Shipping Outdoor

Shipping Outdoor
Real or Silk flowers for outdoor wedding…?

Everyone is saying silk is tacky… I agree to a point. I have been in wedding with silk and felt/smelled like a funeral home. However, I am getting married in 2 1/2 months outside in TN Humidity and Heat… I think I want real for the walkdown and my fiance’s, but silk for the keepsake and for the wedding party… What do you think? I’ve seen some websites where silk’s were used and I had to e-mail and ask if they were real or fake. When she replied… I was shocked. For a 21 piece set… Real is running almost $2100… for silk+shipping, and minus mine $215. Hmm… here is the website I am looking at www.weddingcents.com. They have sprays that can make silk smell real? Opinions, ideas, suggestions… PLUS so help me God if there were bee’s buzzing around me… I would look like a run away bride…
Trying to get this figured out by the end of the month… =)

If you are having an outdoor wedding… to commune with nature… and be surrounded by vegetation… then WHY would you want silk flowers?

Work with a local florist, there is no way real flowers should run $2100 if you are flexible and work with a professional. Mine were a third of that cost for 24 centerpieces, alterpiece, bouquets (5 bridesmaids), corsages, and boutoniers (we actually planted the centerpieces in both mine and my mother’s gardens later).

Besides, a local florist will know which real flowers can hold up in a Tennessee summer.