Searching for Centerpiece Creativity...

I am still trying to figure out what to do for our centerpieces. As you know, we have tons of vases - now we just figure out what to put in them! This picture was my original inspiration...

But I have found some other examples/ideas. I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions on these!

Give me some feedback. What do you like? What do you not like? I'd love to hear your ideas!

Vases, Vases, Everywhere!

I have vases coming out my ears. We are making our own centerpieces, so I am trying to find the right vases for the tables. I should have bought stock in Homegoods before all this wedding planning started. I was sitting on my couch earlier today, and was astounded by how many vases were in my immediate view. And that didn't count all of them upstairs. I found it funny so I thought I'd share my new livingroom decor...

(All those tall post-looking things are wrapped up vases). I haven't figured out which ones to use. We have found 8 of the ones in the first picture (not that you can see them well) at $12.99/each.

Then I found the ones in the second picture, for just $14.99! They are seriously about 30 inches tall. Mammoth vases!

I'm not sure the curly willow is the best look for them since they are so tall - maybe fill them with water with floating flowers? I'm scouring the Internet for centerpiece inspiration - any ideas where I should look?

Centerpiece Inspiration

Our wedding reception is being held at a lovely country club, in a room that has fabulous, very colorful decor. And happily, their decor is already in my wedding colors - crimson and champagne!

We will be making our own centerpieces, so a few weeks ago, my mom and older sister came to visit and hopefully get some inspiration. I loved the look of this centerpiece:

But we're not so sure about the hanging candles. My sister brought a vase she had in her house, bought some orchids (which were not expensive at all by the way) and we bought some curly willow. Oh, and I almost forgot the best part. We needed some greenery, so as we leave Pier1 with the curly willow, my sister starts grabbing branches off a bush out in front of the store. Hilarious. But this is what we came up with on a very first attempt:

Okay, so the vase needs to be taller, and perhaps the flowers a bit fuller, but I think we did pretty well for our first try! We are thinking about adding some hypericum berries, but I'm not sure how much more color we will need than that because of the decorations already in the room. We are also now playing with the idea of using three different centerpieces throughout the room, so stay tuned for more trial runs!

Are you making your own centerpieces? Where did you go for inspiration?