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hello ladies.. question about centerpieces

money savermoney saver
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hi this is my first post, ive been reading some of your other posts and have been commenting, sounds like you all know exactly what you want so i need some inspiration.... please
im getting married may/2011 and ive been planning this wedding for two years now since i was supposed to be married this may but had to postpone... anyway
i still dont have a clue about what to do with centerpieces... what are yours like? do you have pics? how much did/will cost you? any ideas for my lavender/ivory and light green wedding, possible butterflies here and there? let me know ladies... thanks in advance
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  • starrbuk13starrbuk13 member
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    edited December 2011
    welcome!

    we didn't do anything formal for ours...just white candles in glass jars that i picked up at joanne fabrics for about $2 apiece...
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  • AngelaN611AngelaN611 member
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    edited December 2011
    I am trying to decide what to do for centerpieces, too.  I wil be stalking this post for ideas!
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  • SuMmErKuTiESuMmErKuTiE member
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    edited December 2011
    Welcome!

    Our centerpieces will be part candles part flowers. I bought giant martini and margarita glasses at the Christmas Tree Shops and Michaels which will be the middle of the centerpieces. They'll be filled with water and have floating candles in them. At the base there will be three small square vases with roses in them. My venue will be providing votives to go inbetween the 3 vases at the base. Pictures in my bio of each piece under the flowers tab. HTH!
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  • kls114kls114 member
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    So far this is what we are thinking, medium size glass centerpiece with hydrangeas. Each table will also have votives on them.




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  • erica02780erica02780
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    edited December 2011
    I have similar colors to yours,  I am planting Wheatgrass in tins (from the dollar store) that I covered with Ivory satin material and ribbon to dress them up.

     
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  • Soon2BeMrsTingSoon2BeMrsTing
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    edited December 2011
    Hi Money Saver!

    Soooo we're doing our centerpieces incredibly economically, but I'm hoping the "whimsical" look of ours will make sense in our unconventional venue.  I'm plopping about 8 bright yellow 12" pinwheels ($12.99 for 72 from Oriental Trading) into dollar 9.5" vases from the Dollar Tree.  $65 total spent on 25 guest tables= less than $3 per centerpiece. 

    We kinda splurged on white resin folding chairs and royal blue tablecloths for the guest tables, so I'm hoping that from afar, when eyes pan the room, the yellow pinwheels will at least look as colorful and cheery as fresh blooms against the blue linens, and for way, WAY less dough.   

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  • tammyo21tammyo21 member
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    edited December 2011
    We double dutied our centerpieces and make individual cakes on white cake plates - they served as the cakes dessert as well as the centerpiece.
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  • Blueyezz0530Blueyezz0530
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    edited December 2011
    Hi and welcome! I have pictures of my centerpieces in my Wedding Bio. It's hard to talk cost when flower prices vary extremely due to different types of flowers, florists, how lush you want them to be. Do you have any ideas on what you would like? All high, half high and half short? etc?
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  • akulajiakulaji
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    edited December 2011
    We're doing 5" square glass vases w/ black river rocks, 7 stems of purple dendrobium orchids, lily grass, a tropical leaf and 3 stalks of bamboo.  My florist is ordering the flowers and supplies for me, and we did a mockup of the arrangement that I will DIY. All in, I think each arrangement is costing me under $25. Other places gave me quotes on similar arrangements for around $60-$90 if they made them.  I found the rocks at the dollar tree for $1/bag.  Online the cheapest I found for the same amount was $5-$10, so I think I saved a lot of money there, and my florist matched the wholesale flower prices I found online.
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  • SillyLGooseSillyLGoose
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    edited December 2011
    Our original plan was to do half of the tables with lanterns with a few small blooms (maybe hydrangea stems) in a small mason jar on either side. The other half would have a low centerpiece with votives surrounding it. 

    This was the idea I just brought to a florist but was quoted over $3,000. This included 10 tables with a small bloom on either side of my lantern and 10 tables with a traditional low centerpiece, 1 bridal bouquet, 3 bm bouquet, 3 mom/gma corsages, and 3 bouts. Seems high, right? 
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  • akulajiakulaji
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    edited December 2011
    I think that's high, but that's just me. I have similar numbers to yours w/ bouquets and such, my bouquet, 3BM bouquets, 4 bouts, 4 corsages... and probably 12 tables with centerpieces... given, I'm DIYing my centerpieces, but I'm buying over 120 stems of orchids, lily grass and 40-50 stalks of bamboo, tropical leaves, river rocks, vases, etc and everything is coming in under $1000.  I wouldn't think that a couple small blooms on 10 tables and having them make 10 centerpieces (versus you DIYing) would come to an additional $2000.  What kind of flowers were you thinking for the traditional centerpieces?  Flower prices do vary a lot depending on what you're getting.  Is the florist providing the lanterns?  I could see them charging a fortune for those.  If you're doing lanters, I'd buy them yourself and not through them.  I'm not using cheap flowers though... dendrobium and cymbidium orchids, peonies, renuncula, roses and hydrangea.
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  • SillyLGooseSillyLGoose
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    edited December 2011
    akulaji- I saw some lanterns at michael's/chistmas tree shop, etc. for 5 bucks on sale. I thought I'd pick them up. I told her I like peonies, garden roses, dahlia's, and hydrangea. Dahlia's aren't in season so we scratched those. I'm not a big floral person; I didn't know the names of these flowers until today. I want the flowers to look nice since I'm spending a pretty penny on photography..other than that I couldn't care. I'm going to shop around. 

