Question: My wedding is on an outdoor terrace on the beach. I would like to use a few of the lanterns as centerpieces, however I am worried about the wind! Does anyone have suggestions on how to use these lanterns without them blowing out or away?

I love your idea of buying flowers from Sams Club. I never knew they offered flowers! I will definitely be looking into that option.

I was also able to find some awesome odd shaped cobalt blue glass vases at the dollar store that I’ll be incorporating into the decor at my wedding.

As MOH for my best friend’s wedding last summer, one thing I stumbled upon that saved her a TON of money (and will save me a ton too!) were bulk flowers at samsclub.com that were gorgeous, fresh and the entire wedding including bouquets and center pieces cost a few hundred dollars. We went with gerbera daisies in bright bold colors. Our bouquets were all white blooms and her bouquet was all red blooms. We held them together with simple florist tape, wrapped the stems in white ribbon and secured the ribbon in place with a long row of pearl head straight pins. For the reception, we each stuck our bouquet in vases along the head table. The rest of the center pieces were bright reds, pinks, oranges and yellows, and for vases we used tall pilsner glasses I found at a dollar store with a few crystal pebbles in the bottom. We used the vases first at the bridal shower and again at the reception and her sister will reuse them at her wedding this fall so my minimal investment has translated into at least three events. Nobody even knew they were pilsner glasses unless we pointed it out – each 10″ glass was $1/each and I bought about two dozen or so.