Grow your own centerpiece

Many brides today are looking for centerpieces and wedding ideas that will look awesome, be budget conscious and unique. For this reason I love the idea of grass. You can grow it in vases, boxes or even on cloth. Use it to make centerpieces or as table runners the ideas are endless.

Vegetables, herbs & grasses as centerpieces

I was reading Flower Power by Rebecca Cole the other day and was reminded once again how wonderful and unique it is to use vegetables and herbs with flowers for centerpieces. Some of my favorite I have seen begin with the beautiful orange color of the carrot. You can use carrots to line the inside of a vase, and flowers or just use them alone with their magical feathery tops.

Carrot in a square vase with their feathery tops

Nothing is prettier than sunflowers. You can add the red ones as well

The carrots and yellow roses are stunning / The other vase is filled with lettuce and purple hyacinth

These carrots are placed bottom side down and lined with greens then the roses are added.

When you use vegetables choose the ones with great tops like radishes or beets, the tops are bright and colorful and add a lot of festive color to your tables.

Radishes in a jar ad lodes of color

This vase is filled with mini beet tops but you could also use swiss chard.

These radishes are cut to look like flowers and placed in a simple vase.

This table is graced with the bounty of the garden. 

There are so many different types of veggies that work. Asparagus is very popular and can be used to line or wrap different vases, flowers or candles.. There beautiful color adds a great accent to any table.

White candles wrapped with asparagus placed in a silver tray

Asparagus on a white dessert plate filled with Dahlias.

What ever you are going for or theme you have if you want to use things that are natural and unique vegetables are the way to go. The other vegetable I love to use is cabbage, cabbage comes in wonderful shades of green or purple and there are ornamental cabbage as well, whether you use them alone or ad flowers there texture and color make everything look brighter.

Green Cabbage centerpiece

Green Cabbage in a metal bucket

Cabbage and evergreen

Cabbage and rose's 

Lisa, Larry, Lucy, Duke and I all went to the Portland Flower Mart today to do some looking for an upcoming wedding. The mart was a blaze with all the spring flowers, Gerber Daisy's, Hydrangeas, Calla, Lilly's to name a few. There are so many beautiful flowers to take advantage of in spring bouquets but my favorite is the ever friendly Hydrangia just check out what you can do with them for your big day.

Hydrangeas, Roses and Iris

White Hydrangea Bouquet

Blue Hydrangea Bouquet

Blue & White Hydrangea centerpieces

White & Green Hydrangea Bouquet

Blue Hydrangea with Calla Lilly Bouquet

Bird-nests for Ring Bearer

Birdsnests for the Ring Bearer  05/20/2012 0 Comments   I had been thinking about a cute idea for the Ring Bearer to carry the rings in. The other day my husband found the cutest birds nest lying in the road and we both went what a perfect idea for the rings. I did a search and guess what! Yes many people have already thought of the idea but for those of you who are like me and just catching on here are some images I found. Add Comment

Wish Lanterns for Weddings

05/20/2012

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Here is another fabulous Idea for celebrating those special wedding moments. I love it because it can involve you whole wedding party and we all know that ceremony is what a wedding is all about. The Wish Lanterns can be sent off in the air with your wish in them. Do one or have one for everyone in the wedding.
Here are some vendors we like.
Wish Lanterns       Sky Lanterns