Flowers are expensive. A magazine I just read said that a bride in Arkansas would need a floral budget of at least $1500-$2000! The sad part is that you can only use them on the day of your wedding, you cant keep them forever or pass them down to your daughter.Traditional cut flowers are beautiful, but come with a high cost to you and to the environment. Instead of cut flowers, why not choose an alternative for your centerpieces, bouquets, and accessories?
Do you want something fragrant? Try potted herbs. Affordable and chic, herbs will fill your ceremony and reception with natural, relaxing aromas. Mini rosemary plants make great wedding favors that can be used year round. Lavendar, mint, lemongrass and sage can be arranged to create fantastic centerpieces and bridal bouquets. Filling tall vases with fruit adds dramatic effect to a simple arrangement that can use local greenery and tree branches. If you’re a bride on a budget who loves lavish, over-the-top decor, using large containers for centerpieces is a great way to achieve the look you love. Make it affordable by renting the large clear vases or containers. Fill with lemons, limes, or oranges, and use local vegetation in place of flowers. Paper flowers are a modern, chic alternative to living blooms. They can be made from recycled paper in any color or style your heart desires. Scatter matching paper blooms across banquet tables, arrange in vases (no water needed!), and pin to the lapels of grooms and groomsmen. A miniature chessboard is a fun and unusual way to create a wedding centerpiece. It can be enhanced with the use of chess pieces sculpted from glass and wood. Consider combining some of the brooch bouquet elements into simple-yet-elegant arrangements. You could use a jewel base and add some wild grasses, herbs, or succulents to complete the look.
Once you open your eyes to the world of possibilities beyond flowers, you’ll see opportunities to create unique wedding décor absolutely everywhere. Beach brides can use coral, shells, and sea stones in their centerpieces. You can even use favorite items from your home, like stacks of books and keepsake boxes. Try repurposing things you’d otherwise throw away, like wine bottles and corks.
Below are some fun and dramatic centerpiece ideas.
Do you want something fragrant? Try potted herbs. Affordable and chic, herbs will fill your ceremony and reception with natural, relaxing aromas. Mini rosemary plants make great wedding favors that can be used year round. Lavendar, mint, lemongrass and sage can be arranged to create fantastic centerpieces and bridal bouquets. Filling tall vases with fruit adds dramatic effect to a simple arrangement that can use local greenery and tree branches. If you’re a bride on a budget who loves lavish, over-the-top decor, using large containers for centerpieces is a great way to achieve the look you love. Make it affordable by renting the large clear vases or containers. Fill with lemons, limes, or oranges, and use local vegetation in place of flowers. Paper flowers are a modern, chic alternative to living blooms. They can be made from recycled paper in any color or style your heart desires. Scatter matching paper blooms across banquet tables, arrange in vases (no water needed!), and pin to the lapels of grooms and groomsmen. A miniature chessboard is a fun and unusual way to create a wedding centerpiece. It can be enhanced with the use of chess pieces sculpted from glass and wood. Consider combining some of the brooch bouquet elements into simple-yet-elegant arrangements. You could use a jewel base and add some wild grasses, herbs, or succulents to complete the look.
Once you open your eyes to the world of possibilities beyond flowers, you’ll see opportunities to create unique wedding décor absolutely everywhere. Beach brides can use coral, shells, and sea stones in their centerpieces. You can even use favorite items from your home, like stacks of books and keepsake boxes. Try repurposing things you’d otherwise throw away, like wine bottles and corks.
Below are some fun and dramatic centerpiece ideas.
I love the fourth center piece, I think even more than flowers. I would love to combine that with pretty branches with paper flowers glued on.
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That would look amazing. If you ever do that, please send a picture. I would love to post it.
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