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Silk Wedding Flowers

There are many advantages in choosing silk flowers over fresh ones. The main reasons being, that you can have any flower at any time of the year, this makes a lot of difference as out of season fresh flowers can double, even treble in price. You may require tulips in August or Peonies in January, with silk this poses no problem.

You can see how your flowers are going to look long before the 'big' day, so there are no nasty surprises on the day, if something isn't quite as you had envisaged, such as the pedestal arrangement for the church is larger than you expected, it can be scaled down. Silk flowers are ideal for the allergy sufferers, hay fever and asthma can dramatically affect which flowers you choose. In some cases all flowers trigger an adverse reaction, sometimes only particular blooms. But if lilies are a no no, but they happen to be your favourite flower, by choosing silk you don't have to compromise.

There is no worry about wilting in hot weather, a point to consider especially if you are having a marquee for your reception. Flowers have a very short life span in hot and humid conditions such as a marquee presents.

Last but not least, the cost, although silk flowers are more expensive to purchase than fresh, by hiring your flowers for the church, reception and bridal, you will save pounds.

Nowadays, silk flowers are so like the 'real thing', that very few people ever realise that the flowers surrounding them are anything other than fresh. Hire in an atomiser that automatically sprays floral perfume at set intervals, and you'll fool them all!

All the normal points that you would consider when choosing fresh flowers apply to silk. Always choose someone who you feel comfortable with, make an appointment to visit the shop or showroom, they should have a plentiful selection of flowers for every aspect of your wedding on display.

Ask to see photos of their work. Ask them about their ideas. Take swatches of fabric to match colours.

Always book as early as possible, often florists who work in silk, take on a number of weddings for one day, as all the flowers are prepared in advance. But, they are governed by time for delivering to churches and reception venues, and will have a limit to how many weddings they will take on for any one day.

Flowers, whether they are silk or fresh speak a thousand words, so get talking.

With Many Thanks To Dee for the above article.

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