In this video, Mahalo wedding experts Dana LaRue and Hunter Stiebel show you how to have a wedding on a budget by making your own centerpieces.
Themed, Edible Centerpieces
Save money on your wedding by making your own centerpieces. Ones that match the theme of your wedding or dinner and have edible elements are great. For example, if you're planning on serving a lage spaghetti dinner at your reception, you can make a basket like the one pictured above.
Get a large, woven basket, line it with a colorful piece of fabric and fill it with themed elements like baguettes, butter, olives, assorted cheeses, a cheese grater, fresh herbs, crackers, grapes, a bottle of wine and a wine opener. For the smaller items like the olives and butter, you can reuse baby food jars to package them before placing them in the basket.
You can also use this type of centerpiece for your wedding shower or rehearsal dinner.
More Centerpiece Ideas (Slideshow)
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Meet Our Experts
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Dana LaRue
Dana is the creator of The Broke-Ass Bride, a website providing wedding inspiration on a budget; and founder of Bride$hare, a social media network designed to help brides save money and be green through the sharing, swapping and reusing of all things wedding related. Her savvy approach to weddings and money delivers entertaining and informative outside-the-box planning inspiration, and teaches readers of any budget that it's not how much you spend, it's how you spend it.
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Hunter Stiebel
Hunter works with his wife Dana on their joint venture, The Broke-Ass Bride. He also co-writes a column with Dana for Eco Beautiful Weddings e-zine. Outside of the wedding world, Hunter has performed with several of the country's best theaters, including Chicago’s Steppenwolf, Milwaukee Repertory, Chicago Shakespeare and National Playwrights Conference. Being a New Yorker married to a Chicagoan, Hunter would like it publicly known that he misses good pizza.
