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How long before your wedding did you decide on a centerpiece?

posted 3 months ago in Decor
  • poll: How long before the wedding did you finalize your centerpieces?
    > 1 month : (5 votes)
    14 %
    Between 1 and 3 months : (10 votes)
    28 %
    Between 3 and 6 months : (5 votes)
    14 %
    6 months> : (12 votes)
    33 %
    I knew before we were even freakin' engaged!!! : (4 votes)
    11 %
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    Bellagiobride    September 1, 2012   Chicago

    I am picking mine out now, but I am so afraid that I will change my mind in the next 200 or so days! So how about you bees? When did you finally say, these are it!

     
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    Bichon Frise    June 2012   NC

    I chose mine about 4 months out. I decided to make my own, so I needed a little bit of time to get everything together.

     
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    SapphireSun    July 9, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    I had an idea of what I wanted six months out, and picked my containers a couple months before, but since I bought from a wholesaler and DIY'd the exact flowers I was able to get were actually decided a couple days before.

     
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    GreenDream    February 25, 2012   Toronto/Edmonton

    I always knew we would go all flowers for the centerpieces. I knew which arrangements I'd wanted for a while, but I confirmed it with my florist about a month out from the wedding. That's when we picked which specific flowers she'd be using too.

     
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    kala_way    May 28, 2011   Manhattan Beach, CA

    I agree with Sapphire that I had an idea of what I wanted a few months out, but really I didn't 100% decide until a few days before actually. We had all the elements but I used them in different ways.

     
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    mkathleenwhite    August 11, 2012   Riverview, New Brunswick

    I thought that I knew what I wanted but lately I have been changing my mind, seems like as soon as I hit the six month to go mark I am second guessing everything. 

     
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    mrscheetos    June 10, 2012  

    About 6 months ago, so approx 10 months before the wedding.

     
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    KT808    October 18, 2012  

    We're not having any centerpieces. Since we are getting married in a lovely garden and having a pig roast afterwards, I see no need.

     
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    auggiefrog    August 25, 2012   Wauwatosa, WI

    I've been planning mine since we determined a general theme a month or so after being engaged...  so 10 or so months before. 

     
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    Dub D    May 25, 2013   La Mirada (ceremony), Long Beach (reception)

    @Bellagiobride:  I have a general idea on how I want things to look like, but I still need to consult with florists for visual purposes.

     
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    cgraceh    February 26, 2012   Falmouth

    I have been planning (and been stuck) on our centerpieces for probably the last 5 months (We only planned our wedding in 6 months) so I have a feeling that they will keep changing up until the last few days:)

     
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    katiee0707    August 18, 2012  

    We just recently decided and we are getting married in August. So, about 6 months. There is still a little tweaking to be done though

     
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    Catherine    July 9, 2011   Ottawa

    I put a bit of thought into it because I went the DIY route, but I didn't know for sure until the day before the wedding! I had all my vases and knew what flowers I had ordered about 6 weeks out, but I only saw it all come together the day before... but luckily they ended up okay! (Even though we somehow forgot to put water in a few of the vases and they started wilting... but we saved them just in time, phew!)

     

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