Saturday, November 19, 2011

How much do wedding flowers cost on average?? How about a price range???

I was just leafing through a bridal magazine at lunch and it said the national average is about $1200.

How much do wedding flowers cost on average?? How about a price range???
$70-$7,000
Reply:My flowers were so beautiful, I fell in love with them. I got so many compliments. We ordered flowers for :





1 bridal bouquet


1 toss bouquet


1 groom


5 bridesmaids


5 groomsmen


2 fathers


2 mothers


renting of arch for outdoor wedding


flowers on both sides of arch and on top in center.


two pilars on side of arch with huge bouquets


flowers for aisle chairs for ceremony


aisle runner


centerpiece for sweethearts table for reception


bouquet for table with guest book


14 table center pieces(including the tall vases which had roses in them)





all the flowers were mixed with roses, orchids, and beautiful flowers.


Everything came out to a little under 1,000
Reply:Difficult to answer without more details. It depends on the number of attendants, type of flowers, number of additional family or friends that require corsages, remembrance flowers etc. It could be more if you want flowers for centerpieces, the cake table, to decorate the church and/or reception hall, etc...and so on.





Whatever your budget, plan on spending about 10-15% of it on flowers.
Reply:$500 will get you flowers for the bride, groom, 2 bridesmaids, 2 groomsmen, and both sets of parents.


I need ideas for summer wedding flowers?

The bridesmaid's dresses are a blue-green color. I know nothing about flowers but I did want to incorporate another color in with the blue.





Here's a link to the dresses:


http://davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_byco...





Keeping in mind that we are having an outdoor wedding and keeping a summer theme, any suggestions would be helpful!!! The wedding is in less than a month! Thank you :)

I need ideas for summer wedding flowers?
Go with white. Its awesome! If you want you can go with green! Green is such a nice color for the summer! You can put green lemons in a tall vase with water and green roses and green orchids!
Reply:Daisies were my first choice. They are white and there is greenery.


The dresses are cool, and you can upgrade to lilies, they are very nice. You can add baby's breath to make a bouquet.


White roses are expensive, although the small ones are nice.
Reply:Lillies. You can't go wrong.
Reply:Gerbera daisies and calla lillies. You can't go wrong.
Reply:The dress is really cute! I think a nice bouquet of white daisies with some greenery and tied with a satin ribbon or lace in the same color as the dress.
Reply:How about stargazer lillies? The combination of the shades of pink and white outline would look great with your color. A simple bouquet of one flower in the middle of some tropical greens would make a statement!





Good Luck!
Reply:They are wearing a very sophisticated dress, and I wouldn't want to put a lot of flowes with it. How about a simple small bouguet with possible some coral pink roses. I have seem some that are just a simple ball of roses the heads of the roses form the ball and then the stems are together with a simple bow. If you did this you could incorporate several diffent colors of roses in different shades of pink and yellows and even some deep purples or plums.





If you really want to keep if simple just have them each carry one single rose with a pretty bow made of tulle around the stem.





I listed a site below that you might be able to see what I am talking about, I am not sure what your budget is, and maybe you could scale the number of flowers in it.





I also wondered about some gerbera daisies, they can really add some color, just see what the florist can get in.





Congratulations!
Reply:Great dresses! If you like a kind of trendy, fresh look, you could use Gerbera Daisies. They'd be great for an outdoor wedding and can be died any color you can imagine. Below is a link that will give you some idea:





http://images.google.com/images?um=1%26amp;tab...





Callas are always classy and beautiful. If you used callas, they could even just carry one beautifully wrapped calla.





Finally, the wildflower look is gorgeous, and would allow you to have lots of colors. Good luck with everything!
Reply:Try something colorful would work. Almost anything color would look great.





http://www.flowerkiosk.com/img/img_weddi...

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Wedding flowers - centerpieces and bouquets?

Im on a tight tight budget - I will be having about 15 tables and 3 bridesmaids and 1 maid of honor





I need centerpieces and bouquets - I am looking to spend $500 (if not less haha) WHAT CAN I DO??





