Funeral wreath

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Poppycat wrote: »

Haven't been to a funeral in donkeys years. I assume is best dress and black so have to go and get some new clothes, haircut etc. Anyhow I ain't loaded so as I am a regular mse, anyone know of a decent supplier on net that can do wreaths cheap, maybe with cashback

You can always get better value from a good local florist (typically 20-30% better) - especially for funeral work, where the online offerings are either ppoor quality and/or very expensive.

Outside of London the smallest true wreaths (as opposed to posies, hearts etc.) from a florist will start from around £30 for a basic carnation and crysanth mix. Prices go up from there depending on size and what flowers you would like. The problem with wreaths is that the oasis frame that forms the base costs around £10 depending on size, so it automaticaly makes the tribute more expensive.

For smaller value tributes we do a lot of very natural tied sheafs. Basically bouquet style, but backed with some chunky foliage and not wrapped in cellophane. These start from about £10 for something petite, but £20-£30 is about normal for a good armful of flowers. Tied sheafs offer better value than other tributes because you are not paying for any foam, and there should be a smaller charge for florist time because they are quicker to make (not that all florists do charge less I am sure, but they should). Tied sheafs are also good if you would like to take the flowers on afterwards as cut flowers last better than flowers in foam.

Poppycat

Thanks again for the help. I went to a local florist just down the road and got a wreath for £35 just have to write on the card what to say now, stuck for words.

computerwoman

I am sure we can help with that also

Deep in our hearts your memory is kept, We loved you to dearly to ever
forget You shared our lives, our smiles, our tears, Thank you nan for those lovely years

"Sweet are the memories treasured forever, of love and happiness we all
shared together"

"Forever in gods garden"

"With tearful eyes we watched you pass away.Although we love you dearly, we could not make you stay.A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest,God broke our hearts to prove to us - He only takes the best"

Wonderful Nan, now at rest, For each of us she did her best,You left a space no one can fill, We miss you Nan and we always will.

just some out of my local rag,
your local paper should have a book that you could look in,
Iam sure you could just look at it without having to put anything in the local paper,
but hope this helps,
cw

pandas66

I put...

Forever with us
Miss you always

RoCas

Haven't got any advice, Poppycat - just wanted to send you my condolences.

Poppycat

What lovely comments, I am taken back by the all help and great suggestions. Thanks all

VickyA_2

Oh you poor thing. (((hugs)))

It's nearly a year since my grandpa died at the young age of 90. There are still days when I think "ooh, grandpa would like that, I'll phone him later".

You've sorted the flowers now, but what we put on the flowers from the family (ie my mum, dad, bro and I) was "Love C, M, V, C". So original.

As for what to wear at the funeral, my mum decided (being grandpa's only child) that we didn't need to wear all black. I wore a black pair of trousers, simple shirt and a multi-coloured coat. :rolleyes: I wasn't going to go out and buy a new coat for a funeral! (well, I was but my mum stopped me!)

Take care.

louise24769

Sorry to hear about your Nan.
My Gran last month and my Dad died last May.
I've told the rest of my family that no one can die in the next few years - 2 funerals are enough in 10 months!
I made my own bouquets/flower arrangements for both funerals and I found it really theraputic. I'm not a professional florist but I really enjoyed (!) making them as they were my final way I could express thanks. My Grans flower display was really beautiful and she had a wonderful wicker coffin.
I decided to wear clothes that I liked, I didn't want to wear just black clothes and instead I wore clothes that were quite colourful, as a sign of celebrating their lives. Really it depends on the type of person they were and what they would of liked. My Dad and Gran would have liked us wearing the clothes we were wearing.
Anyway, give yourself time to mourn. Be kind to yourself and remember happy times.
Louise

floyd

When my dear Nanna died at the age of 94, a few lines from her Eulogy really summed up how we felt about her. I still miss her now 4 years later

"Nothing truly beautiful in this world is ever really lost, those we cherish live on in our memories forever and grief is the price we pay for love"

Eccle_2

I'm so sorry to hear about your Nan. I lost mine a couple of weeks ago at almost exactly the same age, so your post struck a chord with me.

It's difficult to advise on what best to say on the card, for ours we just kept it simple, so it depends on whether your preference is for lots of words, or just a simple With love always or something on those lines.

Don't feel you have to go and spend a fortune on new clothes, I'm sure you have some black in your wardrobe already, and you can always mix with purple as well as that's a mourning colour. I wore a black skirt with a greyish pattern and a plain black jumper.

Hope all goes as well as it can with the funeral, it's never easy.

One idea if she introduced you to gardening would be in the future to go back and plant flowers or bulbs on the grave so they came up every year.