Wedding Flowers

I cant imagine that you would have time to make her bouquet, and the ideais great but have you ever arranged a bridal bouquet before? It takes alot of experience, however if you order thru a florist where all the other flowers will be coming such as the maids ,grooms and ushers they MIGHT be willing to advise you as to how to do her bouquet, but I still think you are better to let a professional arrange her bouquet.

I also am Having Lavendar Roses in my Bouquet & those of my Bridesmaids but We`re using Silk flowers that are absolutely Gorgeous. I got them at Hobby Lobby there are 13 roses to a Bunch & they were $5.00. They also have single roses for $1.00 on sale these are cheaper than Fresh Roses & your bouquet won`t have to be preserved at an Extra cost.
Tami

Don`t you have any class? My god, everyone knows that silk flowers are tacky tacky tacky and look CHEAP!!!

I think the only one here who lacks class is Sue Ann. How dare you post something so rude, inconsiderate, inappropriate, and down-right hurtful. Your comment was unwelcomed and not called for. I don`t recall anyone asking for your thoughts on silk flowers. So, keep your mouth shut.

I was so irritated with rude people I forgot to write my original post.

I agree with Donna on this issue -- although it`s a lovely idea (and very thoughtful) to want to make your daughter`s bouquet -- I wold definitely let the professionals do this for you. You will be so busy on the day of your daughter`s wedding that you simply won`t have time to sit down and make a bouquet. Also, if something happens and it doesn`t turn out (for whatever reason...I`m not saying you aren`t capable or anything, but things do happen) you will more than likely feel awful.

My advice mirrors Donnas`. Let the professionals do this for you, that`s why they are there.

I too am using silk/fake flowers. I have made up prototypes of my centerpieces and everyone who has seen them was surprised that I was using silks, not because they thought I`d go real, but because they look so real. Silk flowers are made more and more realistically nowadays, and for people like me who are short on funds and also allergic to the pollen in flowers (I don`t want to be sneezing all day), they are a great alternative. If you insist on making your daughters bouquet, I would use silks so that you have some time for margin of error. There are also some wonderful how-to books out nowadays and you can buy all your supplies at your local craft store. Good luck to you no matter what you decide.

As a florist let me tell you something about the lavendar roses and how to do it if you want to do your daughter`s bouquet. ( Which I think is very special for you and her that you want to do it..;) ) First of all the lavendar roses open the fast of most colors, but there is one that opens slower. It is called Blue Bird. Personally I really like the shade of purple. Which style of bouquet is she wanting for you to do? The easiest is what is called a hand tied bouquet. If you want to do one of those you will need to get some floral wire, 22 gauge, davey tape or floral tape, wire cutters, rose clippers or knife and ribbon. You can get that at a craft store or Walmart. It will come in a small package. Wire each rose by sticking on end in the base of the rose but not up into the petals. Then twist the wire around the stem several times. This will help support the neck of the rose, which is the weakest part. Then start placing roses around each other making it even looking. If you need to tape after 6 or 8 roses so they will not move. I would suggest not using more than 3 dozen. Otherwise it will be very heavy for your daughter to hold. After you get all the roses together and looking even in a circle shape, take the tape and tape the stems snuggle together. Next use the ribbon to wrap around taped area to hide tape. You can use pearl headed pins to hold ribbon in place and give a neat look. But put pins in at an angle or trim them off. Dont wrap though until the day of. That way you can put them in refrig in a vase with small amount of water. Just becarefull about citrus in with your roses.. Citrus and roses do not mix well.. Then day of take out of refrig and take to wedding and enjoy yourself :).. Or some florist may hold them if asked in their cooler until that day. Just explain to them what you want to do.
Good luck and enjoy being mother of the bride.. You can email me at angwillard@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

My groom has an extremely tacky cheap family and they are trying to do my wedding with beer kegs and silk flowers from a freaking craft store! but i have the money for real flowers, i just want a simple martha stewarty wedding,and it is my first wedding so i am picky about it. I do NOT want a bunch of lousy drunks at my wedding i was raised with class and sophisication!! me and my groom continue to tell his mother to back off on the booze,and all we will allow is champagne, and thats a maybe depending on if i get married in a church or not. His mother is a selfish alcoholic who is really pissing me off because her and my grooms sisters are trying to run my wedding and i only told them they are in charge of the cake,i choose how it is done though,they take care of the food,and they put my flower decorations the way i want. My wedding is on valentines day, and my colors are soft pink and ivory roses with daisies. However his mother is trying to do what my family is in charge of,the flowers the real flowers,and she is going behind my back planning my flowers to be fake roses and real lily`s. How the heck to i deal with such a controlling selfish B****?! she is also forcing my groom who his best man should be and this is pissing him off as well i really need some help on how to just get her to back the heck off because she acts as if i dont know anything,her family will take care of it,and i dont have feelings or a family of my own. Pffft how rude. And another reason i want no booze is because my family is recovering from that badly. I told her this and her reply was the worst and i wanted to kill her. She said "well if your family is recovering alcoholics im sure they are around alcohol all day any way, i cant tell my family they cant drink". And im thinking "well i sure can and i will". So please ladies i need some help!! i have alot on my mind already i dont need a stingy drunk telling me how to run my wedding,and all her past weddings,as my groom told me, she had people passed out drunk, the fake flowers were so tacky looking,and the colors were mix matched like green and purple yuck! i need a resolution quick!

Heather, if you were raised with class and sophistication you would have better grammar and sentence structure. Also, you would know how to handle your soon-to-be inlaws with grace and tact. Obviously by your crass post you are not classy or sophisticated.

Gee thankyou merideth the stuck up snob,i am only 17 years old,you think i am 40 and i really give a rats ass about how i spell? i did not ask for your crude insults i asked for help on how to deal with my in law because she is stubborn, besides this is not a home work assignment you prick, so back the hell off and if you want to say something...let the message be about the topic not your own self absorbed crappy opion got it? thankyou.

Heather, that is cool that you want advice! The only thing is to start another post though, this one is about beverly asking for help about how to make boquets! You will get more responce from a new post! Some people can be rude and dont need to be! But also, it doesnt mean you dont have class if you use silk flowers and have alochol at your wedding, people just have different likes and want different things out of their big day!

Beverly, my mom is doing my boquets for me! We are doing the handtied boquets! I think it is really cool! The florist (sorry didnt catch your name before I started typing) has really good advice. What we did was look on line for boquets we liked and then we bought some roses and did a trial run, which we will do several more times to make sure we have it down!

Good Luck!

You`re 17, well that explains everything. Your post proves how immature you are. You have a lot of growing up to do before you should get married.

I agree with Meredith - you don`t want alcohol at your wedding because you are too young to even drink it. If you did have any class, you would realize that silk flowers are quite beautiful - and a great keep sake. Some good advice for you little one, is to stay in school and get an education before you decide to procreate. Please.