I do NOT want fake flowers nor gold fish or pictures.....





any other suggestions?


the wedding is in September

Wedding flowers - centerpieces and bouquets?
You need to buy your flowers in bulk and do it yourself. To get an arrangement done will run 30-unlimited dollars. To make one it's the cost of vase+flowers. Try





www.fiftyflowers.com


www.growersbox.com





I've found roses are the absolute cheapest... You can get like 200 roses for 230 dollars. I would keep your arrangements very simple and elegant. A cylinder vase from a craft store with a dozen roses in each, you could even get bud vases and fill them with one rose head and scatter them about the table to make it look like more.





Here some links.. i'm not sure what your colors are... but I'm picking what I like :)





http://www.fiftyflowers.com/product/Whol...





The link above is for 200 roses in any color of your choice, for 210 dollars. This would cover all the arrangements if each arrangement had 10 roses, and leave you 50 roses for you and the girls. 20 for your bouquet and 10 each for them. To make your bouquet *special* you can tie it with a special ribbon in your wedding colors, and add floral gems 1-2 dollars per stem of crystals/pearls. See link:





http://www.bouquetstems.com/





I'm guessing vases from a glass store are about 12 dollars each. That is another 200 dollars





So far we're at 410.





With your last 90 dollars...





Candles!!! You need candles.





http://www.candles4less.com/specials/vot...





the link above takes you to website where you can get 72 votive candles and holders for 37.00





If you order 2 boxes of these... you can put 8 votive candles on each table. I'm guessing your table seat 8, so either in front of the guests or circles around the centerpiece.





Remember too you can jazz anything up with ribbon. On a tight budget it;s best to go classic... spice things up with your colors.
Reply:I didn't use flowers for centerpieces because it was going to be too expensive (the flowers for my wedding were starfighter lillies)





I bought large bowl shape vases that stood about 6 inches from the table. I got them cheap on ebay and bought floating candles. I used both the regular ones and some fancy star shaped glittery floating candles. I made sure all of the candles would last as long as the reception (which actually cost me about $100 more but it was important to me).





I used water gels for water in the vases - they matched my color for the wedding.
Reply:Use more greenery - I shaved off $20 for each centrepiece by using less flowers and more greenery and they still looked lovely. Also use flowers that are in season - talk to your florist. You should still be able to do something nice for that price. Also use candles on your tables - and remember - no one really remembers the decorations anyway - you do much better spending money on making sure that the food tastes good and that there is enough food and that the music is varied and not too loud!
Reply:honestly i am on a super tight budget as well.


i found my mothers best friend that is willing to help me for free to do the floral centerpieces. she does this. shes a crafty person. I picked the type of flowers. and the idea of the centerpiece. I went to Big lots [ some store in miami] and i found the vases. i luckily found 10. which are the ones i needed $10 each. she will be doing my centerpcs.





try finding friends that know how to do certain things and they can help. in the end you can give them a thank you gift /note.





good luck
Reply:Have you looked online? you can order flowers online and search online for coupon codes to get a good deal, they had 36 roses for 29.99 the other day. I think tha included a vase as well. I am sure you can look online for ideas as to how to make some of the things you need for your wedding. You have to be willing to hunt and search for deals if you want the best. You can buy 250 bi-color roses at nationalflowermart.com. You can get 24 roses with a free vase from ftd.com for 29.97 right now. You just have to watch and search for deals. Good luck.
Reply:Are you allowed open flame at your reception site?





A 12 inch mirror tile with votives on them or an ivy vase with a candle in it. Sprinkle a little glittered confetti around to help catch the light. Depending on where you live this should cost you well under $100.


Gives you plenty of wriggle room for your flowers
Reply:for center pieces- round glass bowl, fill with water and put floating candles in them. i know i can find rose shaped floating candles at the dollar store.





bouquets- go for flowers that are in season in September. ask your florist.





best wishes!
Reply:Fresh fruit. A tall cylinder filled with river rocks and a candle.





