Hi Everyone!
It's Tina again. Today I am going to share with you an amazing find, and how to transform it into a beautiful floral centerpiece for a wedding, shower or party!
This my friends, is the 9 1/2 inch floral vase found at Dollar Tree for.....yes $1.00!!! I came across these vases while out looking for thrifty inspiration for a bridal shower that I was hosting for 60 people!! I found one at my local store, then I scoured every Dollar Tree in my town, AND the next town over...I only found 4. Luckily for me, I had the idea to check on line and see if they could be ordered. You can get a case of 6 vases here. They will ship them to your local Dollar Tree for a mere $4.95 handling fee, you just have to go pick them up. I recommend this over having them delivered to your house because the shipping is $13.95 plusthe $4.95 handling fee. So, just keep that in mind when ordering them on line.
Now, back to the transformation...I designed the wedding invitations,(click here to view them) in a black, white and pink color scheme. So, my fellow hostess and I decided to continue those colors on into the shower theme, adding a little grey into the mix. First, we took the vases and filled them with white tissue paper. $2.99 for a package of 90 sheets at our local craft store. 3 sheets crumbled into each vase filled them to the top. Next, we took several different styles and shades of pink flowers and filled each vase with a mix. Wrapping the stems in the tissue paper for a clean look. For 16 vases, I bought 21 bunches of pink flowers. These were also found at Dollar Tree. They have a surprisingly large assortment of fake flowers! Each bunch came with about 6-7 flowers. We cut them apart to mix the colors and types for each vase.
Next, we took 12 X 12 inch scrapbook paper and cut them into 3 inch strips. We used 4 different black, white and grey patterns.
These were going to be glued around the center of each vase. They were just a tad too small to wrap all the way around, so I had an idea to have the H monogram that was used for her invitations printed out in 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 inch squares. A little adjustment to the colors and they worked perfectly. I had a little trouble getting the scrapbook mounting squares to stick to the paper tightly, so I ended up putting a tiny dab of hot glue on each side to keep them in place. It worked great, and they turned out beautiful.
Here is a breakdown of the items we used and their costs including tax and handeling fees:
$0.65 - 4 12X12 sheets of scrapbook paper
$3.24 - tissue paper
$18.35 - vases we had shipped to store
$4.33 - vases I bought in the store
$22.73 - flowers
$4.32 - H monograms printed on glossy card stock paper(done at my local print shop)
For a grand total of $53.62, when divided by 16, comes to a fantastic $3.35 EACH!! We had 2 flower arrangements per table, and everyone loved them, especially the Bride-To-Be!
Well, this concludes my guest blog for today. But be sure to check back next Tuesday. I will have more pictures and tips from this bridal shower!
Party On,
AWESOME! I am throwing my in-laws a joint birthday bash and this post came at the perfect time -- I've already ordered and sent my vases to the nearest store. Thanks for the great info!!
Posted by: daryn | March 03, 2010 at 01:44 PM