OC-ness, full throttle

I’ve decided: I will make my own bouquet.

There, I can hear your jaw drop.

It’s just that I’m tired. So effin tired. I’ve gone through the pain of talking to several florists, gasping at the prices, explaining why I don’t want imported flowers, blah blah blah. This emotional blackmail called the wedding has me nearly lurching already. I Just. Cannot. Take it. Anymore!!! They’re flowers, for crying out loud! How difficult can they be, really?? They’re always beautiful, no matter what you do to them.

I arrange flowers at home all the time (one of the girly duties I’ve been accustomed to, apart from gift wrapping). They turn out pretty nice.

Besides, I don’t want my flowers to look manicured or done, anyway. Why then would I pay Php3,500 for a bunch of flowers that have been deliberately arranged to look haphazardly arranged?? It does NOT make sense.

So, on the morning of the wedding, I will go to Dangwa, pick out locally grown flowers, and arrange the bouquet myself.

“But oh, the stress!” Which stress? I can visit Dangwa the week before and strike a a deal with maybe a couple of sellers just so we don’t get lost or confused on the day of.

“But do you even have time to go?” Dude, I can ask any of my aunts, whom I trust with my life, or even a friend on her way to the hotel, to go and get the flowers. And because I am intrinsically OC, I will ask them to give me a video call so I can check if they have the right colors and types.

The only thing I was really concerned about was how to keep the flowers fresh up until the ceremony. But I’ve learned how ridiculously easy it is:

http://www.jrroses.com/weddingflower3.0.html

As for the entourage bouquets, well I have another idea for that. 😉

I have declared this. Therefore it will happen. 😛

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in the mood

…for pretty flowers. 🙂

Do you love them as much as I do? I’m sorry though, I’m such a bad blogger – in the flurry of downloading mind-blowing photos, I forgot to note the sources. 😦 It’s not intentional. If any of these is yours, please let me know and I’ll make the proper citation. I remember the third one came from The Budget Savvy Bride. I think.

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flora

I think the colors are perfect. It’s not one or the other, but a confluence. Pink but not quite, hints of peachy orange, a tea-stained yellow rose, unobtrusive green…they’re all melting together in my head like a watercolor painting. I love it. It also has a very rustic, just-picked-from-the-backyard-and-thrown-together feel. I would take out the twigs though. I’d probably end up hurting myself with them haha.

That said, I’m still not sure if I should get pure flowers, or throw in some glass or feathers, or reject the idea of flowers altogether. Sigh.

More photos next time.

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