petal toss

tbone66 Posted: Aug 18, 2007 07:51 PM

petal toss

My florist is charging me $100 for rose petals for the petal toss. I think that is insane and am now trying to think of alternatives.

Has anyone used fake rose petals?

LVC8 Posted: Aug 18, 2007 07:54 PM

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I was going to try to do a petal toss but then I thought bubbles might photograph better. Why not try bubbles?

ACMoore has a nice selection of fake petals that look very nice IMO.

qtdimps23 Posted: Aug 18, 2007 08:17 PM

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i feel like an a$$ then. my florist is charging me the same, but im bringing them to the florist and theyre filling the cones for me and putting them in a basket that theyre supplying.

Lisafer1973 Posted: Aug 18, 2007 08:33 PM

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What about going to the supermarket that has a florist & asking them for the petals or what they would charge for the roses and make the petals yourself the night and keep them in the frige so they stay fresh????

melissas28 Posted: Aug 19, 2007 12:02 PM

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Normal florist (aka not wedding florists) also can provide rose petals. Maybe you can go to a local florist and ask them how much they will charge for a bag of rose petals....and then have your bridal party fill the petal cones on the day of.

My florist provided the rose petals, but my girls were going to fill the cones for me. (Fox Hollow people ended filling the cones for us! They are so awesome)

NYpradamama Posted: Aug 19, 2007 12:18 PM

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Ummm that's insane my florist was throwing in petals left and right! Also I ordered those freeze dried rose petals for my petal cones and that was more affordable, I liked the choice of colors I had better.

AS Posted: Aug 19, 2007 12:50 PM

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WOW I didnt know they would be soo expensive, you know what, I was at a wedding and they used real petals and they turned brown, I was like YUCK, I think its better off using fake petals, they would look better in pics and not weak and brown like the real ones

Summer07Bride Posted: Aug 19, 2007 12:51 PM

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Do bubbles. It looks so nice and a lot of churches do not allow petals. Make sure you check first.

Here are some non-pro pics. I think they look pretty good.

beleebuton Posted: Aug 19, 2007 01:35 PM

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my florist gave me the petals for free but charged me like 50 cents per organza bag that i supplied him with to stuff them the day beofre so i wouldnt have to worry about going to get them from him and stuffing them the night before when i was stressing like crazy! haha.

Mmnnng Posted: Aug 19, 2007 01:35 PM

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Check online....natureboy of flynature, not sure of the name...but great prices and real petals! HTH!

Daisy Bride Posted: Aug 19, 2007 01:43 PM

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I bought bubbles but my florist is giving us petals for free so I'm trying to sell 200 bubbles. Let me know if you need them

jeanne08 Posted: Aug 19, 2007 03:56 PM

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that soundds too expensive

SugaBeans Posted: Aug 19, 2007 05:08 PM

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there are wholesale places you can go to and buy the petals on your own for SOOOO much less. try a google search.

kyandd09107 Posted: Aug 19, 2007 06:23 PM

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50flowers.com sells 12,000 petals for $200 including shipping. You can get 6,000 petals for $139 I think. 6,000 petals should cover alot more than the petal toss so $100 for the petal toss alone seems like a bit much.

LImama Posted: Aug 19, 2007 06:25 PM

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If you do petals, make sure they are thrown at you from behind, so you and DH don't scrunch up your faces... it ruins the shot! Our photog should have known this, but...