One inexpensive idea is to use items that are already available for free. Things that are sitting around home can be used to create an enchanting centerpiece. My friend’s father collected mason jars, and when she got married, my friend cut strips of fabric from old clothes that matched her wedding colors and glued them to the jars to make color-coordinated vases for each of her tables. The vases were filled with freshly picked flowers that her mother grew in their backyard. This centerpiece idea for a three-hundred person reception cost the bride a grand total of five dollars.

Another decorating idea for creating wedding centerpieces on a budget is to use wine bottles as vases. Collect wine bottles and remove the labels. Place one wine bottle on each reception table and fill each bottle with a long-stem rose that matches the wedding colors. The total cost of this centerpiece ranges from twelve to thirty dollars, depending upon the number of guests.

One final budget wedding centerpiece idea is to browse thrift stores for inexpensive materials. Various sized mirrors for each table look luscious and luminescent and typically cost three to five dollars each. Next, purchase candles to sit atop the mirrors. The candles should also be various sizes to match the mirrors, but all the candles should have the same scent. Each candle can cost from twenty-five cents to ten dollars, making the total cost of this centerpiece idea fifty dollars for a two-hundred person wedding.

Using inexpensive wedding centerpieces enables a bride to save money on decor so that she can spend it on the honeymoon which is after all money better spent.