Supermarket Wedding Bouquets

Wowee you got a lot of comments about this one! Thanks for posting – what a wonderful idea -mix great priced flowers with some style and a splash of gorgeous ribbon – the money you’d save could be spent on other romantic things… dinner… honeymoon… anniversaries!!!

I love baby’s breathe!@ Cheap, simple and chic

I didn’t have a bouquet! Not for me to hold, at least. There were flowers in the room, though. I didn’t see a need for me to hold them; you have to hand them off, anyway, in order to do the ring exchange. I should also mention that I did not walk down an aisle; instead, when we were ready to get married, we called everyone to stand around the minister, my husband and me. It was wonderful to have a horse-shoe of all of our most beloved family and friends standing around us. Because I didn’t have anything in my hands during the ceremony, my husband and I held hands – what could be better than that?!

oh wow. this is amazing.
they look soooo good!!

*sb

Great bouquet pics!

The type of bouquets pictured are very easy to do, even for someone with limited floral design skills.

I just posted a how-to video I came across on putting together a hand-tied bouquet of fall flowers.
Fall Wedding Bouquet

You can find it toward the bottom of the page.

It’s super easy to do! My hsuband did all the flowers for our wedding! We got married in Disney World and during a hurricane. Loads of problems the night before the wedding with the florist and husband sprang into action. Goodings Market in Orlando, Florida was AWESOME! They got us someone right away from the floral department even though it was closed already and we were able to make sure enough white roses and red roses came in the next days shipment. Husband got them bright and early. (wedding was at 9am so it was suppppper bright) and he got to work! It was the most amazing day of my life and I will remember it more so because so much love went into those flowers.

I got all my flowers from Trader Joe’s and Costco for under $200 ( including bouquets for 10 girls!) I just picked from whatever they had in stock but it was a lovely look with each girl carrying a huge, fresh, different bouquet of all one flower. No one ever would have known that they didn’t come from a florists, there were flowers in abundance and for so little! There are so many ways to DIY a wedding cheaper.

I’ve planned events forever and teeny budgets just make you more creative! Think of it as a fun challenge. My best friend got her floral arrangements at a supermarket and they were beautiful. There are some photos of them on the post I did about her wedding, probably about a month old. I’m sure whatever you do will be fantastic:)

Perfect!

You already have so many great ideas, I cannot wait to see what you do.

You should do a book – memorable weddings on the cheap.

Because it’s supposed to be about the marriage, not the wedding, right?

xo

Darling! If you like the softness of the carnations, but want to go for something a little fancier (but not OTT), have a look at old English garden roses. Beautiful, special, and not pricey.

(Please don’t consider a bunch of carrots, which is what a friend is doing. Nightmare.)

baby’s breath & carnations – gorgeous!

I love love this. Carnations are an old fave of mine, since my grandfather grew them in his garden. I think their frills are lovely.

I’ve had this bookmarked for a while and I love it. It’s very fun to make ugly grocery flowers into something pretty:)

Gorgeous!

Loving the colors on the first one and the baby’s breath is very sweet.

having a fabulous not-so-consumptive wedding is another great way to say no to the man! have fun!

More proof that one doesn’t need an endless budget to throw a great wedding soiree!

My sister had a tiny wedding and picked up her own flowers from the flower mart the same a.m. My wedding was not so small but I found a girl who worked at Costco in their floral dept. and she did arrangements on the side but she got the flowers through them for wholesale. It turned out to be fun to work with her AND a good deal! The hip supermarket florist guy would have been WAY more expensive, and I didn’t even ask at an actual florist. That stuff gets crazy pricey.

I love that purple one, Congratulations on your wedding! I am sure you will be very happy!!

Oooh, those are lovely! Thanks for the link to the guide; my husband and I are doing a second ceremony soon and we’re also working with a teensy budget. Flowers are something I love, but I’m not willing to spend thousands on them if I can do it for less. Go Jo’s Mom!=) And of course, congrats on the upcoming wedding!!!

These are pretty…and very sweet. Seriously, there are so many better things to spend the bulk of your budget on.

So unexpected, yet gorgeous. Love these.

the babies breath one is sooo romantic

My husband and I had a teeeeeeeny wedding budget too. 4 and a half years later many people still tell us our wedding was the best they’ve been to! DIY is fantastic when it comes to making a wedding special. Have fun!

Super-great idea!!! Adding some sweet details would be a great touch, like little berries, ribbon loops, etc. would totally be a professional touch! Have fun & enjoy :)

julie, we’re thinking next september xoxo

Have you set the date?!

Ohhhh!! How lovely!!

These are gorgeous and surprisingly you can get some great stuff from the grocery store florist!

What lovely bouquets – definitely doable though a practice run would probably calm your nerves! With all your NYC connections you could probably find someone who would be able to get you into a wholesale market for some of the harder to find flowers, though you can pretty much buy anything at the corner grocery in NYC! Good luck!!

Join the club! We have a wee budget as well, so that we can go on a great honeymoon. Love the posts about making beautiful things with little dough!

I also think that carnations (aka dianthus — isn’t that a pretty name?) get a bad rap. They’re actually quite old-fashioned and romantic.

they are gorgeous! straight out of martha stewart weddings gorgeous.

Those bouquets look adorebale and very pretty!!!

I was in my friend’s wedding and she chose ton of tealight candle instead of ton of flower (it was an evening affair). It was gorgeous!!

It’s your wedding – it will be fantastic no matter what!!!!

All three of these are absolutely beautiful!!

this is such a great idea! my brother got married when i was younger and i remember being totally floored by the cost of the flowers (and there weren’t even so many). i think that doing it this way would be so much more meaningful (not to mention kinder on your pocketbook).