Who needs a florist??

Not me! So after looking at my budget and seeing how much flowers cost, I am opting out of hiring a florist. My cousin (where the wedding will be held) will grow some sunflowers for me, and the rest? Well, looks like it's time for my crafty side to shine! I guess I should also mention here that when Brian would buy me flowers it would actually upset me because I know how expensive they are and they just die anyway. So really, are buying real flowers for a wedding really me? Not really...

So, when me and Jamie went to the Bridal Ball in Franklin there was a booth called, Whim Wed that featured handmade bouquets. Below you will find a picture of the bouquet I fell in love with.

Whim Wed is on Etsy, so I checked them out. I about lost it when I saw that these bouquets were priced at $500!!!!!!! Which was when I started my hunt for tutorials to start one of my own. I also decided this would be more special because I could work on it with my girls and everyone will do at least 1 flower for the bouquet and I can keep it forever! :-)

My first stop was at Simply Vintage Girl where I tried making the flower below. It was fairly easy except I kept burning my hand:

Next stop was Duh Be, where I did the below flower without a sewing machine. This one was a bit easier because I held strips over the flame, which kept my hands out of the flame's sight:

So here are 2 of my flower next to each other. Thoughts?