diy floral

Real flowers or silk flowers?

View Quoted Comment I was thinking of real flowers.... nervous about the process of ordering real flowers online.

I did fiftyflowers.com! I seriously suggest you check out their website. As far as contact goes they have been just like any other vendor. For example to give a suggested date to order certain flowers and I accidentally selected the wrong date it was a day before and ordered. They sent me a text as well as an email and told me that their farmers suggest this particular date for these flowers, And they change the date for me and everything. As far as my bouquet goesIt will come in already arranged. My initial floral budget was 1500 which I knew I could not get a florist anywhere around where I live for that amount. We literally went all out getting tons of floral and we managed to stay under 1500. To give you an example, we got 10 centerpieces that are pre-arranged for under $200. It’s dried vanilla centerpiece And we got roses and carnations that we are going to add. We also ordered the boutonnieres as well. They give you tips and tutorials, and they also give you “get the look” Options where it tells you everything you need. I can’t suggest this website enough. There are tons and tons of good reviews with the photos and it all looks amazing. Good luck

This is what I got as far as my bouquet and centerpieces go But like I said I’m also adding carnations centerpieces. We also got 75 feet of Garland and quicksand roses, and we also got callas For the cocktail tables and more. We could’ve never gotten any of this with the florist.

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Did you order any flowers from them ahead of time to see how they looked in person or if they opened up in a reasonable amount of time?

I am DIYing my centerpieces. I was thinking of using fabulous florals since they seem to have great reviews. My bouquet and BM bouquets are going through a local florist and the boutonniere's are from Ling's Moment (fake foam flowers). I am also ordering a real eucalyptus garland from the Garland Guy for my ceremony.

I'm planning to order a few things off the site just to see how they look when I get them and if they do in fact bloom properly.

View Quoted Comment I haven’t, but that’s probably a good idea. I’ve seen all of the great reviews with pictures so I wasn’t too worried about it but If I order some sample flowers I’ll be sure to keep you posted

I did Budget Bride - they are fake flowers, but no one could tell the bouquets were fake. (Our centerpieces were set up to be obviously fake.)

We saved a ton of money, avoided allergies, and don't have to dry/press them to keep!