    I think I might need to wait until I know more about my colors and girl's dresses. I didn't know a lot of the answers to her questions. 
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  • SillyLGooseSillyLGoose
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    edited December 2011
    Money saver..my bm (who is getting married 3 weeks after me and I'm in her wedding too) has the same color scheme as you.
    She sent me this pic the other day asking my opinion. 


    I really like it if you were thinking about floral centerpieces. 
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  • akulajiakulaji
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    edited December 2011
    SillyGoose, I don't know where your wedding is, but if Flore isn't too far for you, you should check them out.  They're in Southbury.  Lori is the owner, and she's fabulous.  She's totally worked within my budget and helped me figure out how to get the most for my money.  I definitely think her prices are fair and she's very creative.  http://www.flowersasmedicine.com/
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_hello-ladies-question-centerpieces?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:a0a51ba7-6a8c-4971-9501-28cb29e0642dPost:4548dc4e-ed1a-4b6c-be1a-f6324af2246d">Re: hello ladies.. question about centerpieces</a>:
    [QUOTE]welcome! we didn't do anything formal for ours...just white candles in glass jars that i picked up at joanne fabrics for about $2 apiece...
    Posted by starrbuk13[/QUOTE]

    that sounds classic and simple i like it
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_hello-ladies-question-centerpieces?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:a0a51ba7-6a8c-4971-9501-28cb29e0642dPost:d31d4334-7462-42e7-ba2b-cc4f049622b3">Re: hello ladies.. question about centerpieces</a>:
    [QUOTE]Money saver..my bm (who is getting married 3 weeks after me and I'm in her wedding too) has the same color scheme as you. She sent me this pic the other day asking my opinion.  I really like it if you were thinking about floral centerpieces. 
    Posted by SillyLGoose[/QUOTE]

    thats really pretty i love it, congrats to u and your bm, would love to see what her centerpieces will look like
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_hello-ladies-question-centerpieces?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:a0a51ba7-6a8c-4971-9501-28cb29e0642dPost:6597976c-0f6c-4364-89e6-329c9e6993f0">Re: hello ladies.. question about centerpieces</a>:
    [QUOTE]Hi Money Saver! Soooo we're doing our centerpieces incredibly economically, but I'm hoping the "whimsical" look of ours will make sense in our unconventional venue.  I'm plopping about 8 bright yellow 12" pinwheels ($12.99 for 72 from Oriental Trading) into dollar 9.5" vases from the Dollar Tree.  $65 total spent on 25 guest tables= less than $3 per centerpiece.  We kinda splurged on white resin folding chairs and royal blue tablecloths for the guest tables, so I'm hoping that from afar, when eyes pan the room, the yellow pinwheels will at least look as colorful and cheery as fresh blooms against the blue linens, and for way, WAY less dough.   
    Posted by Soon2BeMrsTing[/QUOTE]
    that sounds lovely and unique and i love oriental trading everything ive purchased from them has been great, they had these personalized mirror picture frames for 7.99 im giving them to our parents with our wedding pictures. my mom started yelling because she thought they were like 30 dollars, i had to show her the receipt so she would believe me.
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_hello-ladies-question-centerpieces?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:a0a51ba7-6a8c-4971-9501-28cb29e0642dPost:63be2a48-f10c-41ba-ae16-1f10b1e30d97">Re: hello ladies.. question about centerpieces</a>:
    [QUOTE]Welcome! Our centerpieces will be part candles part flowers. I bought giant martini and margarita glasses at the Christmas Tree Shops and Michaels which will be the middle of the centerpieces. They'll be filled with water and have floating candles in them. At the base there will be three small square vases with roses in them. My venue will be providing votives to go inbetween the 3 vases at the base. Pictures in my bio of each piece under the flowers tab. HTH!
    Posted by SuMmErKuTiE[/QUOTE]

    i saw those at the xmas tree shop too they are nice my fiance was afraid that they would tip over we have a lot of very active kids in the fam, i saw your bio very nice
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_hello-ladies-question-centerpieces?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:a0a51ba7-6a8c-4971-9501-28cb29e0642dPost:37f40af1-7158-44cf-b89b-abcb14b56575">Re: hello ladies.. question about centerpieces</a>:
    [QUOTE]So far this is what we are thinking, medium size glass centerpiece with hydrangeas. Each table will also have votives on them.
    Posted by kls114[/QUOTE]

