Church Flowers

FallBride2010 Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:27 AM

Church Flowers

Is everyone having flowers at the church? I decided against them b/c I thought it was a waste of money for 45 minutes. Now I'm wondering if the church will look so 'blah'

halfbaked Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:28 AM

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I'm wondering the same thing. At first I wanted to do candles or something, but just found out my church doesn't allow them! I was thinking of doing two branchy arrangements on either side of the altar. You can always bring them to the RH afterwards to use again!

stinenandy2010 Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:37 AM

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I just got pew bows with some flowers, nothing over the top....however my church will be decorated for the holidays so thats why I decided not to waste the money.

little j Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:39 AM

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i think im going to get a fake arrangement from michaels. no one touches church flowers since they are on the alter, so it wont be obviously fake

KerriJohnS Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:40 AM

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I had them on my list.. then for monetary reasons we removed them.

What we did keep were 2 winter urns for the front by where we stand... so there is at least something (this also will come back to the reception with us so it's being re-used that day). FMIL made pew bows for us... so we will have that as well.

i dont think you need too much in the church... sure it's nice but it's not totally necessary (most churches are elaborate by themselves)... focus on the reception area instead... that's where you will def get more bang for your buck.

My wedding is in 1 week... so check out my church pics when I have them.

latinaj Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:40 AM

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Posted by stinenandy2010

I just got pew bows with some flowers, nothing over the top....however my church will be decorated for the holidays so thats why I decided not to waste the money.

I'm counting on this as well

FutureJOC Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:45 AM

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Our church I feel is beautiful the way it is, so I am not planning on putting flowers on the altar.

I am going to do pew decorations, just haven't decided what.

kat2010 Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:47 AM

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i'm thinking of getting something small -just to give it a better feel lol

AngnShaun Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:48 AM

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no, im not decorating the church at all...

christine2010 Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:48 AM

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we are undecided. when we first saw the Church it was set up for a wedding so it was hard to see how it regularly looks. i am going to go back to look at it & see how it looks then decide if we need to purchase something extra.
although with the wedding 3 weeks after Easter it may still have Easter flowers. i will have to ask.

Jenna_and_John Posted: Oct 30, 2009 10:51 AM

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Maybe something like this, no flowers just branches to kind of outline the aisle. We'll see!

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KerriJohnS Posted: Oct 30, 2009 11:00 AM

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I was told by my florist that branches are hard because some churches don't allow them. The branches can scratch the pews... so they can be strick about it sometimes.

StaceyWill Posted: Oct 30, 2009 11:05 AM

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Posted by AngnShaun

no, im not decorating the church at all...

I'm not either

ttdiff11 Posted: Oct 30, 2009 11:06 AM

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were doing pew bows and an arrangement

Lsorrent Posted: Oct 30, 2009 11:08 AM

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I'm doing pew bows and I think that's it. My florist recommended not to bother with an altar arrangement.

FutureMrsK10110 Posted: Oct 30, 2009 11:09 AM

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I'm not doing church flowers either. I'd rather have more at the RH for whatever it would cost for church flowers.

AdriandSteve Posted: Oct 30, 2009 11:17 AM

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After neg. I ended up getting 2 arrangments for the alter and pew bows. Hopefully they can transport those arrangements to the hall for cocktail hour. I should check that out lol.

cleokizzy Posted: Oct 30, 2009 11:31 AM

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i'm actually the complete opposite here! i wanted to SPLURGE on flowers for the church versus the reception! my take was that i want the church to be breathtaking because that's the focal point of my wedding, not the food or band or whatever that will take place at the reception. FI and I had a huge row about this but i ultimately came to some senses and lowered my plan down a bit.

we're doing 2 beautiful, big, arrangements at the altar since this is what people are mostly going to notice (aside from us and the minister of course!) and because it is up front. this will also be transported to the reception hall after the ceremony. we're then putting in simple flower arrangements for every few rows. our church is beautiful enough as it is but i always pictured myself walking down the aisle with flowers lining my way. i think it's a good compromise with FH.

Jenna_and_John: i originally wanted one like the photo you posted but one florist that we went to pointed out that the people's view of the couple might get obstructed. in our case, this was true, so branches/tall arrangements are out.

shelbylove918 Posted: Oct 30, 2009 11:39 AM

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im not gettin any flowers for the church.. I feel my church is beautiful the way it is. :) and I am already over my budget on flowers, haha

tmcnair414 Posted: Oct 30, 2009 11:49 AM

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I am probably going to have two floral arrangements, pew bows, two floral arches and hopefully a custom aisle runner with flower petals along the sides if the church allows it.