Have you had silk flowers for your wedding and what did you think about them?

Were you happy having silk flowers and did they look realistic? Or do you wish that you had gone for real flowers?

Also any suggestions as to where I can get them from? I am in Wales, in the the UK.

Thank you

i had silk the first marriage, real ones the second, the real ones were far better, both bouquets are available at a decent florists

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11 Responses to Have you had silk flowers for your wedding and what did you think about them?

  1. Augustbride2009 says:

    http://www.wedideas.com has beautiful bouquets. I ordered all of mine for my wedding from there, and it cost around $400.00. But I had to order A LOT for a big bridal party!
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  2. AJL says:

    I had silk flowers because that day will come and pass so fast and i wanted something other than pictures to keep as a keep sake! I have the flowers i carried on our wedding in a vase so that I can look at them when i go into our room. usualy they are cheaper too!
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  3. ann f says:

    All good florists can do your flowers in silk instead of fresh, I had mine done in silk 33 years ago and they still look the same as on the day.
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  4. originalblonde43 says:

    Oh yes we had silk flowers!!!! they looked awesome!!!!! It was a way to keep cost down….real flowers are really expensive. A place here in the us called hobby lobby is where we got all of ours.
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  5. HW says:

    Originally, I was going to by real roses and make the bouquets myself, but I found fake flowers that were the same price as real and they are made out of a rubbery material and feel exactly like real roses. I decided to go with the artificial roses because it allowed me to make the arrangements now instead of the day of the wedding.

    Sorry, but I can’t help you find anything in the UK. I’m sure you could find something if you looked on ebay. I got mine at Hobby Lobby, not sure if they ship internationally or not.
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  6. two cents says:

    I had silk flowers. They were beautiful! I don’t regret it at all. I had a wedding florist (who usually does work with fresh flowers) and she went 90 miles away to get the best quality ones for us, not the ones you can get at a local craft shop. Those are cheap-looking.

    Now I will always have my wedding bouquet and it will look just as pretty as it did on my wedding day :)
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  7. Jenny Pooh says:

    I have to say – I’ve been at a few weddings with fake flowers and it definitely just says CHEAP!

    However – for your own memories, etc. it won’t matter because they’ll look good in the pictures. Just people at the wedding will probably be thinking you guys cheaped out.
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  8. *Happily Married* says:

    Hi ~ My fiance & I payed for the wedding so we had a pretty tight budget and decided to go with silk flowers and I am so glad we did!! Lucky for us, I knew a girl who did her own flowers for her wedding and she helped me put everything together from boutineers to centerpieces to the bouquets & everything looked beautiful! Silk flowers are made very good now and noone could even tell a difference and the best part was everyone got to keep there stuff. And I love having my bridal bouquet!!
    And I ended up saving about $400 by using silk!!
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    Just Married 12-13-08

  9. Jackie says:

    I had silk flowers for my wedding and they were awesome. So life-like and I wasn’t sneezing every five seconds while walking down the aisle.

    I got my bouquet, 1 toss bouquet, 1 MOH bouquet, 5 bridesmaid bouquet, 10 boutineers, and 6 corsages all for only $170, and that included shipping off Ebay, from seller Yesssss-I-do. They turned out WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!

    I definitely recommend that seller and I do believe she does international orders.
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  10. Rachael H says:

    i had silk the first marriage, real ones the second, the real ones were far better, both bouquets are available at a decent florists
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  11. miabella says:

    I have artificial flowers, crikey I didn’t realise that some brides nowadays still had fresh. Makes much more sense to have silk, I am not getting married till June but I have mine and my bridesmaids already !
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