Wedding Wednesdays: Tablescapes & Decor

• Make sure the flowers you choose are in season. If they are in season, this can lessen the price by up to half.
• Don’t be afraid to do DIY flowers. Feel free to dig into flower magazine’s archives for DIY ideas. This is a good place to get started.
• Real Simple Magazine also has a great feature on turning grocery flowers into bouquets- check out the pictures here.
• If you like the look of big, tall centerpieces, do ¼ of the arrangements at your reception like that while the rest are smaller and reflecting the same colors. See examples here from Jessica’s wedding:
  
  
  
• Have your florist use the bridesmaids’ bouquets at the reception for décor as well.
• Use one big statement centerpiece at your wedding ceremony, that way you don’t have to do a ton of smaller arrangements. You can see ours below.
  

• Consider using markers on the aisles for just the family rows vs. all of them, like we did at our wedding.
  
• Use a small, less grandiose bouquet for the traditional bouquet toss, or just use one of your bridesmaid’s bouquets.
• Charley, one of our readers, sent this picture showing you can use baby’s breath attractively to get a lot of bang for your buck.

• My husband and I used banners with our new initial on them for the front doors to save on cost.
  
• The biggest thing you will find to be helpful, most likely, will be a flexible florist who is eager to work within your budget and be suggestive as to how to make what you like being reflected at a lesser cost.

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