Part I Wedding Flowers: Buy in bulk online
If you’re been following along the past few weeks, I’ve been talking a lot about wedding flowers. From my own flower journey to what three wedding flower decisions to make first.
By now you likely have a sense of what your wedding flower style is and if you don’t, be sure to take my wedding flower personality quiz. Once you feel solid on your wedding flower style, you’ll need to take the leap into purchasing. Now there are A LOT of options when it comes to how/where you can purchase wedding flowers. Because of this, I will be doing a 3 part blog series on different options.
You will notice of the different options I share, traditional florists will not be on my list. Please know I have nothing against florists. The reason I won’t be including florists in the series is because this option tends to be more expensive and it’s a more obvious choice for wedding flowers. I wanted to focus this series more on unique options that you might not have thought of before.
Today, I’m focusing on the option of buying flowers online in bulk.
Buy online in bulk
This is an option I have used multiple times myself - both with Costco and with Blooms by the Box.
Costco Flowers
For my wedding, we did a combination of a florist (for 3 bouquets and some boutonnieres) and the rest were Costco flowers in bulk (gerberas daisies). We used the daisies for centerpieces and cake flowers.
Gerberas daisy from Costco bulk order
Our wedding 7/10/10 - cake flowers via Costco bulk order of gerberas daisies
Costco has limited options, so if you’re wanting a very specific flower and you’re not willing to bend, then Costco florals might not be the best option for you. If you’re open to what they have available (carnations, daisies, roses, etc.), Costco can be great. They also have lots of bulk greenery options too. They do have a couple collections (see here and here), if putting together your own arrangement feels too intimidating for you. Though honestly, I feel their collections are pretty limited.
If you’re open to creating and you want to dive into floral design, the next option might be a great way for you to go!
Blooms by the Box
When I did the flowers for my younger sister’s wedding in 2019, I went with Blooms by the Box. I found this company online after lots of searching for purchasing options. I really love how easy they make it to search for flowers by style, by color, by flower type, etc. They also have great DIY guides and videos.
Blooms by the box does offer pre-made options, I just love love love being able to pick all the flowers that go into your design. This is where I first came across lisianthus (the purple flowers in the bucket on the left side of the photo below). I find this flower so delicate yet wild. It’s stunning in purple and white too.
Prepping my sister’s wedding flowers in my parent’s garage - circa 2019
The one downside I will share is there were a few flowers I had ordered that they ran out of and replaced with other ones, without my consent. This caused some issues the day of the wedding, as I had built my design off a certain set of flowers. I will say when I called Blooms by the Box about this, they provided great customer service, were very apologetic and refunded the flowers they had substituted without my approval. In the end, it all worked out - as most things do.
Now you’ll see below I went a bit bananas with color and texture on these flowers, but my sister and her partner were all for it. Dahlias, calla lilies, blue thistle, craspedia - swoon.
A bright + bold bridal bouquet I created for my sister’s wedding
Calla lily from Blooms by the Box - I used in my sister’s wedding floral design
Floral corsage cuff I designed for my sister’s wedding
I hope you’re feeling inspired by all the beautiful blooms above and maybe you’re feeling even a little bit brave to try your hand at floral design for your own wedding day. If you’re not feeling convinced buying flowers in bulk online is for you, don’t worry! I have more options coming your way - stay tuned for next week’s blog where we will talk about buying wedding flowers locally or via wholesale.
Keep Creating,
Amanda Jean
