So I just bought my silk flowers and spray-painted tem the right color....and tonight my fiancee told me his parents want to pay for fresh flowers. I really appriciate them doing this although the reason I went silk was to keep my bouquet. How do I make sure I get what I want with these fresh bouquets without being ungreatful or a bridezilla.
2007-02-12 10:44:02 · 13 answers · asked by ♥Mommy to 3 year old Jacob and baby on the way♥ 7 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
the one thing I really need to know is how to make sure I get what I want with the fresh flowers since they are paying.
2007-02-12 11:05:57 · update #1
find out if there is a way to preserve your fresh flower bouquet, there might be someway to do that and then you can have the best of both worlds.
2007-02-12 10:52:45 · answer #1 · answered by dubwise_15 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my friends wedding she used a fake bouquet to throw to the single girls. She wanted to keep hers also. So she used a bouquet of fresh flowers to throw and used the bouquet of silk flowers at the wedding and in the photos, and after the wedding she kept the silk arrangment for herself. Also you could use the silk flowers during the ceremony and the real flowers during the pictures if you like.
2007-02-12 18:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by Little Flower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that fresh flowers are great if you (or someone else, in your case) can afford them. I think that real flowers look MUCH better in photos than silk ones.
But honestly, are what are you going to do with the silk flowers? (I used to save flowers, but I don't anymore. My wedding flowers are in the closet.)
If you really do want to have your flowers on your coffee table, you can always check out preservation stuff. Make arrangements to do it beforehand so you can get your bouquet to them right away.
Or you can go real for your bouquet and fake in your hair or something so that you can have something to save. I had the same lace/pearl vignettes in my veil as my dress, for example, and I can take some off the veil and put them in a scrapbook which I haven't gotten around to.
2007-02-12 22:40:50 · answer #3 · answered by calliope320 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can have a fresh bouquet dried to preserve the flowers. Your florist will have details.
Personally, I carried silk flowers in my wedding for the same reason you gave, I wanted to keep the bouquet. They don't look nearly as nice as fresh flowers, and if I had it to do over again, I'd do fresh flowers and have the bouquet preserved.
2007-02-12 18:58:47 · answer #4 · answered by basketcase88 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U can have a Silk Bouquet and a Fresh Bouquet...but u do what u want..its ur wedding..they will understand..but most flower place can do what u want
2007-02-12 18:50:03 · answer #5 · answered by shaynac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can the fresh flowers they bought be used to decorate the church or reception hall, or can the bridesmaids carry them? I am guessing if you spray-painted the silk flowers, they will not match natural flowers so you cannot intermingle the two bouquets, which would be the best option.
2007-02-12 18:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by Stimpy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make the fake bouquet then give the bouquet to the florest an make them make a replica an if you want to have it for life add a few fake flowers in your real bouquet so u can keep the silk flowers for ever an one day add them to one of your childrens bouquet for something old or borrowed
2007-02-12 20:04:55 · answer #7 · answered by rodeogirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a compromise can be made. You can have your silk bouquets and maybe your in-laws to be can buy the fresh flowers for the church or reception hall.
2007-02-12 18:49:27 · answer #8 · answered by pamomof4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you keep the silk flowers for your bouquet(s) and let them buy the flowers for any decorations, corsages, boutonnieres, etc?
2007-02-12 21:12:29 · answer #9 · answered by weddrev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if ur wedding is a true love one, screw a bouque or w.e the hell it is. you have something much more meaningful, ur husband and a start of a family when ur ready. if u want to keep some flowers, look up how to press them. do it after the wedding and put them in a memory or photo book. congrats by the way. i hope you live a long happy wonderful life together.
Best wishes
ME!
2007-02-12 19:16:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