How Much Did You Spend on Flowers?

My florist bill is just under $1100 in Upstate NY.

This is for my bouquet, 4 bridesmaids, flower girl, boutonnieres for groom. 4 groomsmen, 2 ring bearers, 2 fathers, 2 grandfathers, corsages for 2 moms, 1 grandmother, and 12 centerpiece arrangements.

Biggest priority was spending as much time as possible with family members we don't often get to see. So we rented a house where everyone could stay, brought in pizzas the night before, cooked dinner for everyone the evening of the wedding (the reception was a luncheon), and cooked breakfast for everyone the morning after. That gave us almost two days with our guests, instead of just greeting them briefly at formal events.

Second biggest was having a Jewish wedding. So we had to pay rent for the synagogue, plus pay more for the rabbi than we would have for a different type of officiant. We also made a chuppah (Jewish wedding canopy) as seen in my icon, and purchased a ketubah (formal Jewish marriage contract) that was a work of art. (See photo below.)

Everything else was secondary. Of the $10,000 we spent on our wedding, those two things were close to $5,000.

We're doing silk flowers for everything, and I think for the flowers and the fee for someone to put it together is less than $400.

That's why we stopped it at wedding party and parents lol. We opted for a simpler cake design to help keep costs down and gave our FG silk petals to toss.

We spent a little under $1,500. I wish we had had a bigger flower budget! I love flowers and think they make sure a big difference.

We had:

-1 bridal bouquet

-5 bridesmaid bouquets

-1 junior bridesmaid bouquet

-7 bouts for the groomsmen/dads

-1 bout for H

-1 large arrangement for our entry way table

-11 centerpieces (2 different styles)

-1 garland for the head table (it was fake but had real eucalyptus tied in)

-Flowers for the cake

One of our money saving measures was reusing the bridesmaid bouquets at the head table for decor. We just had vases ready for them to be placed after the ceremony.

Our florist also provided all the votive candles and holders. Our set up fee was minimal, I think it was like $150?