DIY Wedding

Damask Centerpieces Complete!

These are fantastic! What size jar and pomander did you use? I may steal this idea. :) Do you know off hand how much each one was to make? :)

They are beautiful! Great job!!

They look really good! 26 centerpieces!!??? Holy Crap! You go girl. It's going to look so pretty with these and your birdcages!!

The same thing happened to me with the flowers. :-/.. I have 5 more centerpieces to make & I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to order one more batch of flowers. I HOPE they aren't tooo different than the ones I have.

Which picture was your second batch of flowers?

very lovely! great job.

Great job....I really love the first one though..they are really nice :-)

these are gorgeous honey! what a great job! love it :)

The vases were only $1 each from the Dollar Tree - not sure what the size is, but I'd say about 12in tall. The most expensive part was the roses. I ordered them in bulk and probably spent $100 on enough roses to make 13 balls.

The 2nd batch is the roses that have white tips. The 1st batch is the ball where the corners of the rose petals stick out some.

The famous Efavormart! They are pretty.

Where did u find the mongramed ribbon around the vase? I love that

Those are fake flowers? They look really good! Can u post a "how to" for this design?

@Jamie - It's not actually a monogramed ribbon. First I glued a wide, black ribbon around the vase. Then I glued a skinner damask ribbon ontop of the black ribbon. The monogram is just a white button I found at Hobby Lobby. The buttons are located in the same aisle where all of the iron-on patches are. I just pinned the buttons to the fabric ribbons so I can remove them before selling (that is, unless I find another "W" bride who wishes to buy them).

@De: I don't have any more supplies to do how-to pictures, but I can easily talk you through it.

You'll need white styrofoam balls from your craft store. I used 5 inch balls - make sure they're white, not the soft green stuff. Spray paint the balls a color similar to your flowers so the white doesn't peek through the petals. Let dry for several house.

You'll need 40-50 silk flowers for a 5inch ball; plan accordingly. I ordered mine from Efavormart. Pluck or cut the heads off of the stems (leave about 1 inch so you can stick it in the ball).

Think about whether you want the entire ball covered or you want the leave a spot uncovered so it will sit evenly on the vase. I chose the later. To do so, I placed the ball on the vase and traced a circle on the ball exactly where it would touch the rim of the vase. I didn't place any flowers below the line.

Then all you have to do is stick a flower into the ball and pull it out. Your goal is to make a small hole for the hot glue. Squeeze some hot glue into the hole and replace the flower. Hold for a few seconds before placing the next one. I suppose you could just stick them in without gluing, but I felt safer knowing that the flowers are securely attached to the ball.

It's time-consuming, but super easy. Once you make the first ball it will go much faster. Just play around with spacing of the flowers. The closer together you place them, the fuller your ball with look (and the more flowers you'll need to buy).

I bought the vase at the Dollar Tree and decorated it with ribbon. You can fill it with whatever you like, but I chose the black floral marbles that are flat on one side. Read my above responses to learn about the ribbon/monogram button. All I do next is place the ball on the vase. Since I left a blank circle on the ball, it sits nicely and securely. You could glue them down if desired, but I'm keeping my separate so I can sell them afterwards.

Good luck! Hope this helps. Check out my past posts for more pictures of the pomanders.

Did you use the giant open roses?  or which flowers did you choose?