Strawberry Topiary To WOW Guests

Photo and ideas courtesy of HWTM Daily Blog

While I love the inspiration board's red and yellow colors, my absolute favorite is the strawberry topiary! You could make it without the grass growing in the fancy pot, just use some moss or other media to cover the Styrofoam in the bottom. Like other topiary you'll find in this and my Do It Yourself Wedding blog the trick is toothpicks and Styrofoam balls and dowels.  You will definitely get WOWs from your guests as soon as they see this strawberry topiary.

Is One Enough? Are Three Too Many?

Looking for a unique centerpiece?  Try this three tier fishbowl centerpiece from Woodyatt Warner.  Not up to a tall three tiered centerpiece?  Not to worry. 

Woodyatt Warner makes them in one tier as well.  There are easy to coordinate with wedding colors and themes and when placed on a circular mirror are real showpieces. 

If you're creative you can make them yourself.  Just pick up some inexpensive fishbowls and whatever you are planning for the inside from your favorite craft store, I like Michaels.  Use real flowers, silks or foam flowers.  It's all up to you.  If you like feathers this is a perfect way to display them, curved around the interior of the fishbowl.  No live fish added please!

String Chandeliers and Centerpieces You Can Do Yourself

Photo courtesy of Wednesday Custom Design Events & Paperwork

Jessica at Wednesday Custom Design Events & Paperwork (http://wednesdaycustomdesign.com/events ) tells you how to make these great string balls that you can use for either centerpieces or as chandeliers to hang from the trees outside. The bright white accented with flowers in your wedding colors adds a custom look at a DIY price. These are so easy you could rope in your flower girl to help make them! Wednesday Custom Design also has lots of other great ideas to make your wedding day pop! So head on over to their web site and blog and enjoy a feast for you DIY eyes!

Elegant and Easy Centerpieces

Photo and Creation courtesy of http://www.getmarried.com/wedding-blog

Want an inexpensive but pretty centerpiece for your tables?  Try these votives filled with glass rocks, alternate a full blooming rose with a votive (you can use battery powered if you venue won't let you use open flames) and scatter rose petals aournd the containers.  Elegant and easy! What more could you want? If you want a slightly larger glass container and are not using real candles you could use stemless wine glasses (the one's Libby makes that look like Riedel's) and put larger flowers or more blooms in them. 

Cupcake Topiary Tree

Photograph courtesy of Food Network Magazine/Taken by Tara Donne

Considering using cupcakes in lieu of cake at your wedding? Why not have them do double duty as decorations as well?  This Cupcake Topiary Tree was featured in Food Network Magazine in their May 2010 issue. 

To make your Cupcake Topiary Tree you'll need:

1 Terracotta  pot
Floral Foam
12 inch floral foam ball
12 inch dowel
Brown Paint
Pink Paint
Mini cupcake liners 24
Straight Pins
Toothpicks

Directions:
Fill the terracotta pot with floral foam, and insert a 12 inch dowel or thick stick in foam.  If you're using a dowel you'll need to paint it brown before placing it.  Paint a 12 inch floral foam ball pink and let dry.  This can take an hour, be sure it's all the way dry.  Push the ball down onto the dowel that's already been anchored into the pot.  Using straight pins and cupcake papers to plot your cupcake design, then place real cupcakes in each spot removing the pins and papers used for plotting as you go.  Attach cupcakes using 3 toothpicks poked halfway into the bottom of each cupcake and press them into the ball. 

DIY Autumn Centerpieces

This great centerpiece can be made from items you get from the grocery store or your yard! This idea and Photo courtesy of http://www.mydiyweddingday.com/ where you can find lots of great ideas if you're a diy'er.

Materials
Assortment of Walnuts, pinecones and acorns
Vases (1 small and 1 large)
Succulents
Scissors
Ribbon
How-to
Step 1 Put succulents in the small vessel filled with water.
Step 2 Place small vessel inside the large square vase.
Step 3 Fill the vase with your natural mix.
Step 4 Finish off with the ribbon.

And you're done!  Simple!