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Use Polaroids to personalize your wedding decor

Katie and Clinton’s centerpieces featured these Polaroid photos of special places and moments. It seems like the perfect pre-wedding get-away: jump in the car and head around town to snap photos of your favorite restaurants, date spots, where you got engaged, etc. Then slip them into your flowers.

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Let your guests take home your un-needed thrifted vases as favors

I know a lot of you have been thrifting for vases and jars to fill with flowers for your DIYed wedding centerpieces. If you don’t feel like you want to lug all that glassware back home, you can do what Offbeat Bride Sabrina did and encourage guests to take their favorites home.

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Geeky terrarium centerpieces FTW!

Yes, that Tardis terrarium is only a taste of the wonder that is Erin and Peter’s jaw-dropping centerpieces with tiny geeky references in glass jars.

White Shell Candle Centrepiece alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Make a fancy candelabra centerpiece for under a fiver

I made this centrepiece with a beachy theme for less than $5 NZ (approximately 3.90 US). If you’re not having a beach wedding, think about this centerpiece in all black or a dark red for a goth wedding, or creating a steampunk version? The themed candelabra options are endless…