Do It Yourself Wedding Centerpieces

Do It Yourself Wedding Centerpieces

If you need to stay within a budget for your wedding, making your wedding centerpieces can certainly save quite a bit of money. The easiest way to save on your centerpieces is to use flowers that are in season. In the fall, think mums and sunflowers. Winter weddings, choose poinsettias, which are gorgeous alone on a table. Spring wedding centerpieces should use daffodils and tulips. And for summer wedding decorations, you really have a world of options but take a look at the many wildflowers that are blooming where you live. You may be able to visit your local farmer’s market 2 weeks or so before you wedding and select from the many beautiful wildflowers in season.

Another great way to save on both your wedding favors and wedding centerpieces is to combine the two together. Start by choosing an interesting vase to hold the seasonal flowers you have already selected. When arranging your flowers, it’s important to have many different heights to be interesting to the eye. For example, in your fall arrangement, you can use taller sunflowers and greens mixed with shorter cut orange and rust colored mums. The varying heights automatically create drama for your arrangement. 

If you have decided on your wedding favors, fantastic. If not, there are many options. You may want to purchase your favors or you may choose to make your wedding favors. It’s really up to you. If you’ve decided to purchase your favors, selecting inexpensive wedding favors under $1 will keep the cost of each centerpiece including the flowers that you’ve arranged along with the vase plus your party favors less than $25 each for a table of eight guests. 

Another easy centerpiece for do it yourself-ers is to use fruit. What would be more beautiful for a summer wedding centerpiece than a tall glass container or vase filled with different citrus like oranges, limes, and lemons. The burst of color is pleasing and just brings the sunshine to your guests’ tables.

Here are other great ideas to consider:

1. Wildflower arrangements with the bottles of the wine you have selected along with the guests’ wine glasses. Arranged in the center of the table for a European feel.
2. Three square glass vases filled 1/3 of the way with glass marbles that match your wedding colors. Place floating candles in each vase and light when guests begin to sit for dinner. Works for both sit down dinners and buffet dinners.
3. Candles, candles, candles. What is more romantic that just plain candles? Choose a matching or complimentary color and place 3 different sized pillar candles tied with ribbons in the center of each table.
4. Want to make your wedding centerpieces ahead of time and check this project off your list?  Select dried flowers!  You can make any type of floral arrangement imaginable with dried flowers – and if you coincide your shopping to the end of the season you will be getting married – you can save a bundle!  For example, summer wedding? Shop in July and August the year before your wedding day.

Be creative and you will not only save quite a bit on this important wedding decoration, but your do it yourself wedding centerpieces will be talked about for years to come!