Wedding Bouquets - Using Artificial Flowers Instead of
Real Ones - 7 Things to Consider
Your journey towards your wedding
day includes shopping for wedding flowers for both your wedding bouquet and
wedding venues. Most importantly you need to decide on the type of flowers to
be used in the making of your wedding bouquet. If you already know what flowers
to buy, you are halfway home. But for those of you who do not know what to get
or cannot decide, this can be quite challenging. On top of that you also need
to decide whether to have your bouquet made with either real or artificial
flowers.
Now when
people hear the word "artificial", the first thing that comes to mind
are flowers that look plastic and not "real". Well, believe it or
not, they do look like the real thing. Artificial flowers comes in many forms.
This includes silk, paper/cloth, plastic, porcelain, clay and soap. The most
popular, especially for weddings, is silk. boutonniere corsage
Here are some things to consider
when choosing artificial flowers:
- Silk flowers' cost is about half that of real flowers.
So if you are on a tight budget, you may want to consider silk. If you go
with a florist, they usually carry high quality silk flowers so the cost
may equal that of real flowers. Check with them to see if they carry lower
cost silk flowers. If you are creative, you can even put your silk bouquet
together yourself or have a creative friend do it for you. You can
purchase them either at your local florist or handicraft/gift store. If
purchasing from the handicraft/gift store, pay a bit more for the better
quality silk flowers.
- Silk flowers does not require too much care compared to
that of real flowers. For real flowers, your florist will probably be
putting your bouquet and flower arrangements a few days before your wedding
and then delivered on the wedding day. The real flowers need to be kept
watered or else they will wilt and dry out. This is especially true for
your wedding bouquet if you will be holding it throughout the day. Silk
bouquets, on the other hand, can be put together weeks/months in advance
of your wedding. So it's one less thing to worry about on your wedding
day. The only care that is needed is to keep water away from the silk
bouquet as it will leave water spots/stains on them.
- You can keep your silk bouquet after your wedding and
display it in a cabinet or on a table next to your wedding pictures. You
can even hand it down to your daughter for her wedding. With real flowers,
you will need to preserve them and you cannot really touch them or they will
fall apart.
- Some people may be allergic to real flowers and this is
where silk flowers can come into play.
- If you are planning to get married in a season where
your flowers are not available, you can go with silk flowers.
- Silk flowers can come in many different colors so they
can match your overall wedding theme. However don't go overboard with
psychedelic colors as they will look fake. Stay within the traditional
wedding color(red, purple, pink, white, yellow).
As silk
flowers won't smell like real flowers, you can buy flower-scented perfumes and
spray them on the silk flowers. prom
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