Budget Concious Bride

I found this great video for DIY wedding centerpiece. For those of you who's trying to save some money by making your own centerpiec, you should see this. It's a series of several videos, make sure you watch all of them.

How to Make a Wedding Flower Arrangement

Flower Centerpiece Ideas For Your Wedding

Flowers are important element for wedding decorations. The fragrants and colors will make a reception place feels warmer and more beautiful. So , what type of flowers should you choose? what colors? and which styles?

Type of Flowers
There are two types of flowers flowers: seasonal and all-year-long. Flowers such as Lily,Calla Lily, Roses, Gerbera daisy, Hydrangeas, Hypericum Berries, Chrysantemum are popular to use in centerpieces and usually available all season. Other favorites flowers such as peonies, ranunculus, and lily of the valley which commonly used in bridal bouquets are only available in the spring and summer time.

Seasonal Flowers and Colors
Spring Flowers
Spring time is a time nature bursts into life. The colors hues in spring are usually light pastel colors such as pink, light blue, light yellow and lilac. Popular spring flowers are : peonies, ranunculus, lilac, lily of the valley

Summer Flowers
Bright colors flowers typically bloom during summertime. Summer wedding are all about the strong and vibrant hues. Fuchsia, purple, bright yellow, blue, orange. Popular summer flowers are: snapdragon, stock, delphinium, anemone, poppies,daffodil

Fall Flowers
When people think of Fall wedding flowers, it is often the colors as much as the actual flowers that are important. Rich reds, fiery oranges and beautiful yellows are the order of the day. Amongst all seasons, autumn is one of the most popular time for wedding. Popular autumn flowers are dahlia, chrystantemums, hypericum berries and crab apples. Also see Fall Wedding Favors Ideas

Winter Flowers
Most people refer the winter wedding to a "White Snowy Wedding" or "Red Christmas Wedding". Although not many colorful flowers are available in winter, there are still some all year round flowers you can use like freesias, lilies, poinsettias, hydrangeas or even roses. Combine winter flowers with winter accents such as pine cones, holly leaves, baby's breath and glittery birch to make a beautiful centerpiece. White feather also make a nice touch to your bridal bouquet. Also check out Winter Wedding Favors

DIY Budget Friendly Flower Arrangement
Flowers for wedding centerpiece can be costly, so if you have a low budget you might want to consider do-it-yourself. It's best to pick a simple style, so that your friends and family can help with the arrangement. The more types of flowers you use the harder it is to predict the costs. If you want something classic, pick 1-2 types of flowers for every arrangements and try to use the same flowers for bridal bouquet and boutonniers. Shown on the left is a picture of carnation flower bouquet in white.


Modern style centerpiece arrangement usually is simple and easy to do. The picture on the right is an example of a simple and budget friendly wedding centerpiece. The cylinder vase filled with water and 3 stems of alstroemeria or some call it Peruvian Lily. Alstroemeria is an all year long flower and you can get it almost anywhere in the US, you might have seen this flowers at a grocery store.

RESOURCES

Flower Vases, Candle Holder and other wedding supplies:
Wal-Mart is a great place to find inexpensive flower supplies.
99 Cents Store - depending on where you live, some 99 cents store may carry simple round clear glass vases.
Save on Crafts - has great prices and selections for vases.
IKEA - Believe or not the retail price at IKEA sometimes beats supplier's wholesale prices.

Inexpensive Flowers:
Costco Floral has great prices on flowers you can order them online and have it delivered to their neares warehouse in your area or you could order it from the local suppliers where they get their flowers from.
Rose Source
Fifty Flowers