Centerpieces on a budget
A wedding centerpiece makes the table. It costs a pretty penny to include an elaborate floral display for each table however, especially if you’re having a large wedding. How can you get around the cost and still have a stunning display?
Instead of visiting the florist, try this: visit your local garden or home center and purchase several flats of annuals or perennials in colors matching that of your wedding party. Purchase enough small plastic or terra cotta pots for each plant. Spray paint the pots in gold or silver, or wrap in elegant, metallic foil. Each pot gets a plant or two. This can also be done with tree seedlings.
Group potted blooms together at each table to make a wedding centerpiece. You may need to play around to find a suitable design. If you purchase enough so that each couple can take one home, you’ll have favors as well!
Cheap Wedding Decorations
If you’re a bride on a budget, you might be interested in learning where to find cheap wedding decorations.
Did you know your local dollar store yields an amazing assortment of items that can be used to decorate your ceremony and reception area? Go ahead and take a look around, you might be pleasantly surprised at what you’ll find. Behold some of the items found in the aisles of the dollar store:
• Candles
• Fabric
• Silk Flowers
• Baskets
• Plastic pearls and other jewels
• Table Cloths
• Potpourri
• Vases
• Picture frames
• Ribbon
Be an Original
We´ve all been to a cookie-cutter wedding, one of those plain ones that all seem the same except there are different people getting married. By choosing a theme or some other style that has personal meaning to you, your wedding will be not only easier to plan but will have a personality and creativeness all its own.
Theme Time
It´s important to choose some sort of theme or common style before you get into organizing your wedding. Deciding early on whether you want a Victorian wedding or a western-themed wedding will help you choose your dress, venue, flowers, and many other aspects.
Wedding Flower Centerpieces
An elegant and inexpensive decorating idea for Fall is the use of “fallen folliage” in your decoration. Lovely wedding flower centerpieces can be made with a $1.00 piece of florist´s foam (either from your florist or any craft store) and decorated with fallen leaves and a few fresh flowers. Fall asters in plum and gold tones are usually around 50 cents a stem (6 to 8 blooms on each). Finish with a taper candle.
Summer Colors
Color is really a matter of personal preference, but there are a few basic guidelines you can follow. Most weddings in the summer are light colors (pastels), such as sky blue, pink and pale yellow. Any pastel color is a good choice, and you can pair them with silver if you want an elegant effect. Peach, mint green, and lavender are also pretty colors for June weddings, or you can combine them in pairs—pale yellow and lavender is a popular combination right now. Lighter neutrals also look nice; khaki, taupe, pale silver and pale gold are examples.
