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Create your own DIY wedding flowers with the most beautiful and inexpensive artificial flowers from Amazon!
When I was recently asked to decorate for my Aunt’s wedding, I was beyond excited. I always thought being a wedding planner was like being able to have your own wedding over and over again, each time perfecting the little details.
Of course, I do have a little practice. With three weddings under my own proverbial belt, I could definitely take on someone else’s decorating and flowers. BUT- I really had no idea how much pressure there is to make someone else’s wedding perfect!!
So, to start with I was given a wish-list of things they wanted to see. They are both huge audiophiles and so music had to be a part of it. They also a down to earth and their venue was a really rustic outdoor space with a lot to fill.
Flowers are always serious business when it comes to weddings. And DIY Wedding Flowers are no joke.
At all three of my weddings, I’m pretty sure the floral centrepieces and bouquets ate up at least a third of the decorating budget. And for good reason. Flowers can make the difference between a Bushtown shotgun wedding (you gotta be there lol) and a dream come true.
Knowing that I would be getting crafty on this pretty tight budget, I headed out to Michael’s with my husband in tow for help.
We bought all of our wedding centrepieces at Michael’s’ before and so I figured that this would be a breeze.
We scoured not one, but two Michael’s stores for some kind of deal – some kind of “AHA” moment where I could see all the centrepieces joyfully dancing around in my head.
Turns out, he doesn’t have much of an eye for floral arrangements. HAHAAHAHAHAHA
Needless to say, all of the fall arrangements were in high gear and the summer floral selection was dismal. Unless I was going to spend at least $25 on one flower- this was not going to happen.
Feeling at little defeated, we headed home and I went to my next trusty source. Amazon.
I am an Amazon huntress. I will search forever to find the “perfect” thing. And living in a small town, online shopping has become a must. One thing to keep in mind, I always shop Prime items only.
This way it’s guaranteed shipping (if you are a Prime member like I am), the items generally ship crazy fast, and if you are not happy, returns are simple. Did you know you can get Prime FREE for 30 days??
So after a lengthy search, I came across some seemingly great looking arrangements of peonies in white and pale pink that would fit perfectly with my colour scheme.
They were a bit over my budget but I knew that if they were full enough, I could get away with half of them for tables and use the rest for the venue. They came ridiculously quickly – I ordered on Saturday night and they were here on Tuesday!
I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect because I can say, I have seen some hideous artificial arrangements in my time.
I opened the box, and well.. was a bit taken aback. How could these things possibly be as nice as the picture considering they look like flower-drumsticks??
I took some time removing each flower from the less-than-lifelike stem, adjusting all of the plastic pieces back into a natural shape and fluffing up the petals.
Once I had them all fluffed up, I sorted them into similar flowers to see what I had to work with and made a plan to use the flowers so that the centrepieces were all the same size.
Enough to Make Wedding Flower Centerpieces & Fillers for the Venue
Honestly, they are so beautiful. I couldn’t have asked for more. AND.. they are so full, instead of having 21 individual arrangements, I now have 42 which is more than enough to finish off the centrepieces and the entire venue for a cohesive look.
I’m seriously asking for a bouquet when the wedding is over.
Homemade Wedding Arch and Custom Bouquet
Once I had all the centrepieces completed, I even had enough to throw together a rustic bouquet with inserts of their favourite songs clipped into flowers.
And as a special bonus, my loving husband made a really simple and rustic arch that I decorated with the leftover flowers.
I used some artificial wisteria to fill in some of the gaps and make a couple flanking pots on each side of the arch and it turned out beautiful. You can check those out here.
Some of the other items I used to complete the rustic venue were:
- solar lanterns, candle holders and inexpensive sheer panels from Ikea
- Printed sheet music
- Wine barrels
- Wild baby’s breath
- Clippings from the tree in my backyard to go down the middle of the table
- Wood cookies to place the flowers on (another great job for my hubby)
Final Review
If you want to get your hands on these beautiful artificial flowers, you can find them on Amazon here.
Overall, I am pretty impressed by how real these flowers look and I’m sure they are going to be a show-stopper at the wedding.
UPDATE: They were so gorgeous at the wedding! No one could believe that they were DIY wedding flowers or that they were so inexpensive!
These turned out incredible! Great post Sasha now I know where to find some flowers.
Hahahaaa… Thanks Jenn! Waaay back in the early days before I knew what I was blogging about lol. But, they were beautiful flowers for sure!
They truly are beautiful you will have to update this some day with the finished product or come and guest post on my blog lol
I actually have a reminder to update it in early spring, just in time for wedding season!
Beautiful, my daughter’s getting married next year and she wants to do her own flowers too. We are starting to look into it and you gave me some great ideas, thanks
How exciting! Congrats!!! Glad you found a few tips to help you out 🙂