Flowers

So I am not sure if you all know how expensive flowers, especially wedding flowers, can be. The average cost for flowers for weddings can run between $700-1,500! For a bride on a tight, cost effective budget this can be a  nightmare and a budget breaker! However, breaking the budget on flowers that will die in about 24 hours is NOT an option for me. 


In comes ... Sarah :) 

Sarah is a friend of mine who I have known for 5 years. She is a sweet soul and a burst of fun-loving energy. She also happens to be a wonder at flowers and making pretty things out of them. :) I had asked her if she would help design and create the flowers for Michael and I's wedding. She was ecstatic and eagerly agreed! We then began plans to go to the Flower District in St. Louis and let our imaginations and creative juices flow! Harold's flower market was what was HIGHLY recommended to us and we agreed that this should be our first (and hopefully last) stop in our search to find some pretty flowers for the wedding. 


We were happy to find that there are so many pretty yellow flowers! I wanted my bouquet to be mainly white, with hints and spots of bright yellow. Here is what we found for my bouquet. 

Beautiful white roses, yellow freesia & white hydrangeas

For the Bridesmaids, this is what we have come up with;

White daisies, yellow roses, yellow mums & white dahlias

For the Groom :) and Groomsmen, I wanted something traditional yet modern boutonnieres. We found these button mums and berry greenery for them.  

One of the best parts about all of this is that we are doing, 1 groom, 5 groomsmen, 2 fathers  2 grandfather 1 pastor and 1 attendant/ring bearer boutonnieres , 1 bride, 5 bridesmaid, 1 flower girl  bouquets, 2 mother, 1 grandmother, 1 sister corsages all for a grand total of around or under $300!!! Needless to say I am very proud of this and know that, once again, you can be cost efficient and still make a wedding beautiful! 


Bouquet and boutonniere demos to come!