Suit the Tone of the Event

• Choose flowers for the homemade flower arrangements to complement the style of the wedding event and the colors found in the bridesmaids' dresses or reception hall decorations. Create traditional bouquets with roses and carnations, achieve a modern feel with a bunch of wildflowers or go simple with a cluster of daisies or calla lilies. Pick containers to hold dining table centerpieces that coordinate with the venue---glass bowls and vases are pretty for indoor festivities, but consider tin buckets or simple baskets for a garden or beach reception.
  
  

Stick to the Budget

• Save money on your homemade flower arrangements by choosing flowers that are in season and locally grown. Consider lilacs, irises and tulips in the spring or peonies, gardenias and sweet peas in the summer. Dahlias and morning glories are prevalent in autumn, while winter sees freesia and forsythia in bloom. Some flowers--like roses, orchids and carnations--are readily available most of the year. Cut costs even further by using inexpensive filler like baby's breath to flesh out bouquets or by gathering greenery for flower arrangements from your backyard.
  
  

Choose a Design

• Select designs for wedding arrangements to add a touch of drama, elegance or whimsy. Make tall displays for the wedding altar so they're easily visible in photos and by the guests seated at the back of the venue. Place flowers in tall urns, table vases or as bouquets that you can attach to candelabras. Make arrangements for the guest book, gift or dining room tables featuring the same type of flowers used in the wedding bouquet. Create simple displays like a selection of colorful blooms floating in shallow bowls of water or traditional arrangements with assorted flowers and baby's breath or bear grass arranged in wide-mouth vases. Add drama by arranging tall flowers in sleek tower vases sitting on top of LED light bases that cause the vase and water to glow.
  
  

Personalize the Arrangements

• Add a personal touch to the handmade floral centerpieces. Use a metallic sticker or a metallic paint pen to add your monograms on the side of the vase. Thread a card stock tag featuring a photo of the wedding couple or note of thanks to the wedding guests onto a piece of satin ribbon tied around the top of the vase. If you're planning to give the flower arrangements away at the end of the evening, place a flower or wedding bouquet sticker under one water glass at each table. Place a note beneath the base of the flower vase that reads, "Check under your water glass---the guest who finds the sticker can take this flower arrangement home."