Does anyone have any recommendations for wedding florists in houston that are affordable? Or any luck doing flowers yourself for a wedding, like tips and where to get the flowers. We don't plan on having that many flowers just centerpieces (10 tables max) and bouquets for 4 bridesmaids and the bride. Thanks for any help.

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No such thing.

Costco

http://www.costco.com/Common/Category.aspx?cat=90371&eCat=BC|3605|90371&lang=en-US&whse=BC&topnav=

I guess I should clarify affordable. For the amount of flowers I am looking for I would like to stay in the neighborhood of $1500. I just don't know if that is an unrealistic goal. I saw flowers by Lisa online and her prices don't look too bad. Has anyone had any experience with her or anyone else they can recommend. Thanks.

I did all my flowers myself. Bought in bulk through Sams. They shipped the roses from central America overnight and the lilies from somewhere else. I would suggest practicing with mockups before. Roses are not de-thorned. I bought gloves on amazon that will stem the roses.

We spent about $500 and had fresh flowers everywhere. I loved them. Lots of work though, hopefully you'll have nice moms and aunts to help.

Edit- SAMs flowers are much better than Costco, I did lots of research before I chose SAMs

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http://www.floralevents.com/

Used him and was under what you want to spend for 17 tables, and the associated flowers for a wedding.

~egon

^We used Bill Ryan as well and only had roses in small vases on the centerpieces. He was very good and affordable.

04Aggiegirl, what was the selection like with sam's? When I looked at Costco online their selection looked very limited, and they had mostly packages which really isn't what I am looking for.

If you do them yourself, allow a lot of time - twice as much as you think it can possibly take. My mom did all the flowers for my wedding, I did all the corsages and boutonnieres, and we both did the bouquets. Granted, we were pretty ambitious, and had a lot of flowers, but it took a long long time. If you have friends and family that can help, that will make a big difference, as long as you don't care that they look exactly a certain way.

Also, if you are willing to go with seasonal flowers, in assorted colors (ie not all white, or all pink, etc) then you can get a lot more for your money. And they will be beautiful, and much less cookie-cutter than the more common white roses or white calla lilies that you see at a lot of weddings.

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Selection at Sams is very good. Just look online. I didn't like the packages, but the rose, lily, orchid and other exoctics selection was amazing. Lots of colors and varieties. The packages are overpriced for what you get IMO.

I bought the ribbon from both hobby lobby and arnes.

To back up jenn's statement, I allowed two days before the wedding. First day I processed the flowers and allowed them to bloom more. I also started on the centerpieces. Day before the wedding I made the bouquets, corsages, and bouts. I had my mom, mil, sister, and a family friend help the day before. Processing the flowers was one my own.

I loved the way they turned out. If you have a good eye and are crafty (and patient) it'll work out great.

http://www.carmensfloral.com/

Carmen did our flowers and does the flowers at a lot of our client's weddings. She is amazing and very reasonable.

Wait until next year and get married the Saturday after Easter. In your wedding pictures, the church will look like an arboretum.

http://www.florabelladesigns.net/

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There has also been a trend lately..if you perhaps like a bit of a more earthy look, of doing bouquets from filler flowers.





It is definitely a certain style, but its very dainty. The baby's breath could definitely be pretty for bridesmaids and groomsmen's corsages if nothing else.