Hey party people!
Today is the second project I’m sharing for our Bridal Shower theme for this month. The great thing about this project is you can use it for a bridal shower, a wedding, a dinner party, or for your own family dinner. Here are some budget-friendly floral centerpiece ideas…
Not many people love flowers as much as I do. I have never, ever told my husband don’t spend money on flowers for me. I cannot get enough. Instead of being called the “cat lady,” you can call me the “flower lady.” If there were funny YouTube videos about flowers, I’d probably be watching them right now. ;p If I could afford it, I’d constantly have fresh flowers in every room of the house…yep…even the bathroom.
This should come as no surprise that I love having fresh flowers for my parties. The only problem is they can add up quick. Here’s a great idea you can do to save money on flowers but still create a beautiful centerpiece.
Instead of buying multiple bouquets of flowers for your centerpieces, take a glass vase, add a layer of pebbles, pour water until partially full, and then add one large bloom. Just cut it at the very top of the stem, below the bloom. Place it on the top of the water and you’ve got a beautiful & budget-friendly floral centerpiece. You can group these together in a set of three, using varying vase heights or you could add another vase with a floating candle instead of the bloom.
If the pebbles don’t really go with your entertaining style, try these options…
…use seaglass on the bottom of your vase…
…or, if you’re really going for a beachy feel, add some shells…
You can use any color of flower that you’d like. The bigger blooms are better (say that 3 times fast :)). The pink peony is a fake flower and the others are real. The faux flower worked fine, but it does soak up water faster than real blooms. The real blooms tend to float longer.
I can’t wait to show you how these turned out for my bridal shower! One more project next week & I’ll share the final reveal the following week.
Hope you have a cupcake-without-any-of-the-calories kinda day!
Party On!
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