Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces

RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By nina (Guest Post) (11/08/2007) I am doing my own center pieces currently and they are cheap 5 dollars per table. At walmart they have crystal looking beads in the arts and crafts section we are string them together I have 250 strands with 8 beads each on them then we hit the dollar store and got the talest vases 1.00 each ... I put every one i knew on long skinny stick patrol so the vases are filled with long branches from the branches we are hanging the crystals 20-30 per each vase filled with branches. also at my dollar store they have wedding party favors that look like mini gift bags. they are about 2.5 inches tall , i bought tea lamps in bulk and placed them in the mini gift bags. the tea lamps are enough to light up the crystal beads... and the whole table just glows and it give off alot of drama RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By lizelle klopper (Guest Post) (01/30/2007) another idea is to get a square glass bowl put white pebbles at the bottom fill it almost all the way to the top and add open roses or white daisies you can spray them into a colour of your choice with floating candles go to www.egos.co.za for an example of what it would look like i am having the bowls made for me. RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By TIPADEE1 (Guest Post) (05/08/2006) HI, MY MOTHER IN LAW IS GETTING MARRIED IN JUNE AND THE WEDDING IS ALSO ON A TIGHT BUDGET, I HIT THE LOCAL DOLLAR STORES, I PURCHASED FLOWER CANDLE RINGS , SOME GLASS ROCKS, SMALL CANDLES AND THOSE GLASS "FISH BOWL" VASES AND SOME RIBBON. I ANM GOING TO PUT THE VASE IN THE FLOWER CANDLE RING, PUT SOME OF THE CLEAR (OR YOU CAN USE COLORED STONES) IN THE BOTTOM OF THE VASE PUT A SMALL CANDLE IN THE CENTER AND TIE SOME RIBBON AROUND THE TOP OF THE VASE BELOW THE WAVY DESIGN, TULLE OR PEARLS TIED AROUND IT WILL ASO WORK AND YOU COULD EVEN ADD A FER OF THOSE RIBBON ROSES IN THE CENTER AND YOU HAVE A LOVELY CENTERPIECE. RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post by arachels (1) | (06/08/2005) Contact My sister and I are also doing our parents 50th.For centerpieces I used terra cotta pots pics in my album under 50th http://www.picturetrail.com/arachels .This isn't expensive.hubby cooking Bar-b-Que. Sister making memory cards and video of the past Thanks to all for the other neat ideas also. RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post by MommyNikki (4) | (03/12/2005) Contact I too am getting married in June, 2006 though, and am on a very tight budget. Just some thoughts and ideas I've had were silk flowers - from say Micheals- and maybe gift bags as center pieces, doubled as favors... fill them with little bubble bottles, maybe a "personalized" writting pen - this you could get from somewhere like office depot (not too badly priced). I was also thinking maybe putting some homemade candy wrapped up in the bags... jsut something to think about I'm sure... Happy hunting and good luck. Anyone with any suggestions for me... feel free I could use all I can get. RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By alana (Guest Post) (02/21/2005) hey christin, i can understand your dilemma. my fiance and i are getting married june 04 next year.. and i cant find anything that appeals to me to use as centerpieces. my colors are mocha, lilac, lavendar and cream. so if anyone knows what i could do i wouldn't mind some ideas. RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By Julep (Guest Post) (02/08/2005) A cheap romantic way to light the table would be paper lanterns. You can suspend 1-2 above the tables. On the tables keep it simple and clean, thats always the best charm for a classic feel. Use daisies in your colors to float along with candles. If you dont have Ikea like the other girl said, go online or Big Lots. Or if you would like a rustic feel with the flowers and centerpiece make the paper lanterns that people use during the holidays. Also you could stagger different pcitures of you and your hubby along with friends around the tables. This gives a very initimate feel, and fun for everyone to compare pictures and celebrate you guys! I hope this helped and congrats!!! RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By Tonya (Guest Post) (02/08/2005) I too am getting married in June, and am on a budget. We are making copies of out favorite pictures of the two of us (40 cents a piece at Wal-Mart) to place in simple silver frames (2 for a dollar at a dollar store, but very pretty). The pictures are going to be surrounded in a ring of tea light candels (100 for $5) in glass tea light holders (3 for a dollar at a craft store), then we are laying two roses on the table directly in front of the picture and then scattering rose petals all over the table. RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By guest (Guest Post) (01/30/2005) I was married in July of 2004 and had to plan a wedding for 150 people with only $2,000 dollars to spend and it was beautiful. This is what we did for our centerpieces. we used a large white pillar candle in the center of the table with a white/blue candle ring around it that we found for only a dollar a piece at a local dollar store. then around the main candle we put three small candles in crystal-looking candle holders. all of the candles and candle holders we found at Big Lots for $.99-pillar candle, $1-4 small candles, and $.50-for the small candle holders. Then we sprinkled small love doves we found at our dollar store (about 50- package) around the table. it was great! I hope this helped. Goodluck! RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By (Guest Post) (01/27/2005) My best friend used this and it was cheap and unique. She did candles, but flowers would be great and you would only need a few to show off the "gel". From plantgel.com WEDDINGS AND PARTIES We all would love to have our special occasion be remembered and talked about for days to come, so why not do something different and unique? Use Plant Gel to create lovely decorative centerpieces, that match your color scheme, for those special occasions. You can use it with candles or cut flowers. Leaving the Gel clear, and using it with a candle provides an illuminating effect for your centerpiece. Makes a great take home item for the lucky winner at each table, too! RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By ATM (Guest Post) (01/27/2005) Congrats on