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One of my favourite places to go idea hunting is on Martha Stewart Weddings and for this post I was looking around on the flowers page, specifically centrepieces.

One idea I like very much is having a multitude of different vases as centrepieces! A mixture of vases in different shapes and sizes- or as in one of the pictures, a mixture of old fashioned tea tins- with different flowers in makes for a very striking visual impact. You can even have little individual flowers in tiny pots in amongst the candles.

There are so many options! Painted terracotta vases, bowls, teapots, coloured glass, slim glass vases, painted glass bottles, boxes, baskets, porcelain vases, even antique silver jugs and vases. In one of the pictures you’ll see there are no flowers on the table at all- just tapered candles in several different glass candleholders and it looks stunning! You can of course, colour coordinate the vases.

An added bonus of having multiple vases as centrepieces is that you can use them as gifts for your guests. Little potted plants make wonderful thank you gifts as well as gawjiss decorative table decor.

In South Africa, these little paper toys don’t really have a name, but they get played with by every generation, everyone knows how to use them and just about everyone knows how to fold them! Here are some pictures of cootie catchers at other weddings so you can see just how wonderfully versatile a “toy” they can be. They’re fabulous as conversation starters and they recall fond memories for most people.

I spotted these in a Martha Stewart Weddings magazine a few years ago, and it stuck in my head as a suggestion for my clients. No one ever used it, and when I started planning my own wedding, I figured they’d be a fun way to keep my guests entertained.

I roped my mom and sisters into helping me fold mine- I made two different ones- and they looked like this:

One had “tasks” for people to perform- like “toast your table” or “buy the best man a drink”, and the other had little facts in about myself and my new husband.

Here are a few links you may find interesting if you’d like to use them: How To Make Cootie Catchers; Lip Smacking Good; DIY Template; Ideas (bing). And here are a few photos of the ones I found when Googling them.

Cupcakes!!!

Okay… maybe to some of you its obvious, but its not something seen at SA wedding expos yet, despite its popularity in the US and UK!

Pretty soon, you won’t go to a wedding that doesn’t have cupcakes in some shape or form.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE!
Someone who reads this page occasionally found these cookies on the net and emailed me the link (thanx Dawn, you’re a doll!)
You can find these cookie ideas- and a whole lot more here: elenis.com
I’m always looking for something different to suggest to people planning their big day- and these are just the cutest things I’ve seen in a long time!
a decorated cookie wedding cake
cookie monograms
a double cookie heart
the happy couple with gifts and rings!