Peach Fresh Roses

While planning an outdoor wedding in early June, I knew that it would be a bit warm in the late afternoon but I had no idea exactly how hot it would get. A few days before the wedding, the forecast showed it would be the hottest day of the year yet - a sticky 95 degrees with a little breeze. When the flowers came, we were quick to get them in water, and boy did they drink! In a couple days, they perked up and were looking healthy and vibrant!

The day of the wedding, they were still looking great but the heat evaporated a lot of the water away. But just looking at them, you would never have noticed except for a little drooping of the tips of the sunflower petals! These were some hardy flowers!

We were able to save so much money by having FiftyFlowers provide the flowers! Not only did we save a pretty penny (or several thousand pretty pennies), but we didn't have to sacrifice any beauty or decorations of having a professional florist. If you're not afraid of doing a little bit of fun-work making bouquets and centerpieces, I would highly recommend doing it yourself with FiftyFlowers flowers!

Everyone thought I was crazy for doing my own flowers. But, they turned out gorgeous. I made a spreadsheet with all the things we needed so I didn't short myself. We had 20+ centerpieces plus the head table, a dozen cake flowers, 6 bridesmaids bouquets, 3 corsages, 5 mini bouquets for flower girls, 10 boutonnieres, 8 pew markers, church flowers, flowers above the mantle, etc. Lots. The flowers were packaged way better than I expected and I just followed the care directions. We put everything together the day before and were delivering them to the church and reception venue at 10:00 at night. That being said, they were gorgeous. My favorite flower by far was the cabbage garden rose antique pink. They were SO pretty with all the petals and their color was just stunning. I used mainly those and peonies in my bouquet. I did get some wax flower and more dusty miller from my local flower shop because I love wax flower. We ended up running out of filler flower and had to go to my parents' backyard and get some. No big deal. :) It was fun for the bridal party to help the day before. We drank champagne, listened to music, and arranged flowers. It was really a great time...and we were proud of the flowers.

When I tell people that I catered my own wedding and did all of the flower arrangements while working right up until the day before people think I'm nuts. FiftyFlowers made it easy for me to have beautiful flowers delivered directly to my home and create simple, stunning, centerpieces for the entire event. THANK YOU!

I opted for candles as my centerpieces, and decided to make my own bouquets. These blue roses went perfectly with my color theme. They were a great price, and absolutely wonderful quality, delivered 3 days before my wedding, as I had ordered. They were easy to make bouquets out of. They looked wonderful without any filler flowers. I couldn't have had a better bouquet!

This isn't a Bride's Story, but it comes close because it made a young lady very happy!! I was asked to plan a High School Graduation party for a beautiful and energetic young lady who loves "everything flowers". She owns flower earrings, pins, flower covered notebooks, pens and much more. Her mother is a single mom on a fixed income. Her mother asked me to coordinate a graduation party for her daughter on a very small budget. When I interviewed the graduate to ask her what colors and theme she wanted, she said anything pink would be fine, but her only request is that each table have fresh flower centerpieces. I told her that I wouldn't promise her that I could grant that request because fresh flower centerpieces are expensive. However, not wanting to disappoint her, I began an extensive search by calling every local florist in our area to find flowers in our budget. None of them could help me. I then turned to the Internet and came across www.fiftyflowers.com and found the Pink and Purple Discount Table Arrangements. The price seemed too good to be true, but I ordered them anyway not expecting much. When they arrived they were beautiful! I was so happy and delighted that I'd be able to surprise the graduate with the fresh flower centerpieces she wanted. On the day of the party when she walked into the room and saw the flowers, her eyes lit up and began to fill with tears of joy. She said "this is the best day EVER!" I want to personally thank Fifty Flowers for making a young girl very happy.