DIY Flowers

I am helping plan my best friends wedding and I will most likely be doing her flowers as well. I have read countless books on floral design and it is something I am passionate about but I normally just get my flowers from my local flower shop. Obv for larger scale jobs it is not cost effective to go through a local florist to get the supplies. Is anyone doing/done their own flowers and where will/did you get them from. I found a few online retailers that will ship overnight but I am a little leery of that, has anyone done this? I think if I used them I would get a small shipment well before hand to see what kind of quality the flowers are.
ETA: Just realized I prob should have posted this on the DIY board... Ill remember that for next time

im ordering my gerbera daisies from towers flowers two nites before, so they open up. Im doing long stem w/ bows for my BM's, and a bigger boquet for me, with ribbon also. the rest im gonna put in a couple vases, one by the bar, one on a couple of my coctail tables


Try towers flowers nesconset.. tell her your doing DIY... shes an acquaintance of mine that i know.

i know this is going to sound crazy but try Costco, we wanted very simple rose villed vases as centerpieces for our engagement party and costco was great. we got 6 dozen for under $50 and they lasted for nearly 2 weeks!

here are 2 pics so you can see what good quality they were

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Posted by Bree71584

i know this is going to sound crazy but try Costco, we wanted very simple rose villed vases as centerpieces for our engagement party and costco was great. we got 6 dozen for under $50 and they lasted for nearly 2 weeks!

here are 2 pics so you can see what good quality they were

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That is a great idea, I will check into that. Great job on the flowers too, they look great!