As for bouquets, you should try and find some flowers wholesale online...Dahlias are a fall flower that are gorgeous and pretty reasonable.
Reply:Candles are not expensive, and that may help you cut down on the cost of flowers and they will also help you set the mood for your reception.
Reply:carnations! theyre extremely cheap but dont look it. especially if you get a good florist to arrange them! and they come in a gazillion colors and they hold up really well.
Reply:Mirrors look great with the candles.
Reply:go to your local grocery store and see if the floral dpt there can help you get flowers at cost or cheap. they are way cheaper than florists.


also look at costco if you have one near you. you can order bulk flowers





use gerberas and maybe some lilies- they are large and cheap. stick with lemon grass or tall grass for greenery





get varying sized or tall vases at walmart. $3-5 each. they do go on sale too





put the gerberas in there with the greenery. they will look great.





for your bouquets. have 5 gerberas per girl. hand tied. use ribbon to tie them off with that match your colors. http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/vi...


just a few less gerberas


for your moh add some wider greenery to her bouquet and maybe some cosmos to make her bouqet different. hand tied with ribbon.





do you need help with your bouquet too?





keep with the gerbera theme... http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/vi...


What flowers and colors work well with a november wedding?

my husband and i are renewing our wedding vows in november and i am having a hard time deciding on the colors. it will be a fall/country theme and i don't know what flowers or colors can be used and it not look tacky. all answers will be appreciated and if you know of any websites with pictures of flowers and directions to make them, then they would be appreciated. thanks and GOD bless you all!!!

What flowers and colors work well with a november wedding?
Theknot.com is a great site. My friend is getting married 9-1-07. She is going with fall colors.. oranges, reds, browns, dark purples.. all great colors. (Easy to find cheap accessories in those colors too!) Calla lillies are gorgeous and cheaper than roses.. they come in almost any color youd need. Smaller bouquets of those would look more casual or bigger for more formal. Use leaves as accents, under table centerpieces, esp. if youre using candles in your centerpieces.
Reply:Nice fall colors like reds, oranges and yellows. I love theknot.com, because it has so many pictures and real life weddings to look through. That's where I get all my ideas for my wedding!
Reply:My best friends wedding was September 30th of 2006. All of us girls wore a deep wine red color dress and her flowers were reds and oranges. It was beautiful! All the rich fall type colors are gorgeous and just about anyone looks good in those colors. Congrats!
Reply:You know what u dont have to base your colours on the season instead base it on the theme "country" I'm getting married in September and i dont want fall colours instead I'm basing it on my theme which is my country where I'm from in the Caribbean i want my guests to feel like there in the islands.You are renewing your vows try something different ! Try davidsbridal.com
Reply:Go outside and look at the trees, especially if you're in the northeast. Those are the best colors for November! I'm getting married in October and using orange, cranberry, brown and deep green.
Reply:I just answered this type of question, but here it is again. My wedding was 11/1806 and I chose fall colors. My wedding pictures are at www.pictage.com. Register as a new user, then you can search for my wedding. Driscol-Falcone wedding. We had beautiful flowers and they were very simple ball shapes on high pedastals. It did take about 8 dozen roses however, so it could get a little pricey if you did it yourself unless you bought straight from a flower district.
Reply:Rich colors that are not tacky...what about Wine %26amp; Cream? You could always use bone color table cloths (Cream) and use wine as a color splash for a center piece. If you are using silk flowers try lily's for the flowers as a center piece because you can create different looks with the wine, dashes of golden orange or yellow in the center of the flower and the petals of the flower use the wine color. To keep it in the country theme get cinnimon candles and place them around the center piece. Hope you can use a couple of the ideas %26amp; good luck and congrats!
Reply:Orange gerbera daisies would be gorgeous.





http://www.dannyburk.com/gerbera_orange_...





http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/...


Ideas for using flowers in an outside wedding?

We are doing our own flowers for the wedding. I'm just wondering how many flowers need to be ordered for the outside...and what ideas do you have for doing that? I thought about having a hupdha(sp) or a terrace filled with greenery and flowers, do you have any tips? TIA

Ideas for using flowers in an outside wedding?
I would use silks if you are doing it yourself. Not cheap dollarstore silks....high end ones from someplace like Hobby Lobby or Garden Ridge. If you catch a sale (which they run ALL THE TIME) it can be half the price of real flowers, if not more and look just the same.





