Using Silk Flowers - Should I?
Many of the silk flowers available for bridal bouquets today
look so real only the bride knows for sure whether they are.
Using silk flowers in the bridal bouquet may not be for every
bride, but many are taking a second look at the advantages.
One of the best reasons for choosing silk flowers for the
wedding bouquet is that the beauty of the flowers will remain
the same for many tomorrows as it looks today. Too often with a
fresh cut bouquet, saving it means drying the bouquet. If you
are not adept at drying flowers, they may even end up with mold
spots. Even if they are dried appropriately, the colors will be
faded. You can get a fresh cut bouquet freeze dried to
perpetuate the true colors, but it must be done by a
professional and can be expensive. Silk flowers will not wilt,
mold, or fade on your wedding day or over the years that pass.
If you choose to have a silk flower wedding, you can plan and
order your bouquets far in advance of the wedding. Most brides
are very busy in the month before the wedding. Having to
coordinate with a florist to have fresh cut flowers delivered to
the wedding venue is just one more pressure point on the
countdown. Also, if the fresh cut flowers do not look like you
envisioned, when you get them it is often too late to change
anything. When you order your silk flower bouquets as far in
advance as six months before the wedding, you have plenty of
time to ask for changes or to order extra pieces if other
honored guests appear on your list.
Finally, in terms of the wedding budget, a silk flower wedding
can be more economical than fresh cut flowers. The flowers you
like are always "in season." Prices are not bumped by seasonal
changes. Also, because you will be able to order at a time that
you wish to, you can pay for the flower expense months ahead of
other expenses that will necessarily come right before the
wedding.
Whatever choices you make about your wedding flowers - silk
flower or fresh cut - a good wedding flower designer will help
you create beauty in your wedding bouquet.