Flowers on a Budget - any tips? (Silk vs Dried vs DIY)

I am doing a dried bouquet and dried wheat for my bridesmaids and centerpieces

I purchased fake flowers for $70, made my bouquet and 4 bridesmaid bouquets.

I'm doing silk flowers so that afterwards I can sell them on FB wedding pages so someone else can have budgeted flowers too!

Out of the 3 options you listed, I would choose silk flowers. I've come to the conclusion that I'd spend around $120-150 on silk flowers (1 bridal bouquet, 3 bridesmaid bouquets, 3 corsages, 6 boutonnieres). I might end up spending an additional $150 to get real flowers from Sam's club. I like the ideas of dried flowers but I worry they'd be too fragile and fall apart easily.

@tabetswifey I never even knew you could rent flowers until now! I am definitely considering that for the BP flowers except for my bouquet

I'm doing my flowers DIY from Sams. But I wouldn't suggest anyone else too unless you're SUPER committed and prepared.

Silk! Hobby Lobby has flowers go on sale 50% off every other week.

I purchased a loose assortment from solawoodflowers.com. They are made of wood but they are actually really beautiful. I purchased stems and floral tape from amazon and picked up some dried babys breath from Michaels. I never thought I would be able to create an acceptable bouquet since I had never worked with flowers and I am not super artsy. It turned out great for less than $20 a bouquet, plus it was really fun! The flowers look very realistic.

I like the way the dried ones look best, I'd just worry about them falling apart. Otherwise I'd go with silk