I love me some pomanders. Something about a giant ball of flowers just makes me smile. I would love to incorporate some pomanders into our wedding day decor, however, they are mighty expensive. So I've been doing some research on alternatives.
Here's what I love: 
Here are some of the DIY (read: budget friendly) and non-floral pomanders that I've discovered: 
They look pretty awesome, don't they? I particularly like the tulle pomanders. Our florist originally quoted me at $100 for each hydrangea pomander (I would want at least 6 of them, three for each side). I've purchased some ivory tulle from Michael's and plan on doing a tester tulle pomander this weekend to see if I like these in real life and then I'll hit up a fabric store for more supplies to make enough of these guys for our ceremony venue.
Have you found some items to be more expensive than anticipated?
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Oh Pomander, Oh Pomander
9 comments:
Wow, $100 for a hydrangea pomander seems steep! Then again, I have no idea how much flowers cost, since we haven't booked a florist yet. Good call on trying to DIY with tulle! I think we are going to try our hand at some silk flower pomanders for chair/aisle decorations. I hope they end up looking nice!
I think I have a similar reaction to most things wedding related! Everything just seems to add up to some ridiculous price! Can't wait to see how your DIY ones turn out
Wow, $100 each, really? More power to you for attempting to DIY them, that's crazy expensive!
Yup...one florist quoted me $50 each for carnation pomanders. I love them too and wanted them for aisle decoration but just cannot afford that. However, I did see a blog post this week about someone who made them for like $8 each using fake flowers and such from a craft store. I'll try to find it for you...also, I noticed you commented about ideas for OOT bags. Send me an e-mail if you want to jkr2995@aol.com. I can share some web sites I found for super affordable gable boxes and some ideas for what I'm including in mine. I'll blog about it in the future but it will be a while before I get to that :)
Um... what haven't I found that I cannot afford. Love the tulle pomander. Maybe try it with different types of tulle to provide more visual interest? Take everything I say with a grain of salt though, I am SO NOT a D-I-Y gal!
our flower girl had a carnation pomander so our price was substantially less, but it still looked great.
I love Pomander too. I haven't started looking into flowers yet but I heard they are a bit high on price.
I saw this post over Mr. Jones & Me that might give you some DIY inspiration.
http://mrjones-and-me.blogspot.com/2009/11/aisle-decorations-diy-fun.html
*I left you an award over my blog.
Hope you enjoy it.
Have a wonderful Sunday.
~lilian~
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