DO IT YOURSELF CENTERPIECES

Aug 8, 2009

Try a do it yourself centerpiece of mulberry paper flowers for your bridal table or maybe one for the church alter for your wedding ceremony. For any of your reception tables like the food table, gift table, and your guest tables you can make paper flower centerpieces.

It is not hard to make these beautiful centerpieces all you need is some of the different types of mulberry paper flowers that you are using for your wedding, a container to put your flowers in, green Styrofoam, floral wire, glue gun and glue sticks, and some type of greenery or other type of fillers.

Use candleholders when you make a do it yourself centerpiece with mulberry paper flowers on the alter of the church or be sure the flames on the candles will not be anywhere near the paper flowers where they could possibly catch fire. Be careful when lighting your candles do not let them burn down to where the flame is anywhere near the paper flowers and this can be done easily.

You will probably want to use white paper flowers for the church with colored accents of what the bride has chosen for the bridal party. You can use mulberry paper flowers to add to the bows for the pews and for the bouquets to decorate around the church alter these are easy do it yourself centerpieces and other projects for your wedding.

For the pews get the type of flowers being used in the bridal bouquets and put a couple of them together and add a large bow and either use pew bow hangers or tie them on to the pew.

To make the flowers for around the alter you will need some large flower containers put some green Styrofoam in the bottom of the container making sure it fits snugly in your container then add paper flowers that are being used in the bridal bouquets with other greenery and fillers then add a bow, this will make a beautiful bouquet for the church ceremony then you could have someone take them to the reception once the pictures have been taken for some of your reception centerpieces.

You can take some of the mulberry paper flowers for a do it yourself centerpiece for the quests tables by just taking a flower and add a pretty ribbon and lay them here and there on the table and then add a small amount of glitter sprinkle this on them and this will make them sparkle. This makes a nice take home memory for your quests.