Did you have real or artificial flowers for your wedding bouquets?

[Cupcake]

Preserving a real bouquet afterwards is very expensive too so not sure I want to spend that money.

You could always dry them? Thats easy? After the wedding that is hehe

[briggsy's girl]

i had real roses and kept them/had them framed. i loved having real - the smell was gorgeous on the day, and even on a 40 plus degree day, they didn't suffer too much. having had them framed now, i wouldn't even think of having artificial - i dunno - i think i just like the look of the real flowers freeze dried and hand touched.

it's not to everyones taste though...

[Isadora]

Laranna, I had fresh white long stemmed roses. I had a bouquet of 18 roses, while my bridesmaids had 6. They looked stunning. I paid $250 for the lot & I went through a lady who works from home. I was 100% happy with her efforts & the price. I notice you are in Perth so if you are interested in getting her details & photos of my flowers, PM me.

[Laranna]

Thanks for the replies girls.
Arimeh - nice photo, the flowers don't look fake.
MadsMum - have PM'd you

I keep changing my mind between real and fake lol...I'm terrible, only 6 weeks to go before the wedding too!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Real flowers - WHITE roses (well done MadsMum for picking the right colour rose too). I didn't really think of artificial and no-one suggested it. I just wanted white roses. My girls had a single long-stemmed white rose each and we kept and dried DH's white rose buttonhole.

I'm now going to get a copy of my bouquet made up in artificial flowers so I can keep it forever! What a great idea! I can use it when we renew our vows in five years' time (DH still not on board with this for some reason). Have to diet down to fit into the dress again... that's fine, I can eat for another four years still.

[Isadora]

Lol Lady, white roses look stunning dont they? As for drying them, my bouquet is still hanging upside down in a dark spare wardrobe in the house - wondering what to do next hehe

Like Lady mentioned, you can go all out on your bouquet & keep the bridesmaids simple, if you are looking for cheaper options. My girls had 6 in their bouquets & they didnt look like I'd scrimped etc iykwim?