The bride contacted me only two weeks before the date of her wedding realizing that the assortment of bohemian vessels she had collected for the wedding were going to be too much for her to handle. (It ended up being 48 in total) Since she has some floral design experience it was important to her to make the bouquets and boutonnieres herself and because of her experience she realized that there was no way she was going to be able to do everything.
I think many DIY brides get in over their heads not realizing that DIYing takes a lot of time. When you have someone experienced do the work for you it one, will take them less time because of their experience, and two will turn out better... because of their experience. They get to focus on one aspect of the wedding and are not also juggling all the out of town relatives, all the other vendors, all the little details. The florist gets to focus on just the flowers.
Someone who is thinking of going the DIY route, without any prior experience with the task might think, I'll save so much money. Maybe think about it this way, what is your time worth to you. The hours you will spend doing the flowers takes away from the time you could be enjoying with your mother, your bridesmaids, your family. I think it's worth having someone else deal with the stress…and I'm not just saying that because I'll work more…I'm saying this because I was that naive DIY bride. Looking back I wish I had hired someone, yes it all turned out fine…looking back though my bouquets were pretty ugly…oh how far I've come! (It was 9 years ago and the first wedding I had ever done), but I think I missed out on enjoying the day because I was just, plain and simple, stressed about getting everything done. And ok..it did get me started on the path I'm on now….but I don't think most DIY brides are going to end up being floral designers ;)
So with my DIY rant over, here are my beachy bohemian creations. The ranunculus…the white flower with the yellow center were the best I've every worked with and were from a local NJ grower, Hautau and Sons. All season long I snatched up their flowers when I was in the market, and all season long they were amazing.
The designs contained fern, astilble, tulips, ranunculus, amaryllis, scabiosa pods and a crazy fluffy large grass from NewZealand.
I can't take credit for any of the ceremony decor, the brides sister set all this up…the circle of babies breath garland was such a simple sweet alter for the bride and groom.
