I've never heard of it being done, but why not?? Sounds like a great idea to me! : )
Hi. I just saw a message on Ultimatewedding.com about someone arranging their own flowers. It can be done. I am having a friend of my FI's family do my arrangements because she use to own a floral shop...
Are you planning on doing your own invites and/or favors??? I am going to try.
Nancy
I think it is a great idea. Just remember, they will need to be done either the night before or the morning of the wedding. Will you have enough time?
When I first got engaged I thought of all of these ideas of things I was going to do myself... As Mary just said (time) you will see as the wedding gets closer you really have so much to do. If you don't work it's a different story. I feel doing things yourself causes a lot of stress - I did a lot for my engagement party and it became very stressful and I didn't enjoy myself b/c I was to involved. Anyway if your trying to cut costs - you will se there are venders out there that will cost half the price of others. Use a local florist - cut favors (you dont' need them) - Your flower idea is great but I doubt you'll be able to do it - if you can have your family or bridal party then it works. I don't suggest that the day before your wedding - putting flowers together. You should be enjoying the day relaxing. Good Luck.
I thought of arranging my own flowers. I love to do it, gardening and flower arranging are a hobby.
I have two snags with this idea:
the minor snag is setting aside the time to it, it alsways takes longer than I think and the Larger concern is where to keep them before the ceremony.
If you want a simple one or two flower hand tied boquet you can use floral tape to tie the stems and keep it in a vase of water until just before you need it. Assign the ribbon wraping to someone and add it at the last possible minute.