your wedding! I too married "on the cheap." Keep in mind that all the beautifully dressed people at your wedding (especially you and the wedding party) will provide a great deal of decoration! So if your reception hall looks rather bleak when empty, don't worry -- once everyone arrives, it will look very festive and your photos will be lovely. Decorate a few important areas and don't worry about covering everything. Likewise, the tables will look great with everyone seated with their food and drink! Keep the table centerpieces low so they don't tip over and people can see each other. A glass bowl with candles and a few fresh flowers floating in it would be beautiful. Know anyone with a flower garden? If you have Ikea in your area, they sell floating candles very cheap. Also look for glass containers there. Thin silver ribbon in loose curls on the table around the bowls could add a little extra touch. To increase the reflection of the candles, you can put a mirror tile under the bowls (they have these at party rental centers). RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By (Guest Post) (01/27/2005) If you could find a bunch of small pillar candles in your wedding colors - or even just plain white ones, which would probably be the least expensive - use a needle to attach fake flower buds all around them and make the candle look as though it's made of flowers. RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By April (Guest Post) (01/27/2005) Also, you can save the half price coupons at Michael's to buy these supplies. When we were getting married, all of our friends collected the half off one item coupons for us and we bought all of the materials for our invitations, centerpieces, and flowers there. RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post by Keena (4) | (01/27/2005) Contact Congrats! When I got married in Sept. of '02, we didn't have a lot of money to spend on anything! Luckily, for me, my sister is extremely creative, and she used to be a florist. She came up with all kinds of ideas for our arrangements, and the centerpieces. Thanks to her, we spent $25 on 13 centerpieces. We bought glass cylinders (vases, without any curves or decorations), and put a piece of fake ivy in them with enough water to cover it and to allow for a floating candle. Then around the bottom we draped colored tuelle, but you could use ribbon. They were beautiful, and cheap. You could also just use a small vase with a single flower, and a bow tied around it. Good luck! RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By Jill (Guest Post) (01/26/2005) Congratulations! I have a couple ideas for you. You could rent a tank of helium and blow up a few balloons in your colors and tie to a weight (rock or sand) wrapped in foil in your colors. We had an aunt who did this for us. She also made a beautiful arch out of balloons tied together with fish line. I have also heard that floral shops and some reception halls will rent those little glass bowls which you could do any number of things with. You could also buy some of the pre-cut confetti and scatter it on the tables. Or you could make your own. Happy Wedding! RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post by lannwashburn (12) | (01/26/2005) Contact well, I didn't have money for my wedding either, we got married by a judge, had no reception, but then, I didn't have any family, nor did hubby, and we didn't have friends to invite either, so that made it easy. I saw no need for an expensive wedding gown I would only wear once, so instead I bought a nice dress from the sale rack, and hubby just wore slacks and a dress shirt and tie. but you could still go cheap, a marriage is not made by the wedding ceremony, but by the two people who are bound together in the marriage. you don't need all that fancy stuff. RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By LesleyBee (Guest Post) (01/26/2005) Congrats on your upcoming nuptuals! I got married last June and found myself in a similar situation. I decided on using plants as my centerpieces. I grew some of the plants from seed and used some potted orchids that I got at a clearance sale. I got some cheap terra cotta pots and "antiqued" them by rubbing a mixture of white paint and water on the outside with a dry rag. (There are many web sites that will teach you how to antique terra cotta, I suggest using the advice on one of those.) I gathered some small river rocks from our local stream and placed those around the potted flowers. I also placed white votive candles around as well. The total cost came to be about $5.00 per table! I would suggest trying a wide variety of seeds for flowers. My mother has a green thumb or else I might have been nervous about the venture! I had many people jump in to help with the painting of the pots and the growing of flowers. You can also use potted flowering plants from a nursery. I hope that this helps you out and I hope you have a beautiful wedding day! RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post By Ml (Guest Post) (01/26/2005) I saw this idea on TV. They used a big glass bowl (like a fish bowl) and put coloured rocks in the bottom (could be any colours) and then added tulips so that they were vertical against the glass (the tips of the flowers were close to the top of the bowl) and were anchored by the rocks all the way around the bowl then added water and had a floating candle. I hope you can picture it, it is hard to explain but it was beautiful! I am getting married in June as well and I think it is "normal" for the couples to try and be a frugal as possible, gone are the days when the parents with deep pockets pay for all! RE: Ideas for June Wedding Centerpieces Post by vinnyswoman (8) | (01/26/2005) Contact Congratulations! I saw some really nice ideas with candles and lights in Meijers. I don't remember them being that expensive, but then I'm not shopping for a wedding right now either, but you could use the ideas and make the items yourself. Just a side note, my hubby and I have been married for almost 10 yrs and we spent under $2000 for our wedding (that's including my beautiful dress, maid of honor's dress, guy's suits and catering). It wasn't lavish but we weren't lacking for anything either. My employer (unbeknownst to me) paid for my bouquet and flowers for the wedding party as a wedding gift and our cake was made by a family acquaintance as a gift. We prepared the music, decorations and favors. It can be done beautifully and inexpensively!