We had a wonderful wedding this year in our family.
As mother of the groom, I joyfully volunteered to
provide centerpieces for the Bridal Shower.
This was a fun opportunity for use pieces found in local
resale and consignment shops,
up-cycle them in the colors and theme of the shower.
They were then used as gifts for the guests.
I wish these pictures were better
but they were taken the day of the shower.
Things were pretty busy and I was happy to get pics at all.
The finished centerpiece started out as a lowly worn brown pedestal vase.
I painted a base coast of a light celery green, let dry and top coated with a wicker white.
In order to add age to the piece, I sanded it with fine sad paper at points where
it would receive normal wear and tear..
Then a half globe of floral styro-foam.
Green moss was glued to that as a base for the lovely flowers that were
arranged in an eye appealing way.
Here are some more of the arrangements that I made for that happy day. All were made from resale shop
items to which new flowers etc were added.
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All of these base items were purchase for pennies, although the topiary was $5.00.
The cost did add up a bit for the flowers but it was a wedding and we still did it on a shoe string.
Plus they were a big hit and the winners of the games were happy to take them home.
More centerpieces next week!
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