So were are eloping with our parents as witnesses in TN, we live in WI. The elopement package in TN gave me a recommendation for a florist for my bouquet, however there prices are WOW! expensive. I swear anytime someone hears or sees the word "wedding" the prices are jacked up 50%.
I can make the bouquet myself, I just need the flowers. (3 white Calla Lilly's, and a dozen red roses)
I considered buying them in WI, then travelling with them to TN (so I'd pick them up from florist on 4/11, we drive on 4/12, elopement is on 4/13). How do I keep them alive so long for the trip and keep them looking fresh? This may be easy to some but I can't wrap my brain around it.
My FH grandma said, why don't you buy them in TN? Hey! Yea! I could totally do that..but that makes one more thing I have to try to squeeze in day-of when our elopement is at Noon. That's too tight of a schedule for me, plus if we don't make it on 4/12 to the courthouse to get our marriage license before they close we have to do it on 4/13 before we get married.
I'd ask my mom or FMIL to pick them up from TN florist, but there terrible drivers and would get lost, and confused trying to find the place. I can hear the horror stories now, ha!
My FMIL wanted to make me a fake bouquet that looked real. Which is really nice of her, but call me crazy but I LOVE the idea of the flowers actually dying. We don't like clutter in our house we are very simple people (our mothers are not, ha! they are hoarders). We like that the flowers will be pretty day-of and in photos, we can put in a vase to be pretty in our house so our cats can smell them like they love to do, then the flowers die. The End. We like that.
Much appreciate your recommendations!
