Wedding Blog

budget? what’s that?
we’re paying just over $7,000 for our flowers.

i notice when flowers/centerpieces are cheap looking or skimpy.

if i had more money to spend for the wedding it wouldn’t go into the flower budget. it’d go elsewhere for sure.

My mom’s been working on wedding flowers w/ another designer for 15+ years. I knew it’d come in handy one day We’re paying around $500 for wholesale flowers, but no costs for labor or time.

I spent more money on the flowers than I estimated but that is okay. Both my FI and I worked together with the florist, Anna’s Flowers in Seattle, WA to come up with the best price without sacrificing the looks and kinds of flowers.

if i’m being honest, before i was planning my own wedding, i didn’t really notice flowers, and i couldn’t tell you what kind of flowers were at any of the weddings i went to - i can tell you which ones were at a beautiful location, which ones had great food, which ones had amazing ceremonies, and which ones had great music, though.

i think it really depends on the location and season of your wedding. at a beautiful b&b in november or in a garden in june, flowers aren’t so important. in a simple ballroom, they probably make more of an impact.

i also think wedding flowers are a racket. many of the florists i talked to when i was planning my wedding had $5K minimums. it took some digging to get to a lower price point with vendors i still trusted, but i’d say it was well worth it.

I was *really* surprised by the results of this poll! While I appreciate gorgeous flowers as much as the next girl, I’ve never ever ever been one to pay a lot of attention to them. In fact, my bouquet isn’t even going to be made of flowers–700 stems of Swarovski crystals, baby! We’re doing Martha Stewart’s tissue paper flowers for our centerpieces, and since our ceremony is outside we have no real need for other floral decorations. I guess since I’ve put so little thought into my own flowers, it hadn’t really sunk in that other people do–if that makes any sense. I know I couldn’t imagine spending half my budget on them (which is what a $5K minimum would be!)

Different brides have different budgets and priorities, though, and I think that’s awesome It’s all about what’s important to *you*.

Wow, I must say I’m definitely the odd one out so far.

We are having DIY bouquets, bouts, crosages, etc. The tables will have non-floral centerpieces. The ceremony decorations will be silk. Our flower budget (you might want to sit down for this) is $150.