I DIYed My Own Flowers
With so much of our wedding being DIY why stop at the flowers right? So I decided to do all the flowers myself and ordered them online from fiftyflowers.com and wholeblossoms.com. I highly recommend this option for brides who have a limited budget and aren’t looking to do anything to formal. My flowers were very wild and whimsical, which made arranging pretty easy. But definitely prepare some mock-up arrangements beforehand to make sure it’s what you want and so that you can have help in re-creating them for the wedding day – because for most brides, you won’t have time to be making bouquets and centerpiece arrangements!
My inspiration for my bouquet was from Flush Designs and thought it would be relatively easy to recreate. It didn’t have to be exact but I loved the fluffy white flowers and contract of the succulents. So I grew some mini succulents, ordered some fluffy beautiful pale, pale peach cabbage roses that would look similar to peonies when opened.
Well, my bouquet ended up looking NOTHING like my beloved inspiration bouquet. The farm harvesting my particular kind of garden roses was being hit with some serious weather and they weren’t producing properly. And I was majorly chickening out. I didn’t follow my own advice of preparing a mock-up bouquet prior to the real thing and as the time crept up on me; my bouquet was not my priority. So as you will see, my bouquet was a very simple gathering of champagne garden roses. And it was perfect! Flowers were definitely not a source of stress for me.
As for the centerpieces I knew very early on that I wanted to incorporate mason jars into the design. I had thoughts of incorporating milk glass or silver bowls in as well, but I eventually came full circle back to the jars. My mom already had a bunch and I was able to score some pretty good deals on the turquoise Ball jars on ebay, so the whole design was relatively inexpensive.
The brewery where we had the wedding has the gorgeous antique clawfoot tables and I couldn’t imagine covering them up with table linens. So we opted for simple ivory runners my mom made from some English netting. I think the whole look was very vintage-rustic-casual. Three varying sized jars housed clusters of peachy Hydrangeas (from Whole Blossoms – they were HUGE!) flirty white Ranunculus, deep purple Trachellium and happy pale purple wax flowers.
* unless otherwise noted, all images by Aaron Ingrao and edited by me
I absolutely love your flowers and beautiful colors. It’s all in the details! Fantastic. This is exactly the type of photography we try to feature in our Featured Weddings.
oh your flowers turned out beautifully!! I already stashed this post away in my email for my own flower inspiration. Love the lace-wrapped votive holders too…did you make those yourself? if so where did you find the lace?
thanks ladies! trust me, the flowers were so simple.. if that wild look is your thing : ) and stephanie, yes made them myself. i got the lace from lace heaven, here’s the link to the one i used, just make sure the lace is the same size as the votive. cutting is annoying! http://bit.ly/6IJMlm
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These are so great!! I wish I was that creative…these seriously look like they were professionally done! Loving the wild, just-picked-out-of-the-garden look!
Hi! I’d love if you could contact me with specifics on your experience with Whole Blossoms. I’m thinking of using them for my wedding flowers in June and am nervous about trying to get my flowers via the internet, but especially them since I can’t find a lot of postings about their quality or reviews of them.
Thanks!
Leah
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That’s a beautiful brooch on the bouquet handle! Where’s it from?
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@ Claire, It’s actually a brooch from my mother’s collection! and @Leah, I just emailed you about Whole Blossoms.
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I love your taste! The Mason jars and the combination of flowers is gorgeous! Great job!
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I love your taste! The Mason jars and the combination of flowers are gorgeous! Great job!
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I love these! I want to DIY my flowers but am worried it will be very stressful the day of. What are your thoughts on that? Was it worth it? Did it add tons of extra stress?
@ Erin, I definitely think it depends on the scale of your wedding, the events surrounding your wedding day, and who you have in your corner.
You definitely need help – it will take several hours to assemble centerpieces. But you can save time by doing a bunch of prep work the day your flowers arrive. Trim them down, de-leaf as necessary. And you can always arrange the centerpieces the night before if you have that option.
I wasn’t very stressed about the flowers, I didn’t have a distinct look in mind so I think that made it much easier for me. I like the wild, irregular look, so precision wasn’t key for me.
I loved how everything turned out, both Fifty Flowers and Whole Blossoms were great, and to someone who was looking to save money, I saved a ton by doing them on my own. Email me if you have any specific questions! christinedwhite@gmail.com
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