1. flowers need to be refregierated....what are you going to put all those roses in


2. are you experienced enough to make sure they are at their best blooming time on wedding day. From your questions..probably not


3. do you know enough not to choose a flower that will quickly wilt in the heat or make sure the smell doesn't overwhelm the room you put them in?


4. if you start putting together something and realize "I don't have enough" you can simply run out and pick up some more. Can't really do that on wedding day.





Plus with silks you have your choice of either keepsakes or reselling them to get some dough back and everything can be made weeks beforehand which really takes the pressure off. Splurge and have real flowers for something like your boquet but other wise....silk.
Reply:This is the website of one of my brides. Her floral designs are amazing.





http://www.verbenadesigns.com/Ceremonial...
Reply:Well Poinettas Are Nice if it is a winter wedding. Hibiscus For Spring And For Summer And Fall, Just Find Something That Is Light Coloured or Auntum-ish.
Reply:It's Chuppah or Huppah. 500 flowers or more. Depending if you want them to go all around. You can have them full in the center of the Chuppah.





Even you can purchase a foam ball (Hobby Lobby). There green and they come in different sizes. You can stick real or fake flowers in them. Tie them with a nice satin ribbon. Hang them from the Chuppah!





That way you can save money without having them cover all over.
Reply:Copy off of this picture only in your colors. It's beautiful and would be WAY easier than decorating a arch way or colanade. I too am doing my own flowers and we are copying exactly off this picture only in our wedding colors. You can go to Michael's or Garden Ridge and get the vases. Good Luck!





http://www.oasisconferencecenter.com/vir...





*It's the first picture on the right. Also, if you right click on the picture and save it into your files you should be able to make the picture bigger.


Has anyone ever ordered their wedding flowers from an on-line vendor?

I have ordered flowers on-line from http://www.mr-roses.com/ and am just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. How did it work out?





Wedding is in 2 weeks!

Has anyone ever ordered their wedding flowers from an on-line vendor?
Hi. Yes, I ordered from http://www.rosesource.com/


for my son's wedding and they were fantastic. They arrived right on schedule and no problems. I would order again from them.





Two others that are popular are:


www.growersbox.com and www.bigrose.com





Both rosesource and growersbox sell LOTS of flowers, not strictly roses. Bigrose only sells roses.
Reply:im planning on using growersbox.com... its $320 for 120 stems: 60 orchid and 60 calla lillies... i haven't shopped around yet... this is the only place i've found those 2 flowers together ... I hope this is a reasonable price...
Reply:I'm thinking about doing this, www.proflowers.com send them to you already arranged.

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What type of flowers would you use for a beach wedding?

i have to do a wedding project and the colors are baby blue white and a sandish color.


and it's on the beach, in the bahamas.


what flowers would you think would go great with those colors and theme?


thank youu !

What type of flowers would you use for a beach wedding?
Hibiscus or white orchids....Frangipannis are really tropical and pretty too!
Reply:If the wedding is being held on the beach, keep in mind that you will need "sturdy" flowers that do not wilt easily and will not be beaten by a strong tropical breeze. I attending a beach wedding in Destin, Florida and the bride's colors were purple and white. She used white and purple wisteria and the flowers were wilted and beaten before the ceremony took place.
Reply:I think that calla Lillie's and hydrangea may be good as you can find some blue hydrangea to match the baby blue.


check this site http://desbijoux.com as you may find some other interesting accessories that match beach wedding theme.
Reply:Any tropical flower will do as long as you like it. My personal favs are Dahlia's. They look great in bouquets
Reply:White flowers. Small bunches or singularly (this is my preference, as less is more!) of orchids or calla lillies.





Also, if you want a little more casual maybe frangipanis.
Reply:I would do a palette of tropical flowers in the bridesmaids bouquets accented with palm leaves for greenery.
Reply:My daughter %26amp; Son-in-law were married on the beach in Orlando Florida. She wore a traditional wedding gown, bare feet %26amp; carried calla lillies.
Reply:I would use tropical orchid leis