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Beginner August 2015

DIY Flowers Success!

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Tammy, on August 30, 2015 at 10:44 AM

I ordered from three separate floral wholesalers for my daughter's wedding (Fifty Flowers, Whole Blossoms and Sam's Club). I had specific flowers that my daughter wanted and went with the less expensive vendor for each type. The flowers that I ordered from Fifty Flowers were the Creamy Ivory Peony...

The flowers that I ordered from Fifty Flowers were the Creamy Ivory Peony Rose, the White Cloud Spray Garden Roses, Billy Balls (Craspedia) and Dusty Miller. Lavender and White Wax Flower ordered from Whole Blossoms and White Hydrangea from Sam's Club. All were in great shape and looked gorgeous for the wedding, though Fifty Flowers seemed to have the best customer service/communication.

I would definitely order from any of the three vendors again. If using a wholesaler, be sure to sign up for their newsletter - I saved money this way by getting % off coupons and notices of sales on particular flowers.

I ordered TONS of flowers as we had a LOT of space to decorate and came in at $1,000. It was a lot of work, but worth it - the flowers were gorgeous!

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Super October 2015
HeavenlyBride · on September 1, 2015 at 7:05 PM
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Thank you for this post! I have decided to diy my flowers as well!
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Beginner August 2015
Tammy · on September 1, 2015 at 8:15 PM
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Lisa -

I have no idea how much a pro would've charged for these. This was for my daughter and she had a very tight budget. She also had a literary/vintage theme so we originally were just going to do origami book flowers from favorite reads.

Me, being "mom", wanted fresh flowers for her as well and with me living in a different state, decided to look into the wholesalers. I, admittedly, went a little nuts with the flowers - but I took that all on myself :-) If we just had centerpieces, aisle decor and bouquets it would've been probably a quarter of the cost but as I said in earlier post, we had a LOT of different spaces throughout the venue that needed special touches.

The hydrangeas, garden roses and wax flowers looked terrific with the book flowers we had made - we mixed them all in together - you can see in this photo a couple of the origami ones.
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Beginner August 2015
Tammy · on September 1, 2015 at 8:17 PM
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Various origami flowers
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Dedicated October 2016
saccatume · on September 1, 2015 at 10:52 PM
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your flowers are beautiful, I am also DIYing my flowers but I will be making fabric and origami flowers. I have not looking into the instructions for the origami ones yet, any suggestions on the best site for the instructions for folding them?
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Beginner August 2016
FutureMrs · on September 1, 2015 at 11:10 PM
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Those are beautiful. Do you have a background in floral arrangements?! Cuz if not...really impressed!
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Beginner August 2015
Tammy · on September 2, 2015 at 12:10 PM
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Saccatume - this is a really great origami site: http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-flowers.html
FutureMrs - thank you! The centerpieces were all done by my sister, daughter and me and none of us have any floral arranging in our backgrounds. I will say that we each have a bit of creativity in our blood, so that helps. These weren't as difficult as a "formal" arrangement might be and we had a lot of fun doing them!
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Kiwi Kawaii · on September 2, 2015 at 2:35 PM
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These are gorgeous arrangements! I'm planning to DIY my flowers, too. It's really encouraging to see someone be so successful in theirs! :-)
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Brandee · on September 2, 2015 at 2:57 PM
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Tammy, thanks for sharing this information! And the flowers are gorgeous!
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Michelle · on January 15, 2021 at 5:10 PM
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Excellent tips for fresh flowers!
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