Hello Hello Buds and Blossoms!
When thinking about what I wanted to share with you after the wedding, the first thing that came to mind was to talk about doing my own flowers, since back when I mentioned here on the blog that I would be doing this, I got some opposition and concerned replies. Let me tell you, my friends, doing my own flowers was awesome. But I agree, not for everyone.
Check out the beautiful bouquet! (photo by Elizabeth Monge, Studio Elizabeth)
Here’s how it went:
I ordered 3 varieties of flowers on fiftyflowers.com about 3 weeks before the wedding to be delivered to our venue 2 days before the ceremony. Fiftyflowers.com were great– they were on top of the order from the moment I put in my payment. There were some minor changes in the delivery based on the peak of the flowers I chose, but they were very upfront with me about that and I had plenty of notice.
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I have been going back and forth on the idea of doing my own flowers. Or rather, gathering up my ladies on the morning of the wedding (the ceremony isn’t until 6:30pm) and attempting to assemble centerpieces that may or may not resemble something like this:
Pretty! How hard could it be?
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I was lucky enough to have a mother-in-law that I completely trusted to do the entire rehearsal dinner. I actually told her I wanted it to be a surprise – because I knew she would make it perfect. I wanted to share some of the little details because I think these are important parts of the wedding. It’s the little things we remember and also get to take with us as souvenirs.
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Hi All!! I am a bit more upbeat today!! After my complete frustration with the flower industry, I knew I had to get creative… heh, I’ve been a student for 10 years, THIS I know how to do!! So, to Kijiji I went (craigslist didn’t turn up a lot for me). What did I find? Well, to be honest, not a lot. Most of the flower service/wedding flowers/florist hits were for silk flowers. But, I did find one lady, Miss Karen, who works with fresh (and high quality) flowers. What I found out when I met her last night was that she used to be a big player in the flower business here in Calgary, but when she sold her shop in 2006, she had to sign a non-competition agreement… but, she is now able to work again, and compete she is doing! I sent her the correspondence from my previous consults (which I posted for your benefit too here), and of course all my inspiration photos, also found here, and she responded with this:
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I have been seeing so many great DIY projects around the web! They are not my ideas, but I thought I would share some things that are $ friendly and way cool!
First up, tealight covers:
From C(oi)n:purse
I love this idea! I have lots of extra yarn hanging around the house and plan to try this over the next month. Since the ceremony space is dimly lit, I’m going to try to give some lighting this way. I think it produces a dim glow compared to a single flame.
Next up organza flowers:
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