Although I help brides plan or coordinate their weddings, I don't usually help them "create" centerpieces. I'd set the centerpieces up for them, if any assemble is required, and I may offer ideas, but I usually leave this part to the brides for them to be creative.
Floral centerpieces are common, and on average costs $50 each, so if you have 10 tables, that means $500 just for the centerpieces. This is when I'd offer some ideas for brides to create their own to save money.
Candles are popular and a romantic yet affordable option. Hye asked me about this, so I suggested buying some pillar candles in trio and put them on a mirror. Simple enough. Well, maybe a little too simple.
This is what the centerpiece looked like when I put them together for Hye, after unpacking the boxes:
I picked up from Hye the candles and the mirrors the week of the wedding. It's too late to re-order anything through mail, and I can't leave the centerpieces looking like this for Hye's wedding. So I asked Mary, my partner, to help me in coming up with ideas to dress it up.
We did some shopping the day before the wedding, and re-created the centerpieces with the original materials but added just a little more to make them nicer:
This was the sweetheart table for Hye & Gerardo. The wooden creatures are Korean doves. This was the only table with a pair of doves. The rest of them just have the three pillar candles on a tray on top of a mirror with some gold color pebbles.
Very inexpensive makeover - only $3 more per centerpiece!
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