Bridesmaid Bouquets

I love flowers.  I gathered more of an appreciation for them after working in a flower shop for about 3 years or so.  Obviously flowers can be one of the more expensive elements in a wedding.  Unfortunately, I cannot justify spending a significant amount of money on flowers when they're only really used for one day AND they die.  I do still want to incorporate flowers but I'm trying to explore options to keep costs down and still have some beautiful accents at our wedding.  

When we were still planning a rural wedding, I had thought of doing very rustic bridesmaid bouquets featuring wheat, similar to one of the inspiration pictures in my previous post.  However, now that we are no longer having a rural wedding, the idea of wheat in a more urban setting, well just seems kind of silly.  I know we can still incorporate it but not quite to the extent I was thinking originally.  

Recently, I came across this picture via Martha Stewart Weddings:

The idea is to incorporate fresh & dried herbs into the arrangements.  I love this idea and can't help but feel like it would definitely add a very personal touch to our wedding.  Having bouquets with a very natural "just gathered" appearance really appeals to me.  I had already thought of using dried lavender (because it's absolutely my favorite smell) somewhere in our wedding flowers. 

I also want to use as many local vendors as possible.  By way of our downtown farmer's market, I know of Prairieland Herbs.  I appreciate their philosophy and that it is a mother-daughter owned business.  I love the range of products they offer.  Perhaps at the next farmer's market I can stop by to talk with them about their thoughts on this and whether they would be interested in making these bouquets.