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Yes, you can use silk flowers and real flowers for your wedding and some pics

August 19, 2009

Remember my debate about using real vs. fake flowers?

Well we ended up using real roses for my bouquet (my last choice but it turned out to be lovely and classic) and silk dahlias for the bridesmaids. The boutonnieres were made of roses as well.
dahlia closeuplace bouquetCloseup of both bouquets

dahlia with bridesmaid

Bridesmaid bouquet in action along with her ribbon wand!

I did go to Whole Foods and got bright red gerber daisies but my cousin and mom didn’t like them. They also didn’t like the lilies my aunt and I bought for some tables. Good thing Whole Foods accepts returns on flowers.

My cousin ended up getting red roses at another Whole Foods. I think it was $30 or $40 for two dozen of the large roses and they held up pretty well. The dahlias were $3 each (50% off Michael’s) and there were about 5 or 6 in each bouquet.
My cousin, aunt, and future cousin in law made all the bouquets and boutonnieres the night before (cloth from the dresses were made into ribbons covering the bridesmaid’s bouquet’s stems and some extra alencon lace trim covered my bouquet’s stems). My family was ridiculously awesome. Let yourself be helped! So many things went wrong and I was also trying to see my out of towners so things were crazy that week!

So my final opinion: yes silk flowers (good quality ones) look fine and can be used in your bridesmaids or even your own bouquet. They’re usually less expensive though not always. Their main advantage is that they can be made in advance and can be used after the wedding too!

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  • Westside Wedding August 19, 2009 at 19:14

    So sweet of your cousin, aunt, and future cousin in law to make the bouquets & boutonnieres! The bouquets looks beautiful!!

  • miss.t August 20, 2009 at 00:28

    I’m happy you were able to use your original plan and also incorporate your mom’s request. The flowers look great and I honestly can’t tell they aren’t real. 🙂

  • The Professional Bridesmaid August 20, 2009 at 03:18

    The bridesmaid bouquets look awesome! Hard to believe they’re silk.

  • Liz August 20, 2009 at 06:38

    so glad it worked out! the photos are lovely.

  • anna and the ring August 20, 2009 at 20:46

    Fabulous my dear. Well played!

  • THE ALTERNATIVE BRIDE August 21, 2009 at 01:12

    Great job! I agree that I can’t believe that the bridesmaid bouquets are silk. i’m really impressed!

    And i can’t believe that Whole Foods accepts returns on flowers. Good to know! 🙂

  • honey my heart August 21, 2009 at 17:11

    the all look great! it’s awesome how you used real and fake flowers.

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