Weddingbee Blog

Recently I went to meet with a few florists in my area. Don’t ask me who; I ran out so quickly I don’t even remember their names. I went in with absolutely no idea whatsoever about the costs of wedding flowers. I walked out with the worst case of sticker shock I’ve ever had. Where’s that rascally Ashton Kutcher? I must be on Punk’d… right? Yeah, no, not so much.

I made the common bridal mistake of thinking that because I don’t want “a ton of flowers”, they can’t possibly want to charge me thousands of dollars for something that will die in a few days. Boy, was I wrong. A couple thousand was the minimum. I was kinda bummed because I met with one florist that I really really liked. Not throw $2000 dollars into the wind liked, though. I decided that a floral designer just wasn’t in the cards for me. There are things that I can justify spending a large amount of money on, but something that will literally DIE in a few days? H-E-double hockey sticks (oh yeah, I pulled that one out from 1995) no.

I then went to a local wholesale florist called Jennie’s. Unfortunately their phone number is not 867-5309, but that doesn’t take away from their super awesomeness. I don’t know who Jennie is, but she’s my new BFF. Their prices were amazing. I called my mom and told her about Jennie’s and how they saved my soul (I guess today is musical reference day). A few days passed and I was still on a Jennie’s high, then it hit me… uhm… I have to put all these flowers together the day before the wedding? Transport them there? Make sure they stay all pretty? I don’t have a refrigerator that I can dedicate solely to flowers! Me no likey.

I called my dad and told him about my flower struggles. I was stuck between a rock—getting them at a great price, but having to assemble the flowers the day before the wedding—and a poo place—those insane people called “Floral Designers” who want a million billion dollars, an arm, a leg, and my first born. Dear ol’ dad suggested fakes. My initial reaction was, “Look dad, I love you… but fake flowers? Ew.” Little did I know, this man was on to something! I went to Michaels looking for… I’m not sure what, but I ended up in their floral department. Wow, fakes have come a LOOONG way. I bought a few and decided to see what I could come up with. After a few trials, I decided that fakes were definitely the way to go—they were beautiful and I could assemble them all months in advance. It was the solution of my dreams!

Stay tuned to see what I whipped up with my fakies!