Create your own flower centerpieces with a little creativity.
Wedding expenses can add up quickly for a bride on a budget. After paying to cater a meal for a few hundred people and renting the reception venue, it may be difficult to justify a large budget for the table centerpieces. Create your own flower centerpieces with a little creativity and help from the wedding attendants. Ask the bridal party to gather after the rehearsal dinner to create do-it-yourself wedding flower centerpieces with fresh or silk flowers.
Potted Plant Centerpieces
Choose a flower representative of the wedding theme. Contact a local wholesale flower nursery and purchase a case of plants. Expect to receive up to 24 plants per case. Order extra plants for a healthy variety. Select the ones with the most vibrant and plentiful blooms the night before the wedding to be included in the centerpieces.
Go to a garden supply store to purchase small flower pots. Transplant each plant into an appropriately sized pot for the height of the foliage. Choose a short pot for creeping and cascading styles of plants, such as moss roses, and choose a taller pot for upright flowers, such as orchids.
Decorate the pots with ribbons in the wedding colors. Add a note to the pots letting guests know the flowers are a thank-you gift for attending the wedding. Use one larger potted plant per table if the foliage is thick and full, such as blooming mums.
Fresh-Cut Centerpiece
Purchase fresh-cut stems of hearty flowers, such as tulip buds or zinnias. Trim the stems, peel off wilting petals or leaves and place them in a vase. Fill clear vessels with room-temperature water. Treat the water with cut-flower plant food. Fully submerge one stem at a time, twisting it as needed to make the bloom fit into the vase. Layer stems in the vessel so the greenery and blooms face outward.
Arrange four or five flower-filled vessels in a circle. Place tea-light candles around the base. Sprinkle flower petals around the tea lights to add more color.
Silk-Flower Centerpieces
Consider reducing wedding expenses by using silk flowers. Choose high-quality silk flowers and use fewer stems in each centerpiece for a modern, classy look.
Choose a tall, slender bud vase and one single long-stem silk flower. Decorate the vase with ribbons or another flower by twisting it around the exterior of the vase. Use a shallow bowl, and twist one stem with several blooms inside the base of the bowl for an artistic look. Arrange tea-light candles around the bases of the vases for added interest.
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