My DIY Curly Willow Centerpiece

csteen85 Posted: Oct 10, 2011 10:29 PM

My DIY Curly Willow Centerpiece

Hi Ladies!

Work has been crazy busy and stressful, but nothing calms me more than getting something wedding-related accomplished.

I had been perplexed by my Centerpiece design for a while. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to come up with something I liked within my budget, but I was determined to figure it out.

I knew I wanted Curly Willow and something with nice height for the ballroom, but I'd never worked with Curly Willow before, so I was a little nervous.

Anyway, this is what I came up with:

1 Bunch of Curly Willow (About 5 branches): $15
Paper Flowers (15 pk): $4.99
White Ribbon (Michaels): $1.00
White plate as base: $1.00 (Dollar Store)
Spanish Moss: $1.00 (Dollar Tree)
Hot Glue Gun: $4.00

So, for a total of $27 per centerpiece, I got my tall, Curly Willow Centerpieces. I'm kind of proud of how they came out :).

I plan to decorate around the base with tea light candles and rose petals. I'm also considering hanging crystals, but I'll need to find a deal :).

What do you girls think?

jassy119 Posted: Oct 10, 2011 10:56 PM

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Love it! Its going to look gorgeous with the tea lights and rose petals! Love the hanging bead ideas also. Ive seen a cp like that ( w/hanging beads) and loved it. Great job. Your so creative!

Irishbride16 Posted: Oct 11, 2011 07:35 AM

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I love it!!! Good job!!! And it's very different

Soon2BMrsB2013 Posted: Oct 11, 2011 08:24 AM

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i love it!!! Its so pretty!!!

b2b2013 Posted: Oct 11, 2011 11:58 AM

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I love it!! Def think that the tea lights and rose petals will totally complete it!!

lauren1802 Posted: Oct 11, 2011 03:56 PM

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this is very close to what we want- where did you get the curly willow?

csteen85 Posted: Oct 11, 2011 04:02 PM

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I bought it from Save-on-crafts.com.

Do you have any suggestions on how I can make it better? I'm thinking of shortening the base by about 4 more inches, so it's a little bit fuller-looking and spray painting some branches silver and some white, but I'm not sure yet.

Our colors are dark green and white, so I'm trying to stick with that scheme.

Kris10nGerard Posted: Oct 11, 2011 04:09 PM

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WOW that looks great!

csteen85 Posted: Oct 11, 2011 04:15 PM

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Posted by Kris10nGerard

WOW that looks great!

LOL, thanks! It's a work in progress :)

lauren1802 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:39 AM

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we were thinking of painting some too.

thinking vases w/ colored water... maybe crystals

we havent practiced yet. still way far off.

SummerBeauty Posted: Oct 12, 2011 05:53 PM

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It looks REALLY awesome! Tea lights will be perfect. I do think that the hanging crystals will go great too!

How many crystals do you think you would need per centerpiece?

BobbyDsgirl Posted: Oct 12, 2011 06:43 PM

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gorgeous!!

csteen85 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 11:07 PM

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Posted by SummerBeauty

It looks REALLY awesome! Tea lights will be perfect. I do think that the hanging crystals will go great too!

How many crystals do you think you would need per centerpiece?

Gosh, I have no idea. I'm debating doubling up the branches, so it'll look fuller, which means I might need like 8 strands of crystals per centerpiece? I'll have to try it out and let you know.