Weddingbee Blog

One of the best things about getting married in a botanical garden is that we don’t have to spend a ton of money on flowers. We’re getting married among the flowers! But the reception area is in a stone courtyard and will be tented. It’s pretty, but we’re going to get a few flowers as centerpieces to brighten it up.

I’d originally wanted to do the flowers myself, but then I spoke to a really sweet florist about a month ago, and her prices are right. I haven’t booked her yet, but I’m most likely going to. I told her how my mom and I are collecting vintage glass vases with the plan to put about three on a table, with two to three flowers in each, and how we plan to put maybe two glass votives on each table as well. She suggested that I buy some pretty squares of fabric on which to place the whole setup, which I thought was a great idea.

A few weeks ago, while Googling, I found this photo, which is almost exactly what I had in mind!

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And then, a couple weeks later (yeah, I’m totes late in the game), I discovered Spoonflower, where you can upload your own design and buy fabric, or buy fabric that someone else designed.

So I’m going to order squares of this fabric for my tables. Here are the fabrics I’m leaning toward.

(images from Spoonflower, collage by me)

I think it’ll be adorable on a plain white tablecloth, and that way I won’t have to pay extra money for rented table overlays. Plus, I can take the fabric home and make pillows afterward!

The only thing I need to figure out now is the table numbers. I originally wanted to make large candle-holder table numbers out of tin cans, but I think it might be too much with the vases, flowers, and fabric, so I might do a Polaroid-type look. If anyone knows where I can find cheap table-number holders, let me know!

What are you doing for centerpieces? Would you consider using swatches of printed fabric on your tabletops?