Would fake flowers at a wedding be tacky?

Question

I've been thinking about this and I wouldn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on things that will be rotten and droopy at the end of the night. Given that fake flowers may cost as much as the real ones in the end, at least they'll last all day and you don't have to worry about deliveries and stuff.

But, on the other hand...they're fake.

What do you all think?

Answer 1

i prefer them too.  They are just as beautiful, don't create mess, and you can give them to family/friends and keep some for yourself to always remember your special night!!!!!!!!!! go for it!!

Answer 2

i used fake flowers as centerpieces for my wedding and alot of people said they thought they were real.

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Answer 3

most weddings are unique and have unique color schemes. so imagine spending a couple hundred dollars on fake flowers that are arranged for your wedding with your color of ribbon etc... on them. what do you do w/them afterwords? your not going to want them!  

Answer 4

Fake. Enough said.

Personally, I didnt mind dropping the money on flowers. So you only get to enjoy them for a few hours -- but theyre real, they will be gorgeous, I think its money well spent. The whole point of a flower is that its real, I just dont get the point of fake.

Plus I dont like keepsakes and having junk around. I kept my bouquet for a good 3 days after the wedding. None of the flowers were drooping or rotten at the end of the night. (In fact, none of the weddings Ive been in had droopy flowers, so Im surprised to read others have this experience) Hire a professional and they will know which flowers are best suited for your location.

Answer 5

artificial silks are beautiful and make gorgeous bouquets and centerpieces!  

look at michael's and joann's as well as other upscale craft shops and you will see just how lifelike they are!  

one suggestion, no matter how tempting, do not spray perfume or any scent on them, as time goes by the scent breaks down and becomes very unappealing.  

i had silks for all our wedding flowers - but i added two fresh lilacs to my silk bouquet - this gave me the beautiful scent i wanted and after the service as we walked down the aisle the lilacs were easily pulled out of the bouquet and given to both our mothers.  

you can then have your silk bouquet preserved in a memory box frame - along with other memorabilia of your wedding day.  

good luck to you!

Answer 6

As long as they're not those tacky plastic ones, but rather something like fabric flowers, I think that would be quite nice.  

Answer 7

Oh, not tacky at all!  In fact, all my flowers at my wedding were silk flowers, and nobody noticed.  (I had fragrant oils in between the silk flowers.)  In fact, they look better in pictures, the colors hold up and so do the flowers, they don't droop.  I had silk flowers for my bridesmaids, and also basket of silk flowers on each table at my reception.  I got them at a dollar store over a period of time, and saved a fortune.  (We were on a very limited budget.)  My bouquet was white silk rose buds, placed on a white lacy fan.  I still have it and it still looks new... 18 years later.  Our chapel said they supply the flowers, and I looked, they were silk!  They looked beautiful!  You'll save a lot of money, and the flowers will last almost forever.  I gave the basket of flowers away to my family and in-laws and special friends.  (I made my own favors too.)  No, silk flowers are not tacky at all.  Pick up a few on sale here and there, and check out the dollar stores!  Good place too to find items for your favors.  Best wishes on your wedding.

PS.  I made a separate bouquet as my toss away bouquet, still out of silk flowers.  My friend still has it, because she did get married next!  

Answer 8

you should get real flowers because its your day and your only wedding. go ahead and spend some money...it takes treasure to make memories!

Answer 9

I actually prefer them

Answer 10

We have been comtemplating this for my friends wedding in October of this year... We have decided to carry real flowers and use fake flowers for the center pieces and random arrangements around the reception..

I honestly think it's all a matter of your preference.... but good luck deciding!

Answer 11

Well they are not as pretty as real ones but the only way they will be tacky is if the arrangement is tacky in the first place. Do it classy and it will be classy. Otherwise, you can do real flowers for the bouquets and not do flowers for the centerpieces. Depending on where it is and what time of day, you can have a nice centerpiece without flowers and that is low cost, like pilar vases with water and a candle floating on top or the vases with pebbles on the bottom, filled with water and a few flowers floating or submerged in the water.  

Answer 12

My mother had fake flowers. If they aren't the cheap plastic things you get at the doller tree, then go for it!  We made the arrangements ourselves,and people asked what florist we had used! It saves $$ and you get to keep it forever!  

Answer 13

yeah you better not go with fake...

Answer 14

Upside: no allergies, and if you're careful about your sources, much more socially responsible (but that gets really expensive).

Downside: They last forever and now you have all sorts of fake flowers kicking around.

I'd say that if you have a place that would take the flowers afterwards (perhaps a church for decorations, or a craft group) then it's a much better option. Otherwise I'd say that unless someone has severe allergies that you're better off paying for the convenience of having the flowers be something you can toss in the compost in a week. (Most flowers will last several days, so don't worry about them rotting by the end of the night).

Answer 15

I had used silk flowers for my wedding 11 months ago and they turned out beautiful. I had bought mine at save on crafts. They have a section on discontinued flowers that are reasonably priced. I had ordered my silk roses and carnations for 40.00 and this included shipping. They had my items sent to me in a week.

Best of luck.  

Answer 16

Those silk flowers can be really beautiful.  If youre talking about your bouquet, silk ones will definately allow that to be kept as a memory.  Maybe try a nice mixture, the decorations in the hall or wherever you're getting married silk ones would work.  Maybe try taking a real version of the flower(s) you want and put it up against a silk one.  See what you like.  Its your wedding, do what you like.

Best wishes!

Answer 17

Nothing wrong with fake flowers, and you get to keep the bouquet in all its glory as a keepsake. You don't have to worry about picking them up on the day etc, and you can organise them ahead of time.

Just make sure they look nice and are not obviously fake. I am having fake flowers at my wedding because I refuse to pay $300 for my own bouquet, let alone all the other flowers involved. I paid $40 for my fake flowers, + $5 for ribbons from spotlight. It looks beautiful. They look great, they look real, and they don't look fake. I think if you went with something really cheap and obviously fake looking, it will be a little tacky. But you can get some really decent fake flowers out there which are so lifelike, for a fraction of the cost! My ENTIRE bridal party's boquets, including my own, cost me $100....compared to the $650 I was quoted from 4 different florists. My wedding bouquet already has a spot in the display cabinet as a keepsake. The rest of the flowers, my bridesmaids are keeping, or we are giving them away to family.

So I guess what I am saying is....fake flowers can be done so gracefully and for a fraction of the cost, as long as you choose the right ones! I know from my own experience, that when done properly, fake flowers are beautiful and sophisticated and NOT TACKY. I also know from personal experience, from a guests point of view, that unless the flowers are completely fake and plastic...no one really pays that much attention to them!

If you dont want to do this you can comprimise and meet halfway. Have a real bouquet for yourself, and fake boquets for the wedding party. Or, you can get around the cost of "wedding" flowers by ringing up the florist the week before your wedding and ordering a bunch of lillies or something for "your mother's birthday", and of course, "they are her favourite flower". When you get them, tie a ribbon around the bottom and hey presto, you have a boquet AND you are not getting charged an extra $100-200 for a "wedding" bouquet!

Answer 18

real flowers last at least a few days if you put them in a water filled vase. yea but if it costs too much, then try the fake flowers.

Answer 19

I think fake flowers are ok for everything but the bouquets.