Thursday, May 20, 2010

Were to buy these silk gerbera daisies?

I'm looking for some purple gerbera daisies with a 3-4" head, similar to these:


http://www.save-on-crafts.com/purpledais...





I've already checked afloral and save-on-crafts- they are both sold out (if you try to add the ones in the link to your cart, it gives you a sold out error).





I'm in a bit of a panic, because I want to use purple gerberas for my bridesmaids' bouquets.





Suggestions/help would be appreciated! :-)

Were to buy these silk gerbera daisies?
if you can't find actual purple, do the next best thing. get white and tint them with floral spray. This is what we did fairly often when I worked for a florist, and now that i am on my own doing special event flowers, I've kept this trick handy and will actually be tinting some peach ones orange next month for a wedding I'm doing.





heres some white ones---


http://www.save-on-crafts.com/gerbera5.h...





and heres a link to a site with the sprays, they have several shade of purple spray, so you could maybe get a few and blend them to give a more natural look. When you go to spray them, put a nickle or a quarter or something round that fits the shape of the center of the daisiy over the center and lightly mist it until you get the effect your looking for. Ive never had problems with it rubbing off either. This site asks for a company, but I just put Ashley's flowers in there and they let it go, I don't have a tax number on theres so obviously they are flexible-


http://www.yourterra.com/productdetails....





I highly reccomend both sites, I got the silk pink gerbs for my topiaries that I used as centerpeices from save on crafts, and I get all my supplies from terra....would be a good place to get tape and foam and anything else you need to do your flowers. Any problems Ive had which have been few were fixed as soon as I called and let them know.





good luck!





oh and yes, real gerbs don't come in purple, and it is difficult to get them to look realistic, but the save on crafts ones are great, I had a girl about flip on me and ask me why I had made my centerpeices 2 months before the wedding, didn't I know they were gonna die?! yea, she felt pretty dumb when I explained they were fake, lol!
Reply:http://www.silkflowersandmore.com/gerber... $8.50 / box of 6








http://www.usifloral.com/browseproducts/...





Garden Ridge http://www.gardenridge.com/





http://www.lvwholesale.com/silks.html


(wholesaler)
Reply:If your in their area try Michaels or Hobby Lobby....and they are beautiful..I'm a daisey affectionado myself...waiting for the 'Broadway Lights' shasta daisies in my flower bed to bloom...gorgeous flowers.....
Reply:try a michaels or hobby lobby store near you. also, gerbera daisies a pretty cheap, so if you can't find silk ones, go for the real thing.
Reply:Michaels does have them... because I bought them for my wedding :) maybe your micheals didnt have them but you should be able to call around and find another michaels that does have them
Reply:Someone must be able to order them in for you. Maybe try ebay
Reply:check on ebay!! I've seen lots of gerbera daisies on there :)

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