Frugal Find: Bridal Shower(or any occasion) Centerpieces

 
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,

Tina 

Comments

[daryn]

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!!