Flower Ideas: Brides Share Ways I Saved For My Wedding

Photo by Anne Norman

Picking out floral arrangements for your wedding and wedding centerpieces is an EYE OPENER.

Who knew flowers could be so expensive?  Especially when you’ve got a wicked case of champagne taste…and a beer budget.

One of the best ways to plan your dream wedding an affordable wedding is to “model” the success of others.

No, I’m not suggested that you walk a runway and strike a pouty lip pose…

“Modeling” means you find a bride who successfully did what you want to do…plan an unforgettable dream wedding on a budget…and imitate her behavior.  Find that bride, do what she did, and you’ll end up with her result: the wedding of your dreams at bargain prices.

That’s why it’s so important to find out what other brides have done that WORKS.  Because you want what they got…do what they did to get it!

Here are a few brides to turn to for flower ideas inspiration:

Pamela on DIY Wedding Flowers - This bride was inspired by the beautiful silk flowers at her cousin’s wedding.   Even though she’d never done it before, Pamela headed to the craft store and assembled her own silk floral arrangements for her wedding.  What she said afterward,

“Now when I look at my wedding pictures and see the flowers, I feel pride in my creations. I also feel pride in knowing that in order to save a lot of money, I was able to try my hand at something I had never done before. That feeling was worth even more than the few hundred dollars in my pocket!”

Whitney On Picking Flower Weddings - Whitney used a combination of wedding savings techniques to keep her flower budget under $500.  By choosing local, in season flowers, using potted plants and silk wedding flower arrangements, she had beautiful floral arrangements for less.

Christie On Pretty and Cost Effect Wedding Bouquets - With help from a 75% off sale on silk flowers at the craft store, Christie’s floral bouquet for her wedding cost only $25!  And she saved it after the wedding as a keepsake.

If these stories have inspired you to give diy silk wedding flowers a try, check out these Guidelines For Creating Your Own Silk Flower Arrangements.

But like everything else…only follow these suggestions if they are right for you.  There are plenty of ways to get creative and save on your wedding while you AND have the wedding of your dreams.

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

Got a flower savings idea?  Leave me a comment.