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I think you need to give a few more details in order for us to help you...
Does the decor include the cost of the flowers or is that separate?
Is lighting included in the decor?
Will you be draping the reception room?
What is your ceremony space like?
These questions aside, I'm going to assume that flowers are not included with this and your ceremony decor is simple. If you're paying this friend for her services in addition to the cost of decor, my thoughts would be somewhere in the $300-$500 dollar range...
But it's hard without more specifics!
Honestly, if you're only looking to do centerpeices for 15 tables and then decorating the head table, I'm sure you can keep it under a few hundred dollars if you're smart about it. Lots of people get vases at the dollar store or thrift stores. At one point, I was buying random vases at yard sales and feal markets for 50 cents each.
When I was speaking with a florist (I since decided to buy silks and make my own stuff), I was told that roses actually aren't that expensive and thigs like hydrangeas and peonies and anything else were just about double the price of roses. I'd actually go so far as to say real roses are probably on average cheaper than fake ones.
If you're just thinking vase + roses, you can keep it very simple and cheap for sure! But if you decide to get table runners or overlays or ribbons to tie around the vases or something, thats obviously extra cost. I think you can get by paying just a few hundred dollars for this!
@trail mix
I hope that she doesn't charge me $300-500 that would be too expensive and way out of my budget. My budget is about $150 for decorations. So it would probably be best to decorate myself?
I don't know the specifics of how she decorates yet. She's coming today to show me some albums of halls that she's decorated. It's a team of three women.
They do have silk flowers included, but I'm really leaning towards getting real flowers which is not included.
Idk if lighting is included or draping of the reception. I will find that out today but I will definitely ask. Thanks for the idea of what to ask.
The ceremony venue is going to be in a small church.
The reception venue is a big ball room with wooden floors and chandeliers. It has a big ugly elk near the door so hopefully we can cover that.
Is lighting included in the decor?
Will you be draping the reception room?
By simple I mean just white linens for the table and covers for the chairs. I simple centerpiece like a vase with some pretty flowers.
About 80-100 guests so about 15 tables plus the head table and cake table.
I don't know I will comment back as soon as my appointment is over.
Why so many tables for less than 100 people? Do you know how many people fit at each table? Typically if they are rounds they fit up to 8 or 10 depending on size. You may not need as many tables as you think...which would save you money on centerpieces.
I've been under the impression that centerpieces should be approx $100 to look nicce grand, so anything you can find under $100 including tax/tip/delivery will be an excellent find.
ceremony site - i wouldn't decorate it with much thought b/c it'll only be used for 30min-1hour, max i would spend is $2000 on decoration for that short amount of time.
I wasn't that impressed with the pics she showed me. I think that I can decorate the church myself it's really small. I may still need her for the reception.........hall.
I'm going to add some pics from the inside of the church so you guys can "help" me decorate in just a minute.... 
Sorry the picture is so dark and that guys head is in the middle of it. I will show you bees better pictures later..
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A friend of the family, who is a professional wedding decorator, is coming today for breakfast and to show us her stuff. She's going to bring a couple of albums to show us what she has decorated. I want to keep it as simple as possible. Maybe an all white decor and maybe one vase with some gerberas or roses in it. I would probably end up decorating about 15 tables plus the head table. Just really, really simple. What would you bees think is a reasonable amount to pay?