Since we stay until the very end, we are often working side by side with the venue, and sometimes the guests of the wedding cleaning up, packing away, and returning to the way things were.
It has happened many a time that there were candle holders, vases, or random other wedding nick nacks that no one wanted at the end of the night. When people offer, we collect the items and store them on our shelves.
I have always like the idea of Green Weddings. Reuse what you can, reduce the amount of things wasted, and minimize on things that aren't all that important.
Over the years, we've collected containers, candles, napkins, and set them aside for the event that will reuse these items. Although I think it would be fun to have 50 vases, most people don't find a need for more than a couple.
So when it comes to your wedding decorations, get together with some of your friends who may also be in martial boat, and share the goods, a little altering and you have something that is new, reused, and may one day help another bride on her special day.
