How I DIYed My Wedding Flowers with Flower Moxie: Cost, Tips & Photos

How I DIYed My Wedding Flowers with Flower Moxie: Cost, Tips & Photos

• 8.02.2026

Leading up to the wedding, when anyone asked me what I was most excited for, I said the flowers! I knew they would be fabulous because I had done a consultation call with a floral design designer from Flower Moxie, and she completely understood my vision and helped me figure out which flowers I needed and how many. I was a little nervous about the DIY process, but I knew I would have my future mother-in-law helping, plus all the guides that Flower Moxie gave us.

Non-iPhone photos by Marissa Casillas Photography.

And just as I hoped, the flowers turned out so perfectly! Here were my inspirations… Classic, lots of white flowers, turns out that means mostly white roses and white hydrangeas. I wanted a classy, timeless, not exactly minimal look, but also not too romantic.

How to DIY your wedding flowers with style

Why I considered DIY

I started investigating DIY wedding floral arranging because I wanted full creative control, but also I didn’t want to spend too much on this wedding in our backyard with only 40 of our family and friends. I knew they would be happy with whatever, but the look was still very important to me!

Flower Moxie is an incredible online flower source for fresh and dried flowers, DIY wedding flower ideas, and preassembled, custom or pre-designed, and even flower arranging kits. They have a huge catalogue of flowers to choose from, so I wasn’t limited in style. Doing your own wedding floral arranging this way is a fabulous way to get the wedding flowers you want on a budget.

The great thing about Flower Moxie's Full Monty Custom Design package is, you start with a call with one of their floral designers who learns about your wedding, how many arrangements you need, etc. and the style you want… And tells you what flowers you’ll need. I am not at all floral arranging expert and would have no idea where to start with this process without the call. My floral designer Cristen has been doing this for something like 20 years, including teaching floral design in high school! (What a cool job, and why didn’t they offer me that in high school?) 

After our call, she put together an order with the number and types of flowers I needed to get my look, but she also made a comprehensive PDF for me with a menu of all the specific arrangements, boutonnieres, etc., how many of each flower to put in each, supplies I would need, and a long list of video tutorials on Flower Moxie’s YouTube page so I knew how to create everything.

What arrived / flower prep

Flower Moxie also confirms your dates and ships you all the flowers on time for DIY assembly two days before the wedding. These arrived on the Wednesday before the wedding, and I gave them fresh cuts and put them in water right away.

They are so carefully packaged, we didn’t lose almost any to shipping issues! In fact, we lost none of the roses and hydrangeas, maybe just a couple of the ranunculus, but they are very delicate.

The first step is just cutting off the stems and giving them some fresh water, but leaving the flowers in the plastic so they can keep their shape.

Then an hour or so later, you remove the plastic. And are surrounded by a sea of beautiful, luxurious blooms. Bulk fresh wedding flowers... so luxurious! And still budget-friendly!

The next day, my future mother-in-law and I watched the tutorials that came with my full PDF instructions from Flower Moxie.

What we made

We got to work assembling the arrangements. These two are these unique, rectangular foam in cages that Cristen recommended for us up at the altar. We use them to frame the spot we got married, and then later we moved them to the dessert table.

Next, we made the low bowl arrangements for the dining tables. We needed 12 of these. Cristen recommended these low clear plastic bowls with black foam in them, which you fill with very short-stemmed flowers, covering the foam and the clear plastic bowl. That way you don’t have to purchase 12 beautiful vases that you don’t need after the wedding, plus they are low so people can see over them.

So many lovely arrangements all in one place!

Here you can see the low arrangements on the tables. I combined them with hurricanes I rented from the party rental place, and white pillar candles.

It was exactly the look I wanted!

We had a few arrangements in the bar area, and at the water table.

Here’s one of the rectangular alter arrangements up close. These got some additional greenery at the base, and some different types of roses.

One of the instructions in the PDF was to pull out the best flowers for my bouquet first! We did that, but we made the bouquet close to last. Kept it refrigerated overnight, and it was perfect!

We made boutonnieres for the guys and corsages for the ladies too. All part of the instructions and menus from the PDF.

