DIY - Centerpieces

Here is a super easy way to create your own centerpieces at a very reasonable price.

If you live near an Old Time Pottery visit them first for the best prices. Look for vases in either cylinder or square shapes, select a shape that is easy to wrap like a present. By this point you should have chosen a color scheme for your wedding, so find a large roll of quality wrapping paper in your colors. Some cheaper wrapping paper is very thin and rips very easily, try to find a thicker quality paper that you love.

For my wedding, as pictured above, I used rectangled 4x6 vases with black and white damask wrapping paper, ribbon and jewels. I found a huge roll of damask wrapping paper at Hobby Lobby after Christmas for 50% off. They really have some beautiful wrapping paper at Christmas time that doesn't necessarily look Christmasy.

Supplies:

Cylinder or square shaped vases

Wrapping paper

Double-sided tape

Varying sizes of ribbon

Stick on jewels (found in the scrapbooking section of craft stores)

Fabric or craft glue

All you do is wrap the vase like a present using the double-sided tape on the inside seem so you don't see the shine of tape on the finished product. Next, glue a wide piece of ribbon to the paper covered vase, then glue a smaller piece of ribbon in an alternate color and/or pattern over the first ribbon. Randomly place jewels on the ribbon, though you may want to re-enforce them with glue to ensure they don't fall off.

This is really such an easy and inexpensive way to have custom vases to show off your beautiful flowers. It took three of us just a couple of hours to decorate 20 vases. I hope you'll be as satisfied with your vases as I was with mine!