Wedding aisle decorations and centerpieces

I made these floral stands from glassware found at a local thrift shop. Turn them upside down and stack with platters to create varying heights.

The flowers are arranged in CathysWraps vases using saturated floral foam. Cathyswraps vase is a plastic pot and water resistant decorative sleeve. It's available in a variety of colors and patterns. If you're having a church wedding, I recommend hanging the floral arrangements from standard church pews with Doey's pew clips. If you're having an outdoor wedding, hang the flowers with a curl of ribbon or wire from aisle chairs and shepherds hooks.

Post-ceremony, transport wedding aisle flowers to reception and cluster about on ready-made tiers before guests arrive. The waterproof pots keep flowers fresh and hydrated.

Doey's sturdy pew clips fit standard church pews up to 2.5 inches thick. They have been a favorite of florists for over 20 years; are non-scratching and church approved.

CathysWraps are perfect for eco-friendly brides, brides on a budget and anyone who enjoys maximizing wedding flower budgets. For more ideas on creating economical wedding flowers please visit me at www.Cathyswraps.com.

If you'd like to personalize your party, I love to create custom toppers for floral arrangements and cupcakes. Please visit my my etsy shop! for special requests.

Transplant any 4 inch potted plant or succulent by gently nudging the plant from the grower's pot. Transfer to CathysWraps waterproof plastic pot. Damp down dirt and wipe clean. Nestle into your favorite cathyswraps decorative sleeve and voila!

If you prefer fresh flowers, pick up a few white mums, spider mums, seeded eucalyptus, green Hypericum berries, myrtle, and curly willow. Arrange flowers in 'wet' floral foam and add a few sprigs of curly willow for height.

Both make great centerpieces and hostess gifts. Duplicate the arrangement by two, four or more cathyswraps to create wonderful take away centerpieces for your table tops, entry ways and party favors.

CathyWraps cupcake wrappers are made with re-use in mind! Not satisfied with poor quality wraps that don't close properly, I make my flirty scallop cupcake wraps from high quality grease proof paper. I illustrated the stripes and artfully arranged each polka dot.

I encourage you to re-use my cupcake wrappers as many times as possible before recycling. Hand wash under warm water, dry with care and store flat, to use them again and again!

You can find these and matching cupcake picks in my Etsy Shop.

This Silk flower arrangement from MelroseFields.com® is perfect for decorating your Halloween party. Use the floral scroll pattern of the reversible CathyWraps® sleeve to add an elegant touch to the party or keep it playful with polka dot pattern. The party pack includes matching cupcake sleeve and gift tag.

Dark Orange Poppy with Black Center
Orange Berries
CathyWraps® -3.5"x3.5"x3.75"h Plastic Pot & Decorative Reversible Sleeve
Black& White Reversible Cupcake Sleeve
White with Black Floral Scroll Gift Tag
ScentedSilksTM is a fragrant twist on silk floral arrangements. MelroseFields.com® combines luxury permanent florals with fragrance oil to create beautiful, scented flower arrangements.

CathyWraps® are a smart, stylish cost effective alternative to decorative floral vases. Simple plastic pots are dressed up with reversible sleeves decorated on one side with an elegant floral pattern and a fun flirty polka dot pattern adorns the other side. Accessorize with Doey's Church pew clips, ribbon, matching tags or cupcake/candy holders and you have floral party pack!

Erin and Chase maximized their floral budget by re-using the wedding aisle flowers as centerpieces at their reception. The flowers were hung from the Church Pews with Doey's Pew Clips which are flexible and very sturdy. You can order Doey's Pew Clips here or pick them up at your local AC Moore Craft stores. Florists can find them at Floral Supply Syndicate. They're also great for hanging bows, ribbon and balloons. If you want to stretch your flower budget, alternate pews with bows and flowers.

Friends helped transfer the lightweight arrangements to the reception before the guests arrived and placed them on the outdoor cocktail tables.

At the end of the day, the flowers were given away as party favors. Erin and Chase received many compliments on their flowers and the Father of the Bride was overheard to say, "I get all this from just ONE flower arrangement? Gotta LOVE it."

These wedding aisle decorations did double-duty as centerpieces on the cocktail tables and at the end of the evening the flowers were given away as favors to special guests.

For more amazing DIY projects and wedding aisle decorating ideas visit our website. One of our favorite blogs, Design Sponge, posted these pictures of CathysWraps in use.

Monique Wilber, a talented florist and owner of A Special Day Designs has a plan for Brides with reduced budgets. She created these whimsical wedding aisle decorations recently for a bride on a tight budget. She wanted to create ceremony flowers that would do double duty as reception centerpieces. Her Bride was over-the-moon to be able to reuse these aisle decorations as centerpieces. The pink flowers were hung with coordinating ribbons in our apple green polka dot vases. After the wedding ceremony, the aisle decorations were removed and reused as reception centerpieces. They could just as easily have been re-tied to chair backs and hung from doors, windows and mirrors with removable hooks and suction cups.

Where else can you get such versatility from one flower arrangement? Thanks for sharing Monique!

Start with a white iridescent decorative sleeve from CathysWraps, embellish with your imagination, arrange flowers in the plastic pot, add Doey's Pew Clips and decorate your wedding aisle with personalized flowers.

Ask a friend to transfer the floral arrangements to the reception and repurpose as table centerpieces and favors! It's not only adorable, it's eco-friendly and cost effective.

Florists' Review Magazine thought so highly of our new idea they set this very stylish table using vases from CathysWraps and Jamali Garden.

CathysWraps make great vases for bridal and baby shower centerpieces and can double as party favors. By adding a coordinating tag, it becomes a quick gift for a sick friend, a last minute hostess or teachers' gift.

INSTRUCTIONS for a simple party favor: Trim a bouquet of flowers to the desired height. Tie the stems with a piece of string or rubber band to make a small round little posy bouquet. Drop into CathysWraps plastic flower pot and add a small amount of water. Fold CathysWraps decorative sleeve and nestle the pot into the wrap. If your traveling, wait till you get to the party to add the water.

Check out our blog for more ideas on how to create personalized simple party decorations for baby showers and birthday parties with photos or special messages.

These make great birthday favors, stuff them with candy, crayons and pencils. Use our new white wraps, put out some colored markers, stickers and glitz and let kids make their own goody bags.

Use CathysWraps like a greeting card with flowers. Just fill Cathyswraps, a light weight plastic vase, with flowers from your garden or local grocery store floral department, write your message on a matching gift card and you're off to the party! An easy peasy unique hostess gift.

When you're looking for more than just a greeting card but less than a floral arrangement the perfect solution is CathysWraps with a matching gift card. Keep a set of vases on hand like a set of stationary and just stop for flowers on your way to the party. Pick a set up at our shop on etsy.