| So how do you find the perfect DIY centerpiece? | | | | For an oriental type of decoration spray-paint plain |
| First of all you have to determine the style of your | | | | branches in white or bright red. Fold some origami |
| wedding decoration: is it modern? Elegant? | | | | birds and add. Compliment with matching paper |
| Minimalistic? Exuberant? What are your wedding | | | | lanterns and use the wedding favors (chop sticks, |
| colours? An easy way to get yourself inspired is | | | | fans, Chinese style little money pouches) as part of |
| browsing sites like The Knot or bridal magazines, see | | | | the decoration. |
| what you like and then adapt the style. Try to think | | | | For a fall wedding use what nature has to offer: |
| outside the box, visit your local dollar store and see | | | | pumpkins in different sizes (you can get baby sized |
| what they have got that could work for you. Here | | | | ones at the farmers market or in garden centers), |
| are some ideas: | | | | sunflowers, leaves in bright colors (use artificial ones if |
| For a spring wedding get simple rectangular or square | | | | you don´t feel like hiking through the woods |
| glass bowls (or any similar container with a colour | | | | the day before your wedding). |
| that pairs well with fresh green), fill them with soil | | | | If you have your heart set on floral center pieces |
| from a garden-store and sow wheat grass or | | | | but don't want the hassle of nursing fresh flowers up |
| something similar. Once it has grown, you have a | | | | to the day of your wedding go for artificial ones. |
| wonderful base for any kind of spring decoration: | | | | They are easier to manage and your can prepare |
| single flowers in bright colors, eggs, little toy animals... | | | | them well in advance. If you decide on fresh flowers, |
| The possibilities are endless! | | | | enlist the help of friends and get them in bulk for |
| For a beach wedding get clear glass bowls, fill with | | | | wholesale prices or at a farmers market. |
| sand or pebbles, add sea shells from a dollar store (or | | | | You see there is a plethora of possibilities when it |
| your last beach holiday) and add a big pillar candle as | | | | comes to designing your diy wedding centerpieces. |
| a center. Compliment with smaller candles in clear | | | | Just start well ahead of time to gather ideas and to |
| glass candle holders (you can get very inexpensive | | | | get supplies. |
| ones at Amazon or at dollar stores). | | | | |