Especially when you see the photos from the photographer, you can see what a difference the flowers make. Of course, I chose the right time of year to get married in my backyard, with my own white hydrangeas blooming around the edges, but the flowers on the tables made such an impact too. Most of the time this is just a regular backyard, but for the wedding… It was a beautiful party scene!

Funny, looking at these now… There are a couple other things I debated and I’m glad I went with my gut on. The trendy chivari chairs were twice the price of these folding ones, and they are a little floofy for me anyway, so I’m really glad I went with folding, and I debated between white and brown… I really like the brown now. Picks up on the brown fence, and looks good against darker clothing when people are sitting in them.

I also thought about those cute cordless lamps, because I saw them in quite a few of my pins on Pinterest, but they are a trend, and remember, I was going for timeless here… I’m glad I did candles instead! Plus, I do not need 12 cordless lamps after the wedding.

The altar area! It’s subtle, but you can tell something is supposed to happen there.

We also did a flower crown for Lucy, how pretty! She loved being the flower girl.

I love old-fashioned touches like corsages and boutonnieres! The boutonniere really dresses up the tux well, right!?

We had such a joyful, simple wedding celebration, surrounded by only our closest family and friends… but the look was so important to me too. Having beautiful fresh flowers makes it feel like a really special occasion. I’m so, so happy with how the flowers turned out!

Despite my very little experience with flower arranging, with the ordering guidance, clear menus, and video tutorials, we figured everything out, and it all worked perfectly!

What surprised me, and tips for other brides

The flowers themselves were the easy part. What surprised me was how much time the setup took, not the arranging. Cutting stems and giving everything fresh water involved a lot of buckets, large vases, etc. and filling with water. Watching the tutorials was actually very quick and easy and my PDF told me which ones to watch. Thankfully moving twelve centerpieces, two altar arrangements, boutonnieres, corsages, and a flower crown into place the day of was easy since we had a lot of hands at that point. If you're planning a DIY flower project, block off more time than you think you need 2-3 days before the wedding, and get as much done then as you can.

The other surprise was how much I'd underestimated needing hands. My mother-in-law and I did the bulk of the arranging, but thankfully she recruited my father-in-law too, which made it go way faster! And there was a lot of cleanup I hadn't really planned for (Micah helped). If you're doing this yourself, don't do it alone. Two people minimum, and a third for carrying and cleanup is a must.

What I'd Do Differently

There was also some work afterward, but we had a lot of helpful hands hanging around after the wedding cleaning up, so everyone brought centerpieces etc. in from the backyard to the dining table. We also had a few extra stems of everything so I made a few more simple arrangements the next day! I wish I'd thought of all the extras earlier; some of you on Instagram suggested bringing them to an assisted living facility. If you do this, I suggest keeping some of the boxes the stems come in and using them to transport all the extra centerpieces to someone else who will enjoy them! The foam blocks just need a little more water each day to keep the flowers fresh.

If you're on the fence about doing your own bulk wedding flowers, my honest Flower Moxie review is that the guidance made up for what I lacked in skill. I went in with almost zero floral arranging experience and came out with exactly the look I wanted, on a budget I could live with.

What I recommend!

Doing your own wedding flowers is a really smart way to save money, and it turns out you don’t have to sacrifice at all on looks. I would probably recommend having more than one or two people to help you… my mother-in-law and I managed most of it, but my father-in-law helped too! Plus, there’s all the cleanup and carrying. 

You can get exactly the look you want with great guidance, and beautiful wedding flowers on a budget, with a little DIY. Absolutely check out Flower Moxie and Flower Moxie's Full Monty Custom Design package for a great online source for flowers, and flower knowledge!

FAQ

Do I need floral experience? No — the consultation call, PDF, and video tutorials cover everything.

How far in advance do flowers arrive? Two days before. Mine arrived Wednesday for a Saturday wedding.

How many people do you need? Two minimum for arranging, a third for carrying and cleanup.

Which package did you use? Flower Moxie's Full Monty Custom Design package — two one-on-one calls with a designer who builds your full order and PDF plan, plus lots more support.

Total cost? ~$1,400 ($1,200 flowers + $200 supplies, both from Flower Moxie)

• What we made with that: bridal bouquet, 12 centerpieces, 2 altar arrangements, boutonnieres, corsages, and a flower crown

Thanks to Flower Moxie for supporting this post!