I am having an outdoor wedding on a farm and butterflies have become my theme. If anyone has any suggestion on wedding dress ideas or decorating, please let me know. It will be a casual wedding in September.
I too, am looking for butterfly cakes and anything with butterflies. I found great butterfly soaps on ebay for favors. Does anyone have butterfly cake pics? Thanks!
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There is a company out of Kansas that sells real butterflys. They "grow" them on a farm. It is kind of expensive ( between $50-$90 for 12). But if you have the $$ it is definatly well worth it! I wanted to do it for my wedding but relized it was way too much $. They come in a small triangle which you keep in a cooler until you are ready, then each person opens their triangle and the butterflys are released. (use instead of the traditional rice or bubbles) If you are on a tight budget just get 12 and give them to your bridal party, parents and grandparents, and have the rest of the people toss flower peddles. It is so beautiful!!
Everyone considering this: please think carefully. I was at a mountain wedding where the butterflies were not indigenous. They couldn't take the altitude and flopped around on the ground before dying. Even if it's not altitude, are you letting a breed go that can survive in that area/climate? Sorry if I put a downer out there, but why have an event at your wedding that involves senseless harming of insects if you don't have to. If they WILL survive in the area, then by all means, let the little buggers go. Or... Just have your flower girls wear butterfly wings. ;)
I am a wedding planner in Chicago and have done quite a few weddings. I urge you not to do a butterfly release. They are quite morbid... The butterfles rarely live after the release and your guest are walking over dying butterflies for the rest of the evening.
