Dollar Store/Kijiji Decor

Dont hate on the cheap ladies. If you want to walk away with no debt from your wedding the decor is one of the easiest ways to cut costs. Now I'm not talking linens here because thats basically a guaranteed cost and a necessary one in my eyes. It just doesn't look like a wedding without linens. I always have to suggest my main lady love Caitlyn Dorey-Conrad and her company Table For You Linen Rentals and Decor, here is her business facebook page https://www.facebook.com/tableforyou?fref=ts. Caity's prices are extremely reasonable and she has very modern linen options like damask and burlap which are huge right now along with any other colour under the sun. All in all, she's the bomb and she will make your wedding look incredible. We decided to do Burlap table runners which I am beyond excited for since it is a fall wedding and burlap SCREAMS fall.

As for the centrepieces the plan is as follows:

LOTS OF WHITE LIGHTS- Try to get them right after Christmas if you can, mainly because they are on sale, but also as I learned the hard way they are hard to find any other time of year. You literally can't have enough white lights so overspend on these rather than cheap out on them because they just make the space look more romantic and warm. Make sure that you buy the one with white cords as opposed to the christmas tree ones with dark green chords because that wouldn't be a very nice standout colour in your wedding.

Dollar Store Centrepieces- Okay at the dollarstore they have at least 7-10 different styles of vases that are $1 each. This made me happy because nothing makes me more pissed in this world then when something at the DOLLAR store costs 2 bucks. So I got 22 large cylindrical vases for 22 dollars at Michaels this would have easily cost me over 200 dollars. I will eventually also buy my candy bar jars from the dollar store since you literally can't go wrong with a dollar. Are they perfect quality, nope, but really if anyone is going to criticize my $1 vases i'll probably just puck 'em in the face in my wedding gown lol. I have faith that my guests aren't that caddy. I also bought stones to put in the bottom of these vases. 1 bag of stones fills 2 vase bottoms so I only bought 11 of those at $1 each.

So what am I going to do with said vases? Well I am going to buy a long stemmed fake flower for each one from Michaels. Why Michaels?  Because the Dollar Store flowers are atrociously hideous. If you aren't going to buy real flowers (which I think are a huge waste of money) then you need to buy nice fake flowers. I haven't bought the flowers yet but it will probably be around a 100 dollar price tag. Now if you are a bride and you have not signed up for Michael email list, you are not doing yourself any favors. At least once monthly they send out 40% off coupons and those can make or break the more expensive purchases you can only get at Michaels. With the vases I plan to hot glue a long stemmed flower to the bottom of each vase, extra secure it with the stones fill with water and top with a floating candle.

But that's not it:
I am going to be putting these vases on top of square mirrors. I am getting the square mirrors from Kijiji, there are ALWAYS brides selling their old decor on kijiji and always a stockpile of these mirrors because they are so popular as part of centrepieces.

I will also be putting smaller vases around the large one on the mirror for more lighting. I haven't decided if I want to go with smaller vases or with mason jars, it will depend on the deal I can get. Mason jars can be found cheaply on ebay and amazon.

So that is my dollar store/kijiji decor guide!