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The Thursday before our wedding, my mom and aunt made the trek to the LA Flower District to buy all the flowers for the wedding. I would have loved to have gone with them, but with a new job and little vacation time, the excursion just wasn’t an option. Because I didn’t have a preference as to the types of flowers we’d use for the wedding, I simply told them I wanted a variety of green and white flowers. I wanted the centerpieces to look as though we’d just picked them out of a field. For brides who are more specific with the types of flowers they want, I would suggest making the trip. But my mom and aunt did a fantastic job and I couldn’t have asked for a better selection.
Here’s what they got for $200!
Flowers for:
Have a look for yourself. 
These green hydrangeas were used for the bridesmaids’ bouquets:
I love these!
The LA Flower District hours for the public are:
Purchasing and putting together the floral arrangements was definitely a lot of hard work. But by taking this route, we were able to work them into our budget.
How did you make a wedding item budget friendly?
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I love all these flowers… the greens are so vibrant! I can’t wait to see how your bouquets turned out.
I love all the flowers they picked out! I can’t wait to see how the arrangements and bouquets turned out
Great choices! Now I need to see how they look put together!
NO WAY!!! DANG! Thats awesome. And you got the really good flowers, too!
I am doing the same thing! LA Flower District at 8am the day before the wedding and make all the centerpieces that day, then bouquets the morning of the wedding. SOOO much cheaper, and not at all that difficult. As long as you stick with just one color and only a few different flower types, it is not biggie!
Lovely! What are the bright green ones called? The one under the caption “I love these”. I had them in my bouquet and I have no idea what they are.
oooooo pretty, I can’t wait to see how everything turned out!
@Mrs. Lovebird:Button mums! They are probably my favorite flower ever.
That’s awesome!!! We have thought about doing our own centerpieces, but I think I’m too nervous about fridge space and help to get it together.
I love all the flowers they picked out. I can’t wait to see how everything comes together.
Your next post better be pictures of all the flowers arranged!! LOVE what your family picked out for you!
is the last picture of all the flowers together? I’m curious about the visual quantity of 200$ worth of flowers (trying to figure out my own DIY flower budget).
For those who don’t have a flower market near by (that’s me), a great online resource is freshroses.com. They’re amazing!
Can we please see the pics!!! Lovely. I did the flowers for a friends bridal shower by ordering through Sam’s Club. Cheap but not even this cheap! Gorgeous.
I am in love with making the bouquets! I can’t wait to see how yours turned out. I live in OC and can’t wait to make my may down to LA to see if I can find inspiration for mine. Way to go on being budget-friendly!
Oh, I love it! I can’t wait to see the DIY posts and how the final arrangements came together.
70 centerpieces?! Please tell me that’s a typo!
But, great budget tips. I’m totally doing my own flowers.
That is such a great idea! Will you post pictures and the DIY part of it? The flower choices are beautiful! Can’t wait to see them in the recap!
OMG I’m jealous! They’re beautiful. I’m planning to do my own flowers and I’m still looking for a local grower where I can buy affordable ones 
That’s awesome! We too are planning on DIY-ing some of our flowers for the wedding from the LA Flower Mart.
Did your mom/aunt do all the arrangements and bouts themselves or did they get it from one of the vendors? If so, which one did you use? The flowers look great - love the button mums too
Those are amazing. I can’t wait to see the finished product!
Here’s how we’re working flowers into our budget: we’re not having any. Most people think I’m cuh-razy when I tell them that, but honestly, flowers don’t make me so excited that I’m willing to sacrifice something else that has meaning to me. For our centerpieces, we’re just going to do candles and call it a day.
Flowers are my favorite wedding item so they’re getting a big chunk of my budget, but even then my mom has her own floral design business so we get everything at cost from the growers at the San Diego Flower Mart and do the labor ourselves.
Wow, $70 centerpieces? What a deal!
Oops, typo. I meant 70 without the $ sign.
For those in the Bay Area - SF flowermart:
http://www.sfflmart.com/faq_frameset.html
I went here one year to buy carnations for leis I was making.
@Miss Taffy: We didn’t have any fridge space either so we used ice chests and buckets
@Vicki: All in good time 
I’ll be doing the post really soon… waiting on a few more pictures
@Shaz: No, the last picture is just of some of them, they took up a lot of room- I’ll have my post of all the flowers soon- they all worked out great
@Heather: Soon! I promise!
@katie: Totally not a typo- We put 3 centerpieces on each table
@Joyce: My mom and aunt did all of the arrangements themselves… they’re awesome
@Wiglet: I don’t think you’re crazy at all- I almost went the same way
@shaver2b: Nice!! You’re one lucky lady!
Oh My Gosh!!! I am now excited to do this and now realize it is possible!
You got them on Thurs for a Fri or Sat wedding?
I have so many questions!! ehhhhh!!
RE: New job–more congratulations! (and wow, you have a lot going on at one time!) RE: Teensy vacation with new job…poor thing!–it must have been a challenge planning while in the throws of new job-dom! I hope the job is at least near your home so you didn’t/don’t have to spend all your evenings stressed and on the road…those CA traffic jams really stink…and RE: the FLOWERS…BEAUTIFUL!…and such a great deal! (Yay Mom and Aunt!) Can’t wait for more!!
@Jackie: We got them on Thursday for my Saturdady wedding at 2 o clock. I would suggest keeping them in a cool, dry place. ie- we put them in a room, kept the ac on, and the lights off. Everything stayed beautiful- except when we got up to the mountains- we accidentally put the hydrngeas next to the fireplace for a good 1/2 day… not too bad but they did droop a wee bit. Everything else basically stayed perfect though
@Kat: My job isn’t too far away- I’ve always been used to a commute and I’m just thankful to have a job And the vacation wasn’t too big of a deal- We got a week which is more than some people get- Plus we were excited to start the next chapter of our lives as husband and wife in our new home… which has been absoultely amazing
@Mrs. Espresso: Mrs. E, you are such a positive lady! You and Mrs. Tiramisu, I tell ya! I admire you both for your awesome attitudes– you both inspire the heck outta me!
What a great savings idea. The flowers are lovely. I would like to see how professional they looked when done up.
I need this in Chicago!! We are doing the same colors very similar flowers…my budget is about the same.
I’m so jealous! I need to do more research…
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Age and Occupation: 23, Community Services Specialist
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Engagement Date: December 21, 2007
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