Inexpensive Wedding Centerpieces

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I have an idea that I think is going to work for a centerpiece. My husband to be is obsessed with home theater/movies/popcorn, etc. So, I thought about filling wine glasses with popcorn, placing a thick black candle in each glass, and surrounding it with (instead of red rose balls) red popcorn balls on flutes. also, a wreath of cranberry and popcorn (stranded) around the bottom. what do you think?

Post By amy (Guest Post)

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Buy drink glasses from Wal-Mart of all different sizes and fill them with water. Put floating candles into them. For a special effect put a mirror underneath. Great value and very elegant!

Post By Meeko (Guest Post)

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candles at dollar stores after christmas will be marked half price or less.... I bought a huge box of beautiful white candles for my reception last January. The white is fitting.. Not all of them have to be exact, but I sure came close

I also bought lots of ribbon at the same dollar store. Try fabric stores too. You can get Holiday ribbon that can be used all year round. I was able to find some really pretty silver glittery sheer ribbon for about .25 a spool... Great for an evening wedding any time of year.

The major expense for this will be glass to put the candles on as to not have wax on the rented tables at my reception. Again, dollar store.. that way if they come up missing, no big deal!!!

Post By Suzanne (Guest Post)

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I'm getting married in September and here's how we're doing our centerpieces; We are using tealight candles and putting them in painted baby food jars. Then wrapping copper wire around the jar in order to tie twine (or yarn, string whatever you want) around the jar and hang it from small branches. All of this will be in a small hurricane glass filled with sand to hold up the branches. Maybe hang around 3 jars at each centerpiece. My theme is fall and it goes great with an autumn themed wedding. I've tried it and it looks really great. It sounds complicated but it is so easy and very inexpensive.

Post By Danielle (Guest Post)

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My colors for my upcoming wedding in September are Ivory and Chocolate with peach roses. So - I would like some feedback on my centerpiece idea. Its not too original, but I think it should be pretty.
In the middle of our Ivory table cloth I will put a chocolate napkin (square so it looks like a diamond on the round table) and than i will have a mirror centerpiece, ontop of that I will have a clear bowl filled with water, there will be three Ivory rose floating candles and than I was going to accent the centerpieces with silk rose petals - some will be chocolate and other centerpieces will have peach rose petals floating in there with the candles.
... I hope silk petals float - does anyone know?

Post by Linds5384

Beach theme wedding centerpieces

Im getting married in Nov and having the wedding in Newport Beach, CA. My colors are brown and sand. Wanted to get some unique ideas on centerpieces. I wanted more classy and accents hints of the beach, not tacky beach. I like the rustic look too, maybe keeping the colors/flowers antique cream, white and greenery.

Any ideas?

Post By traci (Guest Post)

Beach Theme Wedding Centerpieces

for our wedding we are going to do a beach theme b/c we have a huge collection of sea shells. For the center peices, We are going to get plastic trays that have a about 2 inch lip on them, fill them with sand, place few different size candle through out it also with shells setting in the sand. As favors we are going to fill organza bags (cheap on ebay) and fill them with shell and put our names on the tags w/ the date.

Post By Theresa (Guest Post)

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I recently purchased some gorgeous candle lanterns from Ikea for only $5 a piece. They had a variety of colours to choose from to match with your wedding decor. It looks very elegant and is something that your guests are sure to enjoy.

Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)

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Try using disposable champagne or wine glasses to float your candles in. Tie ribbon in your colors around the stem. Placing them in mirrored tiles will add extra sparkle, then sprinkle rose petals (either silk or real) on the table top. You can find great deals on floating candles if you look hard enough online. I found 100 white floating candles for less than $30 including shipping! I also found two large bags of silk rose petals for $20 on ebay. Inexpensive doesn't necessarily have to look "cheap."

Post By Kristi (Guest Post)

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I am getting married in july on a friday night i would like to do something with candles if you have any idea what i could do let me know please(

Post By roxane (Guest Post)

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This for Christin who is getting married in June: I used to have a neighbor who grew flowers expressly for cutting. To earn some extra money, she would put together bouquets and sell them to offices around town, or make bouquets for anyone who wanted them for various occasions. They only contained seasonal wildflowers, and were always simple, elegant and beautiful. If you know of anyone who might be interested in doing that, you can save that way. Otherwise, check out a Farmer's Market, and get to know some of the merchants. Tell them you are getting married, and see if they can come up with some flowers for you. I am sure that this would be infinitely cheaper than a florist. For my sister's wedding, my mother had the ingenious idea of getting very pretty Italian pots that contained citronella candles, and since the wedding was outdoors, the candles provided additional bug protection while adding ambience. You could put a candle and small vase with a few flowers on each table, and have a larger one for the main tables. Instead of spending a fortune on a wedding cake, my mother arranged for a caterer to do everything for my sister's wedding. She decorated the cake with gorgeous cascading purple orchids. If you have to get your flowers ahead of time, putting them in the refrigerator and sprinkling them with water keeps them fresher.

