Super excited to share some DIY wedding flowers that I assisted with this summer here in Lubbock, Texas! I’ll be sharing a breakdown of the costs as well as recipes for each piece we designed and photos of the final products!
Moodboard
First things first, here is a snapshot of the moodboard we created. Red, pink, and white with romantic vibes and a touch of modern/minimalist influence.
Recipe and Plan
Our plan was to make the following items: 12 ground floral pieces for an arch and aisle markers, 12 boutonnieres, 8 corsages, 10 bridesmaid bouquets, 1 bridal bouquet, 100 bud vases, 1 compote arrangement. We made a full recipe document which you can check out and download below.
Costs
Here is a breakdown of the costs of flowers and supplies:
roses 23 dozen (3 different colors) – $25.99= $597.77
spray rose 4 bunches (2 different colors) – $12.00= $48
carnations 27 bunches (3 different colors) – $5.00= $135
baby’s breath – 13 bunches $7.00=$91
white mums/cremones – 4 bunches $6.00=$24
white stock 8 bunches (They are 5 stems/bunch)- $8.00= $64
white delphinium – 12 bunches (They are 5 stems/bunch)- $10=$120
salal greenery – 15 bunches $12.00 =$180
Floral total – $1259 plus tax (ordered from our local grocery store)
Supplies total – $95 plus tax (snips, tape, clear plastic bins, chicken wire, pearl wristlets, ribbon, thorn strippers, small trashcans)
Total – $1354 plus tax
Thoughts, timeline, and links to helpful tutorials
We picked up flowers earlier in the week and processed them at the bride’s home with her roommates. They were stored in air conditioning in fresh water. This took about 2 hours including all the loading and unloading.
The Friday morning before the wedding, the families of the couple (about 10 people plus me) gathered and with my assistance, built all the bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres, welcome compote arrangement, and the greenery and baby’s breath bases for the ground pieces. This took about 2-2.5 hours plus clean up.
On Saturday morning my team finished adding the ground arch flowers on-site at the venue, and put the extra flowers in bud vases (took 3 people about 2 hours to complete). We were able to move the ceremony florals to decorate the sweetheart table and ends of the head table so those served double-duty.
We estimated that, for a similar floral order, professional florists would charge between $4,000-$6,000 in our area so the couple saved between $2,500 and $4,500 and invested 7-10 hours of wedding-week work. It was not super stressful, but we did luck out with relatively cool weather for flower transport and that was our biggest worry in Texas!
Here are some video tutorials that we found exceptionally helpful!
Photos from the wedding
We think this turned out soooo great! Enjoy these photos from the wedding…
Need help with DIY flowers in Lubbock, Texas (or Dallas/Austin/Marfa)? Shoot me an email and I can send you info about working together!