Advantages of Silk Wedding Flowers

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Silk Wedding Flowers Save More Than Just Money

While many people extol the economy of using silk flowers to save money on wedding flowers they don't often explain the other benefits of using artificial flowers in the bouquets and decorations for your celebration.

In almost 18 years as a floral designer and floral design instructor, I experienced many of the advantages of using silk flowers firsthand. Join me to explore some of those advantages of using silk wedding flowers above and beyond budgetary concerns.

Silk Wedding Flowers are Tough

Sturdy silk roses.

One great thing about using silk flowers to design your own wedding decorations is that they are very sturdy. If you bend the stem wrong the fabric flowers will not break off nor will their blooms be bruised by inexpert handling. Silk flowers can be delivered by the most inexperienced of helpful volunteers without any fear of your wedding flowers arriving damaged. Extremes of heat and cold won't hurt silk wedding flowers either so no refrigeration or air conditioning is needed during transport or at any other time.

Artificial Flowers Give You More Time to Work on Wedding Flowers

Silk orchids


Because silk flowers last a very long time you can take your time learning how to make them look good. You can buy your budget silk flowers many months in advance and work on making your bouquets and other wedding arrangements. Silk flowers give you plenty of time to work with. If it takes you a whole day to duplicate your favorite bridal bouquet photo in silk flowers it doesn't matter, the flowers won't wilt!

Fabric Flowers Allow You to Know How Your Flowers will Look...

Long before your wedding day

Silk arrangement in an urn.

Another advantage of using silk wedding flowers is that you can try different looks, arranging and re-arranging your silk flowers until you discover what you like best. You can also know exactly how your bouquets and arrangements will look long before your wedding day. This should give you a bit of peace of mind.

Silk Flowers are Never Out of Season

So you can have any type of wedding flowers you want

Silk tulips are available year round.


With silk wedding flowers you can use flowers that aren't in season naturally, you can match fabric swatches and other color samples with confidence, and you can use flowers the real versions of which are too delicate to stand up well in floral arrangements.


How to Save Money with Silk Wedding Flowers

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Some Lovely Pre-made Silk Bouquets

Sometimes you can find inexpensive and professionally made wedding bouquets online.

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Repairs are Easy with Silk Wedding Flowers

Silk lily and artificial hydrangeas

Silk flowers are also very forgiving. If you cut the stem too short you can use a little wire and florist tape to fix it. If a flower head falls off you can glue it right back on with a dab of hot glue. If you don't like how your arrangement looks after it's finished, you can tear it apart and start over - without ruining a single flower!

Silk Wedding Flowers in the News

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Artificial Flowers Allow for a Backup Plan for Your Wedding Flowers

White silk rose bush.

The use of silk flowers in your wedding also allows you a backup plan in case you aren't satisfied with the way they look when you arrange them. If you spend a lot of time on them and still are not satisfied, you can fall back on your florist who can arrange them for a fee. Fresh flowers don't allow enough time for that, there are no easy backup plans if you flub arranging your own fresh wedding flowers.

Silk Wedding Flowers are Easier to Set Up at Both Ceremony and Reception

Silk flowers from a shop I used to work in.

When it comes to ease of set up, nothing beats artificial wedding flowers! They don't need to be arranged in water or wet floral foam so fabric flowers are much, much lighter than their fresh floral counterparts. Due to their lighter weight silk wedding flowers are easier to attach to pews in churches and onto garden arches. Because silk wedding flowers don't wilt you can set them up at churches and reception venues as soon as you are allowed entry. Again, this allows you time to take your time and get it right rather than having to rush around like a madman on your wedding day and possibly make a mess of things.

A Few Tips on How to Stretch Your Wedding Flower Budget

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  • CDT Apr 1, 2011 @ 7:40 am | delete
    I'm getting married myself next month and have chosen silk flowers because it means I get to keep them forever! It's also one less thing to worry about and they're more durable than real blooms. Have an April Fools Day Squid Angel Blessing on me :)
  • KarenTBTEN May 29, 2010 @ 11:21 pm | delete
    You do a good job here of extolling the advantages of silk flowers.

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