Wedding flower alternatives?

There are some options at The Suggestion Store e. For example silk petals or bridesmaid bouquets at very good price.

I am not sure if this was already mentioned, but have you considered Michaels? They can have incredible deals sometimes you just have to be patient. We got our flowers at the end of the fall season when they were clearing out the remaining product for 60% off. Our wedding is in June so I stuck with greenery, and a variety or coordinating white flowers. I also was able to find some hints of blue (to go with our colours). I was one short of a bundle of eucalyptus and I actually found the last one on the floor under a shelf!

*I paid just under $130 for over $300 worth of artificial flowers. I am planning to create my bridal bouquet, 4 bridesmaids bouquets, 5 boutonnieres (7 if we have enough material) and then I will be getting our centrepiece flowers (16 in total) from Costco for under $200 as well. I plan to repurpose our bouquets onto the head table some how to save money there.

My bridal party and I are putting them together this weekend so if they turn out well I will post our results! (:

We got our bouquets from Craft Flower they are absolutely gorgeous. We went with a custom order and I couldn't be happier. This is a picture of mine. My girls and my FHs girls are smaller with less greenery.

We aren't doing boutonnieres because we want pocket squares instead. and we both find that having both is just too busy (my florist even agreed with me).

I wasn't very big on the flower aspect either. there are NO flowers in our décor at the reception. we are doing 4 bridesmaid bouquets, 1 junior bridesmaid bouquet, 3 bouts for the dads, 4 corsages for the moms. and the cost is about 400. I spent a bit more because I went with a florist that I know and love her work. and what I love is that she grows a lot of her own flowers.

I was in a wedding once where the bride had the flowers done by a florist at a grocery store. and they were beautiful and so affordable.

my cousin didn't have a single flower at her wedding. her and her bridesmaids each carried a clutch (hers was sparkly/blinged out, the bridesmaids were a light gold). and it looked fantastic.

You have a lot of options, we went with wooden flower which were a lot cheaper and opted against corsages and boutonnieres. A friend of mine had the bridesmaids carry lanterns walking down the aisle which was adorable. Just found an example image from google.

Bouquets are the norm but I would check out these discussions on wedding wire in regards to the same thing - alternative ideas for bouquets.

Bouquet alternatives

Alternatives to a flower bouquet

Alternatives to bridesmaid bouquets

Some of the brides have created projects on their time making paper flowers and using origami paper too. Check that part of the community section.

My alternative to spending more on flowers was a vase filled with LED immersable lights and coloured water beads. Artificial white floral ball was the best solution I liked to keep the centerpiece simple yet elegant.

Go on Costco. They source from Valley Flowers. They can change the colours of almost any flower in the arrangement (My stock photos are peach/apricot, but I'm getting them all stark white).

I got:
- 1x Bridal Bouquet
- 3x Bridesmaid Bouquets
- 2x Corsages
- 11x Boutonnieres

Cost, Taxes, and Free Delivery, for $425. Those are the only flowers we've done for the whole wedding, everything else is twinkle lights, candles, or pinecone arrangements (January).

OR, if you can get crafty... look up how to do paper flowers... get some old books from a thrift store, and make your own bouquets from pages of love stories! Personal, and way more budget friendly!! Tons of tutorials online for them.