For instance, in spring you could hold the wedding at the local rose garden or arboretum so that you will only have to spend for the bridal bouquet and the bridesmaids' posies. But any local flower shop can supply those.
Since every vendor lives under the impression that brides-to-be will spend fortunes on even the most insignificant articles for the wedding and they can be ripped off without losing any sleep about it, you should avoid mentioning the big event when you are shopping for your flowers or anything related to the wedding if you don't want to literally spend a fortune.
Red and white poinsettias are a great substitute for wedding flowers if your wedding is to be held in winter. And to give your wedding a more festive feeling you can use some pine cones or some ivy vines. If you want a more elegant feel to the place, you can achieve it by using larger pots and wrapping them in silver or golden foil while also adding some wedding ribbons.
Planting your own flowers would be another alternative. Very few brides like a shotgun wedding, so if you are not one of them, then you probably have several months ahead of you to plant your flowers and grow them.
Though you can always replace fresh wedding flowers with artificial ones made of silk and paper that your local craft store can supply, and achieve the same stylish aspect. Try to keep in mind that what really counts is the ambiance on the whole, not the tiny features, and artificial wedding flowers won't ruin it, so you can use them without having any qualms about the matter. Use ivy vines, pine cone colored in gold or silver, silk roses, candles and paper marguerites to create a charming and romantic look.
However, if you are dead set on having fresh flowers at your wedding, but still want to save money, try to keep away from the most exotic ones. Go for roses, carnations, tulips and sunflowers, which are the most common and therefore, the least expensive. Greens can also save you a lot of flower-trouble as well as money. You can bring down the number of flowers yet keep your budget and look intact if you choose to incorporate more baby breaths, ferns and other greens in the arrangements. Regardless of what you buy, go to your local wholesale florists to find good bargains.
Come to think of it, you don't really need wedding flowers at all if you adorn the setting with candles, which are more evocative of the romantic dream-come-true feel a wedding should have.
If you choose the right venue you may not have to spend at all on wedding flowers. For instance, in spring you could hold the wedding at the local rose garden or arboretum so that you will only have to spend for the bridal bouquet and the bridesmaids' posies. But any local flower shop can supply those.
Since every vendor lives under the impression that brides-to-be will spend fortunes on even the most insignificant articles for the wedding and they can be ripped off without losing any sleep about it, you should avoid mentioning the big event when you are shopping for your flowers or anything related to the wedding if you don't want to literally spend a fortune.
Red and white poinsettias are a great substitute for wedding flowers if your wedding is to be held in winter. And to give your wedding a more festive feeling you can use some pine cones or some ivy vines. If you want a more elegant feel to the place, you can achieve it by using larger pots and wrapping them in silver or golden foil while also adding some wedding ribbons.
Planting your own flowers would be another alternative. Very few brides like a shotgun wedding, so if you are not one of them, then you probably have several months ahead of you to plant your flowers and grow them.
Though you can always replace fresh wedding flowers with artificial ones made of silk and paper that your local craft store can supply, and achieve the same stylish aspect. Try to keep in mind that what really counts is the ambiance on the whole, not the tiny features, and artificial wedding flowers won't ruin it, so you can use them without having any qualms about the matter. Use ivy vines, pine cone colored in gold or silver, silk roses, candles and paper marguerites to create a charming and romantic look.
However, if you are dead set on having fresh flowers at your wedding, but still want to save money, try to keep away from the most exotic ones. Go for roses, carnations, tulips and sunflowers, which are the most common and therefore, the least expensive. Greens can also save you a lot of flower-trouble as well as money. You can bring down the number of flowers yet keep your budget and look intact if you choose to incorporate more baby breaths, ferns and other greens in the arrangements. Regardless of what you buy, go to your local wholesale florists to find good bargains.
Come to think of it, you don't really need wedding flowers at all if you adorn the setting with candles, which are more evocative of the romantic dream-come-true feel a wedding should have.
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