No frills bridal bouquet

cherry76

I was quoted £35 for a no frills bridal bouquet from my local market. The cheapest ones started at £65 in the local florist. I have seen you can get a doz roses from M&S for £5, very tempted to have a go at it. It's for a friend, it is a registry office wedding and nothing fancy. Also they have asked for no presents. In that case I do not know what to give, vouchers or gift of money. Thanks

kitschkitty

If it's a good enough friend that you are helping with flowers then I would just ask them if there is anything they want/you can get them, maybe paying for something for the actual wedding like the flowers if you think they'd appreciate it.

People have mixed opinions on shop bought flowers for bouquets, due to the fact they don't always last as well, but other people have been totally happy with them. Others are shying away for paying for real flowers completely.

emsbet

Some people have bought bunches of roses the day before the wedding and made their own bouquets and they have worked out fine. I think you need to keep them somewhere cool beforehand to stop them willting.
I have made my own bouquets using artificial foam roses - cost approximately £50 for five bouquets"

xx

Maysie

There are youtube tuturials why not have a look here
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=making+a+bridal+bouquet+uk&aq=f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WMR6mTFM_c

TediousPhoenix

I made my bouquet and the button holes and saved quite a bit of money.

If you do you'll need to buy rose wire, ribbon, peal-head pins and take a look at some videos. I got my flowers at New Covent Garden flower market.

Maysie

Thats lovely tediosphoenix i love it

foreveranon

Do you have a look to the dozen roses for £5 please?

ellay864

A friend is making my bouquet and just charging me for the flowers. She did a trial run in October so she could mirror the sort of flowers that would be around for my wedding. Cream roses and a few cream carnations from Asda, a few purple fresias buds also from Asda, foliage including ferns from a local woodland and ivy from her own garden...total cost of flowers was £10. It looked gorgeous and I kept it at home doing nothing it more than sticking it in a jar of water and it lasted a good week

piglet25

No wonder florists are going out of business. Wouldn't buy supermarket flowers for my house, never mind my bouquet

ellay864

It was only for the trial run...only ever intended to get cheap for that. But was really surprised at how good it all looked...have seen florists bouquets that cost a packet and didnt look as nice as I thought mine did. A friends son married and the bride had a very tight bouquet of very expensive cream roses with a ring of foliage around it. Cost her a packet but you could hardly tell they were roses as they were packed that tight, and until you got up very close it looked like a cauliflower!
Wish I'd taken a pic of my test one now to show just how nice it can be doing it on the cheap. I'm afraid other aspects of my wedding are taking priority with the money, and if I can get something I really like the way I did then I'm not going to look down my nose at the source of it

piglet25

Well, I would aviod the ferns for a start because you kept them in water and they lasted, try keeping one out of water and watch the blighter faint before your eyes! The trouble with supermarket flowers is that they have been picked, taken to the warehouse, repacked nto bunches, transported to the shop and then sat under the shop lights and heat untill someone comes and buys them. It takes a while for bruising to appear when they have been knocked about so it wouldn't always be visible at the time of purchase but would be there when someone came to make them up. A florists flowers are ordered direct from Holland so are picked to order and transported overnight to be conditioned before going on sale in the correct temp and lighting for them, thats why the costs are different. Also the years of training that has been completed, to make your flowers look special.
People have to remember that these flowers will be photographed and on view for years to come, and I have heard of many a sobbing bride whose homemade plans went pearshaped and they had to make do on the day.