Crafty Centerpiece Round Up

Crafty Centerpiece Round Up

April 6th, 2009 @ 1:58 pm by Mrs. D'orsay

I have a confession: for almost a year I’ve been heavily addicted to the site One Pretty Thing. I check it daily and have been saving DIY projects from it for a long time. I just wanted to share some of my recently featured favorites with the hive.

If you like Mrs. Pineapple’s clay flowers (and you’d like to take them on yourself) check out this Martha tutorial:

I love, love, LOVE terrariums and succulents; these would make fantastic centerpieces. Not to mention, they’re the kind of centerpiece that you can take home and will last for a long while. Can’t you just imagine these surrounded by tiny votives?

These waxed flowers (from Martha) seem out of my league but the comments make it sound like a great project!

Can you tell how much I love succulents yet? As a former Arizonian I really can’t get enough of them. I even drove a poor baby Organ Pipe cactus all over the United States in my trunk because I couldn’t part with it! Mr. D and I have debated about using succulents or not, and we still haven’t decided (I can’t believe we’ve honestly be discussing these for 8 months). These are intended as favors, but I could easily see them placed on a table with votives. If you mixed up the potting height, they’d also be great as stand-alone centerpieces/favors (favorpieces?).

The Cherry Blossom Festival is about to kick off in DC. If you’d like to bring the outdoors in to your wedding, you can try these cherry blossom centerpieces from (who else?) Martha.

Who knows what Ikebana means? I didn’t until I checked out these flower arrangements. We’ll be doing a take off of the curly willow/orchid arrangement, but with delphiniums and curly willow (on the card tables, etc.).

Okay, I know this might feel like a DIY/Martha overdose, but I had to share one more. This one doesn’t contain flowers - they’re luminaries from Martha. I honestly squealed when I saw these!

Ahhh, too much inspiration! Where do you find your inspiration for DIY centerpieces?

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17 Responses to “Crafty Centerpiece Round Up”

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Steph921 (message) 190 posts, Blushing bee

Those are gorgeous! I love the cherry blossom piece!

4/6/09 @ 2:07 pm (reply)

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MsAnnaLytical (message) 306 posts, Helper bee

I too am obsessed with Martha. I also go to OnceWed.com, as well as The Knot. I get 75% less work done since I discovered these websites, haha! Thanks for posting these ideas- I especially like the succulents as favors idea!

4/6/09 @ 2:08 pm (reply)

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Lillindy (message) 4,236 posts, Honey bee

That last photos is GORGEOUS!!! Great finds!

4/6/09 @ 2:09 pm (reply)

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iviary (message) 179 posts, Blushing bee

I’m totally do this Martha tutorial:
http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/good-things/dinner-at-dusk-paper-lanterns

Super-simple and I loooove it.

4/6/09 @ 2:22 pm (reply)

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MsFern (message) 13 posts, Newbee

I love the idea of doing mini cacti in a grouping for the centerpiece, which can be broken down into favors for guests - brilliant!

We’re doing medium-sized potted ferns for our centerpieces. If I hadn’t already bought the pots, I’d consider doing a bunch of mini ferns.

4/6/09 @ 2:33 pm (reply)

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dmitchell08 (message) 256 posts, Helper bee

I love the clay flowers I will be trying that as my DIY for my bridesmaids, I saw it on Etsy too so if all fails then thats where I will be buying mine thing too, hers are sooo pretty!

4/6/09 @ 3:06 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Flamingo (message) 1,267 posts, Bumble bee

I love those luminarias too… they are so simple and elegant. Sorry Im not much help. Just know you have great inspiration. they are all so pretty!

4/6/09 @ 3:30 pm (reply)

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mandalynn17 (message) 1,071 posts, Bumble bee

I too, love One Pretty Thing. I just wish that it actually showed up in Google Reader, instead of having to click over to the site every day.

4/6/09 @ 4:10 pm (reply)

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MightySapphire (message) 2,608 posts, Sugar bee

I recently got into ProjectWedding…I love the diversity of the ideas!

4/6/09 @ 4:36 pm (reply)

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leenmachine (message) 258 posts, Helper bee

Thank you for this! I’ve gone through about 5 trials with my centerpieces and I’m getting so frustrated! I might try those paper cherry blossoms!

4/6/09 @ 4:48 pm (reply)

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JennyBryde (message) 1,148 posts, Bumble bee

Beautiful! I’m feeling inspired!!

4/6/09 @ 5:03 pm (reply)

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Sarah

I found a little free “candlescape” tutorial in the beading section of a JoAnn fabrics, years upon years ago, and slightly adapted it for our centerpieces. We just had different heights of white pillar candles wrapped in wire and beads (one candle was actually “wearing” a bracelet, which became a prize for a word game printed in the program), on round mirrors we got for hella cheap from Oriental Trading. And where the original candlescape had sand, we used custom M&Ms.

4/6/09 @ 5:21 pm (reply)

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Miss Duckling (message) 1,349 posts, Bumble bee

I love one pretty thing too!! Such great diy inspiration!

4/6/09 @ 6:44 pm (reply)

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frenchbulldog (message) 6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

How have I never heard of One Pretty Thing?
I love the succulents… if we’re went trying to add color to an already green outside reception I would definitely do succulents.

4/6/09 @ 7:38 pm (reply)

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Miss Crab Cake (message) 818 posts, Busy bee

I love one pretty thing!! I save a lot of centerpiece stuff for future home design! Can y’all tell I’ve moved on?

4/6/09 @ 9:51 pm (reply)

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LzzNYC (message) 877 posts, Busy bee

The luminaries are wonderful!!! I’m currently working through centerpiece ideas.. so many beautiful ones out there! How do you get them to the site and back wherever? Who cleans it up at the end of the night? That’s the stuff that I’m going to have to work out….

4/7/09 @ 9:20 am (reply)

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Sar10628 (message) 2 posts, Wannabee

I bought a bunch of the Martha Stewart paper flower kits from Walmart and used the pieces as templates on paper in my wedding colors! All the flowers in my wedding will be paper!

4/8/09 @ 5:32 pm (reply)