Post by skbeal

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Hi! I'mm getting married in July and I found a great idea. I am using nothing but rose petals with candles flowing through it. I saw a picture using those and it was beautiful

Post By Samantha (Guest Post)

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i'm getting married in Nov. in Florida. I really wanted to have candles involved in my decorating. I plan on getting glass jars (some size between baby food jar and spagetti jar), taking the metal holder off of T-lites (which are VERY cheap if bought in bulk) and floating them in water in the jars. You can put shells at the bottom if going for a nautical theme, or confetti, rose pettels, etc. The t-lites float for about 3 hours. test one out at home in a glass of water to be sure you have one that will float for a while. Congrats to all! - Fallon :)

Post By Fallon (Guest Post)

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Just to add to the wonderful idea of the mirror, candle, and rose petals...if you sprinkle some confetti (I used the silver angel hair confetti) around the centerpiece, when you light the candle, the confetti glows and shimmers. It is a very elegant display and looks like it costs a fortune. It only cost me $3 each. Very affordable.

Post By Courtney (Guest Post)

flowers and center piece

i am looking for great ideas that dont cost alot for my wedding coming up in June of 2005 i have many ideas and just dont know where to go from there. i want to have lots os candles and flowers i love the ideas of the floating candles. let me know if you have any ideas that will help me and wont cost a lot Thanks

Post By Christin (Guest Post)

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I attended a beatiful and elegant Fall Wedding in the county. The reception was help in a barn. Budget was not an issue, the plaaner was clever enough to know where to save money. She saved up the large plastic jugs from apple juice. Bought a roll of natural colored burlap. She cut out a big square of burlap, placed a jug in the center and gathered it up around the neck and tied it at the top with natural rafia ribbon and let a bunch hanging, about a foot or so. The top edges of the fabric fell over the ribbin a bit and were frayed. We filled the jugs with water, cut the stems short on two huge sunflowers and placed them in the jugs with some greeenery. It was so simple, cheap and oh so beautiful. The table was balanced with a crisp white table cloth, gold, rustic chargers, antique gold silver ware, simple cream china and napkins tide with rafia.

Post By Betty Jean - Brooklyn, NY (Guest Post)

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I am getting married as well on May 29, 2004!!! I am also trying to get ideas for centerpieces. Unfortunately, I am having a big wedding with 30 tables to accomodate for.

One inexpensive idea I have is to put several votive holders on a mirror. Accent the mirror with rose petals or glass beads. You can also decorate the votive holders with ribbon (to match your wedding colors). Votive holders are less than 1.00 ea. and the mirrors can be bought at any craft store fairly cheap.

Post By Stephanie from Indiana (Guest Post)

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I just saw on TLC on their show For Better or Worse a really cute idea. Buy blank cd-r's and burn cds with all of your's and your intended's favorite love songs and place them in plain jewel cases. On the front take a picture of the two of you together printed off your computer so you can fit at least four per sheet and glue it to the front of the case. Prop it on a candle and place loose flower petals around it. They were personal, charming and cheap.

Post by Suzanne S.

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For our wedding our hotel had simple mirrors they let us borrow for free that we put in the middle of the table. We then spread rose petals over the class. Looked very elegant and I think all 30 table were done for like $50.

Post By Amy Hornek (Guest Post)

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Looking to make my own centerpieces for a sept wedding. I am thinking something with candals. Any suggestions? oh, I need 40 of them!
Any feed back will be helpful.
Gina

Post By Gina (Guest Post)

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Here's a great inexpensive centerpiece idea that I used for my wedding and haven't seen ANYWHERE else yet...I took three boxes (like a shirt box you would use to wrap clothing as a gift), in all different shapes and sizes, and I wrapped 2 in gold foil wrapping paper and 1 in silver foil wrapping paper (or vice versa). I bought it online & saved quite a bit because I purchased large rolls by bulk. Then I bought 2 inch wide wire rimmed ribbon (gold & silver again) and I tied it around the 3 stacked boxes with a bow at the top. I left plenty of ribbon hanging down & then shaped it to make it look wavy. They were elegant, bright, and best of all, no clean up. Everything went right in the trash afterwards & I don't have forty "what do I do with these now" vases taking up space in my basement. Another perk, I had plenty of wrapping paper left over that I use for all occasions. You could use any paper you wanted, with any color or theme, but foil or shiny would definitely be best. Very eye-catching! (Posted for a reader)

