How to Make a Country Wedding Centerpiece

Need a country centerpiece for a wedding? Here are some easy country ideas for inexpensive centerpieces.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Use a large clear glass picture. Place 10-12 lemons in picture, then slice 6 more lemons and place in picture. Add a bouquet of fresh flowers. Flowers can be purchased at grocery store, florist, or hand cut wild flowers with some hand cut greenery. Add 1 pack of Floral Fresh. Can be purchased a craft store or florist. Fill with cool water. Flowers should be kept cool until the event and not stored with other fruit. Use mason jars on reception tables with lemons and/or flowers, and a simple ribbon with raffia for smaller centerpieces. You could also hang some jars, with old wire, and place candles in them for an evening wedding.

2. Terra cotta planters can be used for country wedding centerpieces. Place a small votive in each small planter & place on tables. Multiples in a circle or straight down a table with green moss & english ivy down the centers work well and will not wilt. Larger Planters filled with ice make matching ice buckets for wine and terra cotta trays make good chargers or plates. Be sure to plug holes with clay or spray foam.

3. Another wonderful item to use for centerpieces in a country setting is gouards. You have to scrub each goard & let dry. Then you can spray paint, use woodstain, or leather dye to color each. Cut the top off of one for holding flowers. Place the wetfoam directly in the gouard and do arrangement in the goard. A gouard is especially pretty when colored with leather dye and filled with an arrangement.

Tips & Warnings

• When making arrangements use floral tape and putty to hold arrangements in place or prep & color gouard then, take to a florist for the arrangement.
• Floral putty will hold almost anything in place and can be purchased at craft stores or a local florist.
• When cutting gouards, carefully drill a hole and then use a small saw or motto tool.
• If you can plan a year in advance you could plant your own seeds and grow your own gouards to save money.
• Gouards also look like sculptures when dyed and hung in groups from trees.
• Gouards break easy. Handle with care.
• Be sure to use votive cups with candles to prevent fires and place away from objects that might catch on fire.