    i like the one with the calla lillys because thats my favorite flower.. love it
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_hello-ladies-question-centerpieces?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:a0a51ba7-6a8c-4971-9501-28cb29e0642dPost:82fb6c52-9556-4fda-923c-888089520c0f">Re: hello ladies.. question about centerpieces</a>:
    [QUOTE]I have similar colors to yours,  I am planting Wheatgrass in tins (from the dollar store) that I covered with Ivory satin material and ribbon to dress them up.  
    Posted by erica02780[/QUOTE]

     that is soo cute wow good job
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_hello-ladies-question-centerpieces?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:a0a51ba7-6a8c-4971-9501-28cb29e0642dPost:f5e2934a-ee7f-4c0d-8372-5cece78f04bd">Re: hello ladies.. question about centerpieces</a>:
    [QUOTE]We double dutied our centerpieces and make individual cakes on white cake plates - they served as the cakes dessert as well as the centerpiece.
    Posted by tammyo21[/QUOTE]
     
    thats awsome, im sure everyone loved it oh i want some cake now.. lol.. ive never seen that before
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_hello-ladies-question-centerpieces?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:a0a51ba7-6a8c-4971-9501-28cb29e0642dPost:184bb66c-a5a8-42a0-b601-13b1fe6f1eb4">Re: hello ladies.. question about centerpieces</a>:
    [QUOTE]Hi and welcome! I have pictures of my centerpieces in my Wedding Bio. It's hard to talk cost when flower prices vary extremely due to different types of flowers, florists, how lush you want them to be. Do you have any ideas on what you would like? All high, half high and half short? etc?
    Posted by blueyes0704[/QUOTE]

    well first of all i like stared at ur guys picture for a minute you two have some beautiful eyes, very sexy... now back to business i dont really know what i want i would love a tall centerpiece, but i think the bigger the centerpiece the more money.. i would like to keep it under 20 bucks, ive tried to do some trial centerpieces of floating candles in this short round bowl from walmart and the candles made the glass really hot and it cracked in half.. water every where i was mortified. then i thought of going to stopnshop and checking out their flower arragements they have in their fridge and find one around my budget and see if they can switch some flowers to my wedding colors and lots of votives everywhere..
    i also thought of doing just candles on a glass plate with flowers petals on the table then the hall told me no that all the candles need to be surrounded by glass,
    i really loved that idea too.
    and this is why i still dont know what i want, someone save me...
    oh and my fiance is the type that contradicts everything i say so that doesnt help either.. lol
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_hello-ladies-question-centerpieces?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:a0a51ba7-6a8c-4971-9501-28cb29e0642dPost:c3ee52b6-41ed-4e89-b23a-3240b56f53d0">Re: hello ladies.. question about centerpieces</a>:
    [QUOTE]We're doing 5" square glass vases w/ black river rocks, 7 stems of purple dendrobium orchids, lily grass, a tropical leaf and 3 stalks of bamboo.  My florist is ordering the flowers and supplies for me, and we did a mockup of the arrangement that I will DIY. All in, I think each arrangement is costing me under $25. Other places gave me quotes on similar arrangements for around $60-$90 if they made them.  I found the rocks at the dollar tree for $1/bag.  Online the cheapest I found for the same amount was $5-$10, so I think I saved a lot of money there, and my florist matched the wholesale flower prices I found online.
    Posted by akulaji[/QUOTE]
     that sounds fantastic who's your florist? awsome deal
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  • money savermoney saver
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    edited December 2011
    thank you all ladies for your great ideas i want to go out there and tackle the flower world, if you come up with any other ideas keep posting ill be checking in a lot until i make a decision.congrats to all you knotties and nesties.
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  • xoxobxoxob member
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    edited December 2011
    ...everytime I read about flowers and centerpeices I get a tension headache.

    DIY Knotties!! When/How did you decide and start making your own centerpeices? What did you do for the boquets? Did you DIY those, as well? I was looking at Real Simple and there are some GORGEOUS DIY ideas but, something tells me my glue gun skills are not as good as their stylists.
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  • tookie1978tookie1978 member
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    edited December 2011
    HI! I'm getting married on May 16th.  My centerpieces are super easy and inexpensive.  I got from Michael's craft store the 36oz brandy snifters, blue and clear marbles, and I got floating candles from YummiCandles.com.  I am putting the marbles on the bottom of the glass, filling w/ water and putting the candles in!

    I get a flyer from Michael's in the mail each week with a 40% off 1 item coupon.  I went and got 1 glass each week till I had enough.
    Good luck!
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