Back last August I traveled to Idaho to photography Chris and Nichole‘s beach-themed wedding.

Those 2 really put a lot of thought and personal touches into their day. It was so cool to look at all the details and know that they both decided on these things together to make sure the day was a real reflection of their personalities.

This, of course, involved a little bit of creativity and thinking-outside-the-box.

You might be surprised to learn that their centerpieces were all silk flowers. Gorgeous, easy, could be done ahead of time, and cost-effective for the exotic flowers.

They purchased the square and rectangle vases (maybe from Michael’s or Walmart?) and were able to fill them with sand ahead of time (no need to worry about water and freshness-sell-by-dates when dealing with silk flowers).

The flowers were all bought and trimmed ahead of time …

Ok, theoretically this could all be done ahead of time. I think, actually, someone ran out of time and they were all done the night before. Impressive but not ideal. Also, not necessary when doing this kind of centerpiece.

The centerpieces as a whole consisted of 1 tall, square vase with sand and flowers, and 2 shorter, rectangle vases with sand and (lit) candles.

Easy.

These were all detailed with shells and burlap throughout the room….

So classy and so easy. I’m all about lessening the stress as much as possible on your wedding day.

I hope these photos and centerpieces gave you ideas for your own DIY wedding projects!