Cherry Blossom Branches
March 30th, 2007 @ 2:11 pm by Mrs. Raspberry
For all you cherry blossom brides who are lucky enough to have scheduled your wedding during the 2 week period - which fluctuates - when they are in bloom, and for all you brides (including me) who wish we had the cherry blossoms for our weddings….
I cut these branches while working in our garden last night. They were so pretty I had to share. They would be great as centerpieces or to make into a wish tree in lieu of a guest book.
If you are lucky enough to catch the short blooming period for flowering branches during your wedding, how are you using them?
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so pretty!!! does anyone know where i could get a fake substitute?
Okay I am officially excited. I am getting married in August, missing the cherry blossom season by a very wide margin, which was disappointing to me, because I fell in love with cherry blossoms a long time ago. I was, in fact, just talking to my fiance on the weekend about whether it would be weird to use a cherry blossom design on invitations if they would be nowhere to be seen in the wedding.
I am SO going to do fake ones for table centrepieces! My mum and I have been having trouble agreeing on a centrepiece idea. I don’t want a typical floral centrepiece. I was leaning towards a tall vase filled with water and a branch of cymbidium orchids submerged in the water, but my mom thinks it’s too minimalist (which is sort of what I was going for. Unfortunately my mom and I have wildly different tastes when it comes to decor).
Anyway I’ve been trying to find a way to
a) incorporate cherry blossoms into the decor to tie into invitations even though they won’t be in season
b) find a centrepiece idea that my mom and I both like, that isn’t too minimalist AND isn’t simply a floral bouquet.
Ta da! Fake cherry blossom branches are it.
see knottie ihearttim’s bio. she used them as centerpieces, and it looked great.
i’m so jealous! those are lovely!
i’m getting married during cherry blossom season..i hope i get to use them at my wedding! wahOoo!
wow those grow in your backyard? gorgeous!!!
i’m taking my engagement pictures at the Tidal Basin in Washington DC, when the cherry blossoms will be in peak bloom next week!
i (heart) cherry blossoms!! my fianc© proposed while we were in japan…during cherry blossom season! cherry blossoms and japan will always have a very special place in my heart (and we’re not japanese either). 
we’re getting married in sept so sadly, no cherry blossoms for us. boo.
i wish i had a cherry blossom tree in my yard.
Ever since I got engaged, I wanted cherry blossoms. Real ones may be out of reach for my late May wedding, but I am going to try to make those nifty paper and branch versions I’ve seen on Martha Stewarts website… very cute and creative. And much cheaper… unless I had a tree forever in bloom.
love cherry blossoms…
Yes, you can go to Flyboy Naturals Freeze Dried Petals and they have some Hydrangea Petals that will pass as cherry blossoms. In fact, they have been used in movies for that same thing. Memoirs of a Geisha.
there was mention of fake cherry blossoms. does anyone have recommendations on where to find instructions?
we are using cherry blossoms throughout the wedding…thought it would be fun to add them to centerpieces.
that is absolutely bautiful! I want…not I need to have cherry blossoms at my wedding…june next year so I gather from your passsages that they aren’t in season then… I will get them even if it’s the fake ones, lol.
so - has anyone found where to buy fake cherry blossom branches?
i’m either finding SUPER expensive or totally chincy versions 
Whiteaisle.com are stunning replicas of cherry blossom branches. I will be purchasing them for my Jan 09 wedding.
Whiteaisle branches are disappointing in person. I ordered some and don’t like them at all.
yeah - i ordered 2 branches from whiteaisle - just to see and i was VERY disappointed, especially since they were $6 each and shipping was also $6. definitely not worth the cost.
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i ordered some branches from DTI (ChristmasFlorals.com) and although their cherry blossoms were sold out — we got their apple blossom branches — and LOVE them!
(the white flowers will show up better in a dimly lit room too)
I’m looking for cherry blossoms for my future daughter in law and can’t find them. I originally found some beautiful stems at Hobby Lobby, but they were their send outs so they can’t order any more and I don’t have enough! I tried to go to the site you gave the ChristmasFlorals, but I can’t find them. HELP???
try michaels or AC MOORE! thats where im going!
Go to usifloral.com they have a great selection of cherry blossoms
Mrs. Raspberry, DC/New York
Age and Occupation in 07: 24, Owner/Chief Creative Director
Fiance's Age in 07: 24, Special Investigator for the government
Engagement Date: August 5, 2006
Wedding Date: July 2007
Venue: The Roycroft Inn, East Aurora NY
About Me: I love wedding and event planning. I am having a great time with all of my DIY projects and can't wait to share them with all of the WeddingBee Readers (some have to wait until after our wedding)! Other favorites include: cooking, running, tennis, knitting and making crafts. Mr. Raspberry and I also have two dogs - Gewurz, a 2 year old
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cherry blossoms are so pretty, and in my wedding colors — pink and brown! thanks for sharing the beautiful photo. if i wasn’t getting married in hawaii where there is an abundance of lovely tropicals (like pink plumeria!) i TOTALLY would have used cherry blossoms in my centerpieces AND in my bouquets. i dunno how that would have looked — long branches sticking out of my bouquets — but i would have found a way to make it work =P