Should You Use Artificial Flowers in Your Wedding?

Artificial flowers have developed leaps and bounds throughout the years. Before, these looked obviously plastic and blatantly fake, but now the modern artificial flowers look very realistic. Most people can’t even tell the difference now until they get really close. In fact, there are people who have to touch the flowers first before they can say for sure whether these are real or not.

Since artificial flowers are very realistic looking now, it is now common to use artificial flowers for weddings. After all, fresh flowers are a lot more expensive, and the choice would be limited to whatever is in season. In addition, fresh flowers carry the risk of going bad or wilting right before the wedding, which can be very disheartening.

There’s nothing wrong with using artificial flowers and plants to decorate the wedding venue. This is a good thing if the bride or groom suffers from hay fever or allergy, which could be triggered by having fresh flowers around.

The bride will also love having a bouquet made of silk flowers because these will last forever and provide her with a lifelong souvenir of the most special day of her life. This is better than a photograph of the bouquet because this is actually something you can hold in your hand. You won’t have this with a bouquet made of fresh flowers, which may wilt even before the wedding starts due to humidity, improper storage or lack of water. It will also completely wilt in a matter of days, so the bride won’t be able to keep it as a souvenir of the day she walked down the aisle.

Another great thing about using silk flowers is that they are completely reusable. You can use the flowers at another event, and thus save on costs.

There are also so many more options when it comes to artificial flowers. You are not limited in choosing flowers that are in season during the time of your wedding. So if the bride wants a bouquet made of orange tulips, she can have it regardless of when the wedding would be, even if it is the dead of winter.

A decade ago, it was considered very tacky to use artificial flowers in events such as weddings, but the times have changed and now it is perfectly acceptable – and in fact, it is perfectly practical – to use silk flowers for the bouquets and wedding decorations.