bright idea: centerpiece/favor/placecard

"bottle service" by martha stewart weddings

so i have this idea that stemmed from a wedding with jonathan adler bud vase favors and martha stewart's "bottle service" idea.  what if you collected a bunch of random jars and vases, painted them white and filled each with a flower.  Then you could use the bright idea of a chalkboard sticker to label each vase with a guest name and table number.  Guests would pick up their "favor" and go to their table, which would be sans-center piece.  Once everyone is at the table, they group their flower/vase favors in the middle to form the centerpiece.

p.s. specialty bottles carries all sorts of jars and bottles for around 60 cents each

Talk about killing a lot of birds with one stone!  Sounds genius to me.

create: magnetic paint

 magnetic paint w/ primer and color by home cheap home

out with the old fashioned bulletin board, in with DIY magnet boards.  same effect, customizable look.  rust-oleum makes a magnetic paint and i love the idea of turning an old picture frame, cabinet door, sculpture, breakfast tray or simply a swatch (in any shape!) on the wall into a magnet board.  honorable mention goes to the creative use of the ironing board and magnetic spice rack.  next up, DIY magnets...