Weddingbee Blog

We had our florist price out two different options for us. One was tulips underwater in a rented glass vase. The other was some different purple flowers in a 6″ blume box. Both options were priced at $10 a piece.

I bought my vases at the dollarama in my city. They were $2 a pop as well. My florist gave me the option of renting vases, which actually turned out to be more expensive than just purchasing them. I just could not understand how I could pay more for something guests couldn’t take home. In my circle of friends/family; guests are often invited to participate in a “challenge” to win the centerpiece at their table (mine’s going to be simple: guest with birthday closest to my wedding day will win– that way my dad and my fiance’s dad will win )… and this fit the bill really well. I opted to have my centerpieces done instead of DIY’ing it.. the venue is farrr and their access times are tight. The peace of mind of having someone else do it all for me is worth it at $40/table (for a nice full assorted shades of pink rose bouquet centerpiece.)

(also, incidentally, on a sidenote, they are opening North America’s LARGEST IKEA in my home city within the next few years. It currently boasts North America’s SMALLEST IKEA.. which is really funny to make that gigantic leap … Can’t wait.)

I used these for our centerpieces at our wedding in September ‘07. They were placed three on a table with a chocolate brown silk table runner. I used pink gerbera daisies (a grocery store ordered them in for me) with the brown centers (just one per each vase) and also added a folded over long leaf and added taller willow branches…People fought over them at the end of the night so I was glad that I chose to do my own centerpieces. Good Choice!