HyPOMania

I really, really want these hanging over each table at my wedding. I think that it will add a complete ambiance to the room. I will make mine myself, but if you are wanting to do this and don't want to do them yourself, check out the many shops on Etsy that have made a hobby to provide you with cute tissue paper poms, such as this one.

If you want to make them yourself, check out Martha Stewart Weddings for the how to: http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/pom-poms-and-luminarias

and find all your tissue paper needs here. They are only $35.00 for a pack of 240. If you need less, there's plenty of tissue paper elsewhere, also.

Dinnerware Options

If you've been trying to decide what you are going to use for dinnerware at your reception, you're just like me. I have a couple of different options, but I'm not sure what to go with. I really wanted the silver charger plates, with plates on top, but I just can't spend that type of money. After looking for awhile, I found a simple alternative. I found these plates:

 

over at SmartyHadaParty and thought that these would be an excellent replacement for charger plates, since they are actual plates, people can eat off of them, they look wonderful, you can throw them away, and they are only half the price. I then decided that I would get a smaller plate in this design:

This + That = Voila!

As much as I would love to have mirrored vases, and I really would love to have them, I can't justify spending $10.00/vase. That would mean that I would spend $200 just on vases alone. That doesn't even include the flowers that go in them. Just the vase. This is why I figured I would just make them, and here's how I will do it: