Pretty Pretty Petals

Pretty Pretty Petals

January 27th, 2010 @ 3:35 pm by Ms. Stripes
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Lest you fear that I don’t have serious love for flowers of ALL stripes, I give you… The Tale of our Trip to The LA Flower Mart!

So, one day last September, the obsessive planner/crazy-bride-to-be in me had a brilliant idea: we should go to the Flower Mart to scout the types of flowers that would be available next year! (Did I say brilliant? I may have meant cuckoo…) But I didn’t stop there! Nope! I figured we could even make a few arrangements to test drive the milk glass that was already taking over our kitchen island. Yay! So I quickly threw together a flower inspiration board to guide our journey:

Pretty Pretty Petals : wedding flowers Flower Board1 flower-board1

clockwise from left: source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source

The following day, in honor of our wedding being less than one year away and both of us having a surprise day off, we headed down to the LA Flower Mart to check out what was available. It’s a pretty quick walk from our house, and thank god, because the day was seriously TOASTY. The kind of TOASTY that LA could use right. about. now. You hear that, rain? Anyhoo.

It was nice and cool in the Flower Mart. We made a big loop and then headed back to the stalls we liked to grab flowers for our test centerpieces.

Here are a few shots of us with all of our loot:

Pretty Pretty Petals : wedding flowers 1 1

**Note: if you’re allergic to pollen/flowers/all-that’s-pretty, suck back the Claritin/Zyrtec/Benadryl BEFORE you start this project. These beauties caused a full scale allergy fiasco for F Stripes and we’ll (I’ll) definitely be doing the pre-wedding arranging elsewhere. (Hint. Hint. J Stripe)

We made it back home, downed some water, started stripping leaves, and cut the flowers down to create these:

Pretty Pretty Petals : wedding flowers 2 2

Allergies aside, it was pretty easy and only took about an hour or so. And the best part? All those beautiful flowers only cost $40. Yup. Serious pretty, serious cheap.

Next time I want to incorporate succulents/billy buttons into the arrangements, but all-in-all I’m pretty happy with the way they turned out! Now because it was so much fun the first time around and because we live crazy close to the Flower Mart, I’m thinking of doing another test drive some day soon…

Any words of advice, or are you leaving flowers up to a professional/enthusiastic friend or relative?

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40 Responses to “Pretty Pretty Petals”

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krissycake (message) 4,160 posts, Honey bee

Wow! This could be your career, they look so lovely =)

1/27/10 @ 3:43 pm (reply)

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Miss Sewing (message) 2,701 posts, Sugar bee

holy moly! such gorgeous arrangements! And seriously great price!

1/27/10 @ 3:45 pm (reply)

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Miss Spaniel (message) 6,792 posts, Bee Keeper

Wow, they are amazing! Can I hire you to do my flowers?

1/27/10 @ 3:45 pm (reply)

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Magenta (message) 1,860 posts, Buzzing bee

wow!!! you guys are amazing! these looks so good!! you should make this a business… they look so professional

1/27/10 @ 3:56 pm (reply)

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suzanne1880 (message) 90 posts, Worker bee

Wow, I wish you could help me - I’m trying to tackle the same project adn am scarrrrrrrrrrred! beautiful job! Any tips??

1/27/10 @ 4:00 pm (reply)

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Miss Pudding (message) 1,180 posts, Bumble bee

I love those! Please tell us more about the milk glass!

1/27/10 @ 4:03 pm (reply)

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timiny (message) 39 posts, Newbee

Wow, those are great and the price is fantastic…if only we had a flower market in Oklahoma!

1/27/10 @ 4:07 pm (reply)

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Miss Pug (message) 3,753 posts, Honey bee

wow, you guys did an amazing job. i love the volume of the arrangements and the colors. the la flower mart sounds so cool…

1/27/10 @ 4:08 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Cowboy Boot (message) 434 posts, Helper bee

Sooo lovely! Looks a lot like our flower color scheme. Me like.

1/27/10 @ 4:25 pm (reply)

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Ms. Library (message) 1,250 posts, Bumble bee

I love love love the middle photo! Those are so pretty!

1/27/10 @ 4:30 pm (reply)

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Marinara (message) 392 posts, Helper bee

We’re going the LA flower mart route, too! Our first test drive is in a couple weeks. How long did the flowers last — I can’t decide if we should go the Friday or Thursday before our Saturday wedding…

You’ve got some skills!!!

1/27/10 @ 4:32 pm (reply)

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so pretty!
which flowers did you use?

1/27/10 @ 4:36 pm (reply)

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rosie-wed (message) 32 posts, Newbee

these look amazing!! how long did it take you to do all of this? any tips for others who might be doing the same?

1/27/10 @ 4:48 pm (reply)

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Miss Rainbow (message) 1,534 posts, Bumble bee

I am so effing jealous of you! Why can’t Tampa have a flower market!?

1/27/10 @ 4:56 pm (reply)

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Lo (message) 538 posts, Busy bee

I am obsessed with the blue mason jars! I am hoping to arrange my own flowers and you provided some great inspiration, thanks.

1/27/10 @ 5:00 pm (reply)

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Miss Hamster (message) 4,045 posts, Honey bee

Wow, these look awesome!

1/27/10 @ 5:09 pm (reply)

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AbbieOinCO (message) 184 posts, Blushing bee

LOVE the inspiration board! I had so much fun doing our flowers. We also used kale… big flowers=less $$!

1/27/10 @ 6:19 pm (reply)

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Mrs. DG (message) 8,491 posts, Bee Keeper

We used kale too… So fun! (and bear grass and roses and mums and euphorbia)

What a forward thinking idea to go do that a year ahead. Very smart!

1/27/10 @ 6:25 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,263 posts, Bee Keeper

$40 for all of those?! looks like i’ll be stopping by the sf flower mart myself. lol. which flowers did you get again?

1/27/10 @ 7:17 pm (reply)

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Mrs. French Bulldog (message) 7,730 posts, Bee Keeper

We left our flowers to the pros (or a pro & I use that term loosely, don’t get me started on her) and one of the many flowers we used were those billy buttons. I love them, they just make me smile Anyway, 5 mos later they look the same! You could totally buy those now and just hang on to them.