Post by ThriftyFun

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I got married in Feb.and did it all myself, food and all. for my centerpieces, I got small votives from a dollar store, clear ones and since my colors were burgundy, pink and white I put big white table cloths, then layered with a small burgundy table cloth at an angle. I used white and burgundy round candles in the holders and bought some cheap fake ivy and curled it around the holders with a tail streaming off. On the bride and grooms table I put a large candle (White with the same idea. I also spinkled conifetti (bells and such all over the tables. We could dim the lights and it looked very nice.
- susan

Post by byrdnezt

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The biggest wedding I ever attended had centerpieces that were made up of a vase and flowers. The vase was made of a clear tube of glass. The bottom of the tube was shaped like a heart and the ends of the tube opened up to hold one flower each-try your local craft store. Less flowers save money. Another idea I have seen is getting baskets, they don't have to match, and could be bought at a thrift store. Fill the baskets with tissue paper to match the decorations. Then add flowering plants in the plastic trays that are usually used for planting in the garden. These trays are sold in the garden section of the store and are not pretty the way they are, but the basket and tissue paper conceal the fact that they are not yet planted. I got to take the plants home and had lovely begonias in the garden ever after that. Congratulations and best wishes!

Post by katkitkat

I got married last May

I got married last May. About three months earlier, I bought ivy (grocery store or nursery has them cheap). I let them grow a little, and then about 3 weeks before the wedding I repotted them in terra cotta pots that I had spraypainted white. I tied a ribbon around the pots. In the middle of each plant, I put a gardenia stem that I had gotten for 50% off (spring sale) at the craft store. I had one placed at each table. I received so many complements from them and they looked so professional. For 12 centerpieces I spent a total of $85.00. If you have a few months, check the store for sales and buy it as you go along.

Jackie

Post by admin2

Floating candles

I have seen beautiful displays done with candles. Floating candles can be displayed quite elegantly... I've seen the floating candles displayed in a nice glass container with clipped carnations or rose blooms floating intermixed. Fill up clear clean mayonnaise jars with potpourri and than find a votive candle holder that will fit inside the top of the jar. One person I know twined in the "pearls" found at craft stores in with the potpourri.

Hope this helps get some creative juices going for Kathy.

Vivian

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flower arrangement

When I got married, over 20 years ago, someone gave us a flower arrangement of Fall flowers, stuck in fake moss covered foam, wrapped in burlap, with a ribbon tied around the top. I saw some pictures just like the one I received in a home decor demonstration catalog for around $25.

If you, or anyone you know is crafty or good at flower arranging, try looking for sales at craft stores, visiting discount and dollar stores for flowers. Buy some "flower arranging foam", cut into the shape you want, top with fake moss, and wrap with cloth or burlap. Then arrange the flowers in the foam.

For a wedding decoration, some kind of white cloth, or large fancy white handkerchief [maybe with a satin like or brocade type of finish] tied with a silver ribbon around the foam, and using the flowers of your choice.

Lots of craft stores (Frank's) have sales on all the time. If you have a discount type store (we have Forman Mills, National Wholesalers Warehouse) near you, try there, or check out the dollar stores, for the flowers and some kind of cloth squares.

KayD

Post by admin2

Glass Bowl

What I did for my wedding was that I took a glass bowl available in most craft stores for about a dollar and filled it on the bottom with some colored glass half marble pieces that usually run for about a dollar or two for a bag. I put just enough to cover the bottom of the vase then I filled it with water and added a floating candle. I put this in the middle of a flower ring. To finish off I added a ribbon and bow around the edge of the vase-bowl. When you light the candle the marbles at the bottom reflect there color and sparkle. It's inexpensive, simple yet more original than flower centerpieces. If you play your cards right these centerpieces can be done for about 3-4 dollars.

Jackie

Post by admin2

Frugal Centerpiece

I had the same dilemma 9 years ago. We were on a pretty tight budget, and after a lot of thinking, I came up with this idea:

In the middle of our round reception tables, a square cloth napkin in our wedding color, pink, was opened up to lay flat in the middle of the table. On top of the napkin, we placed a square mirror at an angle. On top of the mirror, we put a champagne bucket which we filled with ice and a bottle of champagne for the toast. Attached to the champagne bucket was 3 pink and white helium balloons, tied to the bucket with pink and white curling ribbon. As a final touch, we scattered all over the top of the table, little pieces of the curled ribbon, and tiny silver wedding bell confetti that I found at a stationary store.

Total cost? The cloth napkins, mirrored tile and champagne buckets were provided by the hall we rented. We purchased the balloons, ribbon, and confetti, and helium for the balloons. I can't remember the cost, but it was CHEAP! We thought the results were spectacular. Hope this idea gives you some ideas!

Marci - Colorado Springs, CO

Post by admin2

White candles

I went to an evening wedding/reception recently. The front of the church was full of white candles in many shades and sizes. Similar large candles were used as centerpieces at the reception. It was very elegant and lovely.

Cathy

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