Question about the difference between real and fake flowers?
Monday, March 15th, 2010 at
8:15 pm
I’m having real flowers for my bouquet, bridesmaids’ bouquets, bouts, etc.
But, for our centerpieces, we were thinking of using fake flowers…
Will this look stupid? I heard silk flowers LOOK real, but do they?
Any opinions would be great.
Our centerpieces will be glass bowls with crystal fibers, orange roses, and green hydrangeas, filled with water.
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In my honest opinion, save yourself the exorbitant amounts of money it would cost for real flower centerpieces and go with the fake ones. You’ve spent enough money already on getting your dream wedding together, save the expense and spend it on the honeymoon. Your close friends and family who’ll be sharing this day with you won’t care about having fake flowers in the middle of their table, they’ll be eating and socializing and talking about your dress.
Make an easy decision and go with matching imitation flowers, spend a little more than you would on dollar store fake ones, and you’ll be fine.
Enjoy your wedding, hope this helps!
Don’t use fake flowers, period. If you can’t afford real for the centerpieces, use something else — candles, floating candles in pretty bowls, plants in pretty containers with ribbon, some sort of decorative piece, something organic, even glass containers filled with fruit, etc., — anything, ANYTHING but fake flowers.
I am using silk flowers on my bouquet and all the table decorations, my bridesmaids have wooden roses. I wanted something so different from the usual bridesmaid bouquets and these wooden ones are more realistic than the silk.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/WOODEN-ROSES-DIRECT-ONLINEd
We went really low budget for our wedding, and I made centerpieces because I couldn’t afford real flowers. I did get real flowers for bouquets, and the alter. I think that there are nice fake flowers, but ceneterpieces are right in your face, and if you are having flowers, they should be real.
No it will not. Why should you get real flowers for? My sister and me made the bouquets for the bridesmaid ourselves so the bridesmaid would have something to keep as a memory for the wedding. The only thing real will be her bouquet. For centerpieces, we are planning to make it ourselves as well.
People claim otherwise but I have never seen silk flowers that look even remotely similar to real flowers. Even the crazy expensive high-quality silks that people say look real, I can usually tell even from a distance that they aren’t.
Unless you are using exotic flowers, real flowers are actually cheaper than silks. The exception is if you get silks from Walmart or the dollar store. Obviously those are cheaper but they don’t usually look real.