When you walk into a wedding reception you want the tables to set the mood but if you are working on a budget you may think you cannot afford a fancy centerpiece and fall back on a plain candle or fake flowers. For a little more money or, in some cases, less money, you can make your own wedding centerpieces with a little time and effort.
Before you begin to make your own wedding centerpieces keep in mind that they should be low enough for people to talk over and see the people on the other side of the table. Centerpieces should also relate in some way to the theme of the wedding, whether by color or style.
Real Flowers
Real flowers look so much better than silk or plastic and you get the added benefit of their aroma. Many people may think that they cannot afford the cost of putting real flowers on every table but if you do it yourself you can! Instead of buying all of your flowers from a florist grow your own. Many weddings are planned up to a year in advance giving you plenty of time to gradually buy vases and grow plants and flowers.
Not all of the plants have to flower. A beautiful fern or vine can be just as beautiful. Also, the vase can set the theme of the wedding. A garden wedding can be beautiful with low glass vases filled with flowers and a country wedding can use small tin buckets to hold flowers. All of these supplies can be bought at Wal-mart or the Dollar Store.
Peas
One of the most stunning wedding centerpieces is to fill a glass vase with dried peas and place a candle in the middle. Not only is this quite elegant but you can pick up glass vases as you go along and dried peas are a very cheap accessory. You will be amazed at the affect when the candles are lit and the lights are turned down.
Candles
Candles look wonderful as a wedding centerpiece but they can get expensive. There are a few ways to use candles. You can float candles in water which gives a great sparkly affect. You can also use a cheaper candle and decorate it with twigs or flowers yourself instead of buying an expensive candle that is already decorated.
Cupcakes
This is a really neat idea that combines the wedding cake and the wedding centerpiece together. Often the wedding cake does not get eaten and is a waste, instead of having a large wedding cake give the bride and groom a smaller cake and give the guests cupcakes. The cupcakes can be put on a cupcake stand and set in the middle of each table. A strip of garland can be wrapped around the stand to give it some pizzazz. This is also less expensive because you are not putting the money out on a large cake and you can make the cupcakes yourself.
Setting the cupcakes on a clear plastic plate (plastic tends to sparkle in low light giving the look of glass) or a regular plate and decorating with flower petals or putting them in a circle with a candle in the middle are other ideas for using cupcakes as a wedding centerpiece.
It is possible to have a beautiful wedding centerpiece that will make your wedding reception and have people talking about for years afterwards.
If you’re getting ready to plan your wedding or you know someone who is, these resources can help you save some cash and find the right vendors.
Open for Business: What a Wedding! for less!!! (Pioneer Press)
Owners: LeAnn Beatty and Christine Charlson
Dollar store d cor for the holidays (The Kansas City Star)
For a lot of us, the holiday season is just another way to spell stress. You have family, unending meals and decorations to contend with from mid-November until after New Year s.
The Wedding (The News Journal)
Kevin Francis Mosca and Heather Anne Rutter, May 24, 2009
Tag Results Are Unavailable
The feed you requested is currently unavailable. Technorati has retired all of the legacy feeds and is in the process of creating new ones based on our new infrastructure. The following new feeds are available now: Hottest Blogosphere Posts Latest Original Articles from Technorati The Technorati Blog
Possibly Related Posts:
- pictures of wedding cakes image
- monster in law wedding dress
- men's single breasted three button off white dress suit 42s
- men's white dress vest necktie set for suit or tuxedo xl
- Blue flowers are deep-meaning flowers, serene and pure.