DIY Centerpieces?

After receiving such expensive quotes from florists I think I am going to attempt to do them on my own, but need an opinion.





Our wedding is in the evening in October. The linens are a dark copper with a sage vine print . (Colors and sage and brown).





For the main centerpiece, 28 inch square glass vase filled with pears. Coming out of the top I will have branches and orange snapdragons (see pic for snapdragon).





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I will also have two smaller arrangements on each table that will be small glass cubes filled with natural stones. They will have 3 roses (orange, champagne and red) and a bunch of berries (Hypercium).





What do you think? Does that work? Any suggestions?





THANKS!

DIY Centerpieces?
Check with your reception venue!!! I wanted to do a fruit themed centerpiece and they told me that they would only allow any type of food to be brought in (for consumption or not)if they did it themselves - with the exception of the cake!!


They would not allow me to use the fruit at all because they weren't going to take the liability of something being bad or bug inhabited that they did not 'approve'.





Your centerpiece ideas sounds lovely, but make sure you'll be allowed to use them before making elaborate plans.
Reply:practice, practice, practice. and have your mother or bridesmaids practice with you. make sure your arrangements are simple enough that they can be done in a few hours, you want your flowers to be fresh! also make sure they are easily transported and can be fixed easily if something goes awry in transporting them.
Reply:They seem like they might come out really nice, but be careful that it doesn't look like something done on Trading Spaces. Saddly, they have used fruit in so many of their designs that they took away the beauty of using fruit in a classy way. Since you are only going to use it as the main centerpiece, I think you're steering clear of the "trading spaces dilemma." The smaller centerpieces sound nice.


Have you thought about adding candles to the mix?





Good luck on you DIY. I'm glad to see that you're taking on this "challenge" and truely making your wedding that much more special!