Initially I had wanted to purchase real flowers for my wedding day, unfortunately after contacting five different florists over the time coming up to the wedding only one of them responded! Even after calling a couple and being told to email them and still they didn't respond. Very disappointing.
Luckily one florist did end up returning my call and I ended up purchasing two beaufitul vases of flowers that would sit on pedestals at the end of the aisle. I hired the vases and the flowers were delivered on the day, a family friend returned the vases for us the next day to the shop in Banff rather than paying for pickup.
I am really glad we bought these, they looked beautiful and really finished off the room, I think without them the photos wouldn't have been as beautiful.
I wouldn't look at this as a bad thing as such, it was winter and flowers are hard to come by. Unfortunately it was just not in my budget to spend that much, especially without really getting the flowers that I wanted.
I spent a lot of time looking into alternatives, brooch bouquets, fake flowers, pearls, feathers, there are seriously a lot of options, personally I found Pinterest to be a good help on ideas. Keeping in mind my budget I ended up going for fake bouquets. To be honest I was really nervous that they would not look very nice because they can be really hit and miss.
I ended up purchasing this bouquet for myself from the Love from Lily shop on Etsy. They are based in the UK so I had the flowers shipped to my Mum and she bought them over to Canada for me.
Luckily one florist did end up returning my call and I ended up purchasing two beaufitul vases of flowers that would sit on pedestals at the end of the aisle. I hired the vases and the flowers were delivered on the day, a family friend returned the vases for us the next day to the shop in Banff rather than paying for pickup.
I am really glad we bought these, they looked beautiful and really finished off the room, I think without them the photos wouldn't have been as beautiful.
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| Flowers from Forget Me Not Flowers - Banff |
What about the Bouquets?
In the end I didn't buy real flower bouquets, it wasn't because I didn't want them, they were just VERY expensive. For two medium bouquets (one for my sister and one for myself) it was going to cost around $500AUD and that was without any roses or really the flowers that I wanted (Because it was winter they were not in season).I wouldn't look at this as a bad thing as such, it was winter and flowers are hard to come by. Unfortunately it was just not in my budget to spend that much, especially without really getting the flowers that I wanted.
I spent a lot of time looking into alternatives, brooch bouquets, fake flowers, pearls, feathers, there are seriously a lot of options, personally I found Pinterest to be a good help on ideas. Keeping in mind my budget I ended up going for fake bouquets. To be honest I was really nervous that they would not look very nice because they can be really hit and miss.
I ended up purchasing this bouquet for myself from the Love from Lily shop on Etsy. They are based in the UK so I had the flowers shipped to my Mum and she bought them over to Canada for me.
They were really accommodating and the end product was beautiful. I also bought a smaller one for my sister. Which I will add a photo for later because for some reason I can't find a nice close up! Weird.
Takeaway: Just because everyone else has real flowers doesn't mean it is the thing to do. There are a lot of options to be different that wont break the bank. If it isn't in your budget don't just say "oh just this once" because it wont be the only time you say that. Sometimes you have to make some compromises. But at the same time don't just settle. I spent a lot of time searching for something that I was happy with. It is your special day after all.
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