Ideas for Centerpieces

Re: Ideas for Centerpieces

• Cortney1982 member

  

  December 2012

  There are a crap ton of things you can do.  What's your budget?  What's your style?  Keep in mind that some DIY projects end up costing more than flowers.  $10 here, $10 there doesn't seem like much until when your done and add it all up.
  
  Last wedding I went to had long tables with a burlap runner, and tons of mason jars in different sizes with candles in them.  Simple but pretty.
  
  At mine I used large lanterns and smaller vases with flowers.  So I still had flowers for color but they weren't huge expensive pieces.

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• AddieCake member

  

  December 2012

  Candles, birdcages, lanterns, fruit.......it depends on the look you're going for. Do a Google image search for non-floral summer wedding centerpieces (I say summer b/c your bio says your wedding is in June) and see if anything strikes your fancy. As Cortney said, though, with some things you have to be careful b/c the cost of putting together certain looks could get as expensive as flowers. 

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• Avion22 member

  

  December 2012

  My sister bought lanterns from Pier 1 and put pilar candles in them, then sprinkled petals around the table.

  
  

  I had low round bowls with 2-3 stems of tulips wrapped around the inside, then filled with water and topped with a few small floating candles, with a few tea lights on the table around the outside.

  
  

  I went to a wedding this weekend that had cylinder vases with some kind of white and purple flower (just one stem) inside, clear marbles on the bottom, and a single white floating candle on top.   

  

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• nikkiandtyler2013 member

  

  December 2012

  This may seem crazy but all of the christmas decorations are going to be on sale at the end of the month, and so many of them come in different colors and styles that can easily be made into center pieces.  Feathers, beads, birdcages so many options if you think outside the box and no one would realize! Some may need a coat of paint but you can't beat the after christmas decoration sales!

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• grayfang member

  

  December 2012

  I like Nikki's idea - bowls filled with different sized ornaments (hide the hook parts) or maybe empty wine bottles with strands of xmas lights inside?

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