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So, I have a confession to make… I have an infatuation with trees. I am not quite sure where or when it started, but I have always admired the organic look of spiraling branches twisting and reaching up into the sky. There is something so lovely about the silhouette of a broad based tree with its intricate branches spreading across a red and purple horizon. It’s as if each branch were painted with a careful stroke onto the canvas sky.

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So why am I talking about my love for trees?

Well, the thing is I love them so, and want to somehow incorporate them into our wedding day. The trouble is that I am beginning to think our wedding is taking on an identity crisis and it doesn’t know what it wants to be. Can trees really be part of a vintage/vineyard themed wedding?

Well check this out: A wine grape bonsai tree

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How awesome would this be as a centerpiece!? All you would need to do is cover up the base with moss and strategically place tealights/votives around it with the occasional flower and bam! Awesome centerpiece! WRONG!!! the trouble here is the price. This cutie cute little “tree” doesn’t come with a cutie cute little price tag . Unfortunately these guys run around $100 + a piece which would be over $1000 dollars for 10 centerpieces. There is some light at the end of the tunnel though… they do have faux grape bonsai trees.

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These little guys are about half the price at $60 per tree. The downside here is that it’s not nearly as cool because it’s not living. I mean really, what would one do with 10-15 fake grape bonsais after the wedding? SIGH… and humpff. What’s a bride to do? Well, I can get creative and see what I can do with some grapes and grape wood branches:

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Have you run into roadblocks while planning your centerpieces? Is your wedding beginning to have an identity crisis? What is your theme and how are you incorporating it?