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Have Multiple People Grow Wedding Flowers

I am getting married this July and am planning on growing my own flowers. I decided this in part to save money but also because I want a less formal feel to the floral arrangements. We have chosen to mainly use dahlias, along with paper flowers.

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Growing Your Own Wedding Flowers

This is a guide about growing your own wedding flowers. You can save a lot of money by growing your own flowers for your wedding. It also allows you to select exactly what you want.

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Ideas for Wedding Flowers

We are having a spring wedding. The week after Easter to be exact and the church is filled with lilies and tulips during this time. We have gone with the pink, purple, and green approach because these seemed to be the Easter pastel colors.

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Flower Advice for a Fall Wedding

My son is getting married on October 22, 2011 and I was wondering what flowers/trees will be in bloom at that time. Thank you.

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Using Fresh Cut Lavender in Bouquets

How do you get lavender to remain erect so it can be used in a handtied wedding bouquet? We have fresh cut the stems, placed them in food water, but it droops in a way that makes it impossible to tie?

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Rose Scented Spray For Artificial Flowers

Many brides want their wedding party to have a nice remembrance of their wedding, so they select artificial flowers. I buy spray bottles of rose body spray and right before the ceremony, I spray all the flowers with a touch of the rose scent.

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Potted Plants For Wedding Decorations

When my husband and I got married seven years ago, we were determined to have a wonderful, yet debt free, day! One of the things that we did to save money was to use potted plants that were in season to decorate, like marigolds and other "autumn" colored plants.

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Buying Silk Wedding Flowers

Where can I buy silk wedding flowers?

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Making Fresh Flower Wedding Arrangements

I make silk flower arrangements. I have been asked to do a fresh flower wedding in August; is there a big difference?

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Choosing the Flower Color for Bridesmaids Bouquets

My bridesmaids are wearing wine, what color flowers will go with that?

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Plant A Wedding Garden

Plant A Wedding GardenWeddings are expensive. A garden setting should be the least of your problems. I am planting a wedding garden today for $40. My daughter, Amy, is getting married in my back yard in August and I need masses of flowers for her special day.


Tin Can Wedding Flower Holder

Tin Can Wedding Flower HolderThese cute and inexpensive tin can decorations are perfect for a country themed wedding. Just clean ordinary tin cans and hot glue a square of styrofoam into the bottom, adding whatever silk flowers you choose.


Making a Silk Bridal Bouquet

Making a Silk Bridal BouquetThank goodness the days of HUGE Bridal bouquets has passed! Small, round bouquets with stems showing are being used more often in Weddings. Your local florist would be glad to bunch up a cluster of roses and tie with ribbon but believe me you'd pay dearly!


Bouquets, Corsages and Boutonnieres

Bouquets, Corsages and BoutonnieresWhen we did the flowers for my daughter's wedding, we asked a friend who was talented as making bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres, etc. She did a wonderful job. We were able to save a lot of money because we bought the flowers fresh, right off the floral shop's delivery truck. This is a sample of what we had that day. These were live flowers.