Tonight I tackled the centerpieces. I wanted to set one up to see what it looks like the night of the wedding. I'm in love. With the candles I think it will be PERFECT!
Below is a close-up shot of what's in the vase.
So to begin the Christmas Centerpiece, you will need the following items:
- 2 wine bottles per table
- 1 clear vase per table
- branches (my father found these cool red ones outside and sprayed them with a sealer to keep their color)
- small ornaments
- large ornaments
- vase filler:
- fake greenery (Hobby Lobby sells a pack of greenery sticks for like $2)
- cinnamon sticks (Hobby Lobby also sells a pack of cinnamon sticks for around $5)
- fake berries (hit the stores at Christmas time)
- more small ornaments
- burlap or festive ribbon
- material or a plate to set this all on (I got my shimmery gold material at Hobby Lobby. It is $5 for a 9 ft. long piece of fabric)
- twine
- festive paper
Of course you can leave any part out that isn't your style. I would say a table costs me somewhere around $5 a piece... that's a deal! I used my Hobby Lobby coupons, bought most of my items in January when all the Christmas stuff was on sale, and used a lot of things like branches and free wine bottles from my drinking friends :)
These branches were from our backyard. Like I said, my dad sprayed these with a sealer so they could keep their color all year long.
The wine bottles were easy to come by because my fiance's aunt is in a wine club. Just ask, people have those types of things usually! We soaked the wine bottles in hot water for about an hour and peeled the labels off. Some labels did not come easily and we had to scrape and use goo-gone. Some of the bottles that had painted on labels we wrapped in twine with hot glue.
The ornaments I also purchased at Hobby Lobby in January when everything was 80% off. One box of ornaments cost me about $.70. The gold material will be cut to be about 6 feet a table, which is plenty.
The packs of greenery look realistic, as do the cinnamon sticks. I bought long sticks of red berries and tore pieces off to add to the vase.
The centerpiece is pretty self explanatory. I just stuffed all of the "Christmasy stuff" into the vase so it filled up. I placed candles and ornaments around the fabric with the bottles and vase bunched in the middle. We are also hanging the table numbers from the branches. You can see the piece of paper hanging off the branches in the picture.
Just add all of the materials until it looks right to you!
You can see the small ornaments, berries, greenery, cinnamon sticks, and burlap-ribbon! I love them.
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