DIY Wedding Peony Centerpieces

I love peonies, too bad they don’t have it where my wedding will be. Gorgeous!

I’m not sure if anyone can help, but I love peonies so much, does anyone know where I can get real-looking silk penoies at affordable price to use at my wedding? Thanks a bunch!

this is really gorgeous. wow. the colors are great! Perfect for a shower.

these look pretty good to me: http://www.save-on-crafts.com/silkpeonies.html

but i would instead order cheap wholesale real flowers – hydrangeas are often much more affordable – i’ve had good luck with this site: http://www.fiftyflowers.com/flowers/WeddingFlowersHydrangea_206.htm

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@th writes I would really recommend going with fresh flowers. If you are getting married in the summer, try garden roses (yves piaget is a great one!) or dahlias. They’ll offer the same look as peonies!

Hope that helps!

Hi Chelsea and Jenna, thank you for answering my question. I’m getting married in Asia and there are no peonies there. But I definitely will look to see if they have garden roses or dahlias. Thank you!

I love this…. so clean, simple, easy… yet totally fabulous.

where is the bottle of beverage from??

Hi Liz,

It’s actually from Cost Plus! They have a great selection of “pretty” drinks and sodas. :)

i’ve been happily married for years and will visit you, again. this is so wonderful as are the ladies who created it. i’d love the bouquets on my dinner table.

I absolutely love these. Great job, Chelsea!

These are soooo gorgeous! I love them! I’ll be linking.

I’ve tried to do arrangements like this using hydrangeas in a fairly shallow container like this, and the blooms always end up being top heavy. Do you have a suggestion that doesn’t involve using oasis?

Hi Karen,

These arrangements were made by grouping the flowers in one area of the vase and building the arrangement out from there. The flowers sort of just hold each other up. If the vase is too wide then you will have trouble. You can tie the flowers together in a bouquet or use a flower frog.

I would use a wire flower frog or place some twigs in the bottom to use as a natural frog. You can also use a tape grid over the top. Check out Martha for some tips on all of these:

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/flower-arranging-101?autonomy_kw=flower%20frog&rsc=header_1

Thanks Chelsea!

LOVE these! I’ll be linking!

I love these arangements they are so elegant and simple! I’m having a park wedding that is covered in oak trees so it’ll be really rustic and these would work perfectly. Any idea where the napkins came from?

Thanks!

You can also buy peony garden roses when peonies are out of season. And they look just as good if not better. I think http://aflora.com has silk peonies while my sister ordered peonies from http://wholeblossoms.com for her wedding. They’re delicate flowers so if you do decide to order them fresh, be sure to water them as soon as you get them and keep them cool.

I just want to add that I ordered garden roses really inexpensive from http://www.theflowerexchange.com and they where in great conditions.

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Love the photos of the peony flowers. They are really beautiful. Its amazing how pretty a few peonies in the tins can look. I found peonies for my wedding at http://www.bridgewatergardens.com. Their peonies were perfect.