One of the many things which I have spent literally hours, days even, pondering in regards to the wedding is the issue of the centerpieces. There are quite a few factors which make these pesky arrangements more complicated than one might assume. For one thing, flowers, or more specifically florists, are rather expensive. We could easily run-up a $3,000 floral bill without even trying if a professional does everything with the flowers that I actually like, which (of course) are more expensive than one might assume. One way to get around this is to buy the flowers ourselves at the LA flower market and do the arrangements ourselves the day before, which would save a significant amount of money, however you are at the mercy of whatever the market has available that day. Also, we would have to find a way to keep the flowers fresh overnight, and enlist our bridal party members to spend several hours at least preparing every single one of the flowers in vases which I would have to buy wholesale on ebay and etsy. This is an option I'm still considering, however my main concern is that I will hate myself when that day comes if the workload is way more than I'd bargained for, or if it doesn't come out as I'd envisioned and I have only myself to blame. Regardless of the DIY decision, I have always gravitated towards using vintage vases and cakestands with the flowers at each table to bring some girly-ness and parisian flair to our outdoorsy venue. I'm always amazed how easy it is to find these things in lots of a dozen pieces for less than $10 online, which makes more sense than renting them, if I figured out a way to use them after the wedding anyway. And then, inspiration struck! I saw the above photo on the hi-fiwedding blog and thought it was the best idea ever. Why not pay homage to my love of all things baked, cute, and sugary and just put desserts on the cakestands at each table? Each table could have something different, or maybe three tables per treat variety, and everyone would have something to nibble on as they chat during the reception. They could also visit other tables and swap treats on cute vintage dessert plates. The only thing is figuring out how to tie-in the woodsy theme with this, and also making sure that the treats survive the elements of the outdoors, but I'm positive there's a way to put a unique spin on this. So exciting. Now we'll just have to figure out what real food is going to be served, haha!
