My name is Jena, and I've been nick-named the Vista Print Goddess.
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DIY flowers, from samsclub.com!
There was no way on our budget that we could afford to have a florist do our flowers. I'm pretty crafty, and I didn't want anything complicated, so I decided to do them myself. $141 got me 80 sunflowers and 80 red gerberas.
They arrive looking a little sad, which is completely normal. I had them scheduled for delivery on Tuesday for our Thursday wedding. Here they are in the box:
They arrive looking a little sad, which is completely normal. I had them scheduled for delivery on Tuesday for our Thursday wedding. Here they are in the box:
We put them in 5 gallon buckets with the (included) flower food packets.
I definitely recommend doing a mock-up beforehand. I didn't, and it was an unnecessary source of stress on the wedding morning. I spent too much time trying to figure out how to get them to stand up straight (extra rocks would have been helpful). If I had already done a mock up, I would have cut out all the trial and error, and it just would have been a matter of assembling them.
I didn't carry a bouquet. I was going down two flights of stairs, and wanted to have both hands free. I told the girls it was entirely up to them if they wanted to carry bouquets. I had reached the "I'm not making any more decisions" mentality. One of my bridesmaids put them together. She did a great job, and I'm so glad she took the time to make them. In addition to the Sam's Club flowers, she added a few small flowers from a grocery store bouquet.