Making My Own Wedding Flower Arrangements
My cousin had recently gotten married and used silk flowers, and they were gorgeous. My aunt was extremely crafty, so I asked her if she would be willing to help me make silk flower arrangements for my wedding. She was happy to help, but unfortunately, we were not able to find a time where we were both available to work on the project. She lives about four hours away and owns her own business, and I was busy with work, school, and other wedding planning adventures.
As the wedding date continued to approach, I decided to take a risk. I had never done any kind of floral arrangement work before, and I certainly didn’t know anything about types of flowers or even where to begin. I wrote down how many bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, and arrangements I would need and then took my mom and my checkbook to a craft store.
I filled my cart with all kinds of flowers. I knew I wanted my bouquet to be white, and the bridesmaid bouquets to be pink with touches of white. I picked out pink and white flowers that caught my eye, and then picked up stems of ‘filler’ flowers that looked just like baby’s breath. I also got some large white flowers that looked like they would be perfect for boutonnieres.
The little bit of research I had tried to do online told me one thing: I would need floral wire and floral tape. I was happy to see that these items came in shades of green, so they would blend in with the flower stems. I picked up several rolls of the wire and tape and brought my goods home.
For the next week or so, my bedroom floor was covered in flowers, leaves, and stems. I had to redo some of the bouquets a few times before I was happy with the results, but the flowers were pretty and I had saved a ton of money!
I wrapped the bouquets with the floral wire and tape, and they stayed secure. I made enough bouquets for all of my bridesmaids, one for me, and then an arrangement for the ceremony and for the cake table. I had a friend come over and help me make the corsages and boutonnieres, and for those I just used the flowers I got and the leaves left over from the stems I had trimmed.
“Now when I look at my wedding pictures and see the flowers, I feel pride in my creations. I also feel pride in knowing that in order to save a lot of money, I was able to try my hand at something I had never done before. That feeling was worth even more than the few hundred dollars in my pocket!”
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September 4th, 2008 at 7:41 am
very creative…. I must say…you did a good job they look absolutely beautiful.