FLORAL HOW-TO WEEK | CB x Fifty Flowers: Vase Alternatives: Vintage Crates + Baskets

It's Floral How-To Week on CB (where I'm sharing a week's worth of floral tutorials, tips, tricks + more thanks to FiftyFlowers.com who partnered up with me and provided some truly beautiful blooms!). Today, I'm sharing a few of my favorite vase alternatives for weddings! And you better bet they're all vintage (and mostly European) b/c that's just how I roll. (And yep, they're all for sale!)

Vases are great (in fact, I'm sharing a few of my favorite vases tomorrow on the blog) but sometimes you may want to create a larger statement than vases can allow which means you'll need to start thinking outside the box. I loooove using antique wooden crates as floral vessels like this charming French one! The reddish-orange color of the wood and the dark typography just pop against those creamy white peonies ... stunning for a garden chic affair, no? This arrangement could be used in so many different places - as a table centerpiece, part of the altar decor, guestbook table, wedding cake table or even placed on the ground near an entrance.

pssst ... You may remember this French Alsatian crate from the Snow White shoot I styled in Germany two years ago - I used it to hold some shiny red apples. ;)

If you're interested in purchasing this French crate before I list it in my shop, just message me at theclassicbride@gmail.com for pricing + shipping info.

UPDATE! It's been added to the shop! Check out the listing for this darling French crate here.

Continuing with vase alternatives, I'm a huge fan of natural wicker baskets and the fact that this basket (shown below) used to hold a demijohn filled with wine or champs only makes it that much cooler. Seriously, how effortlessly pretty are these flower-filled baskets?! I can totally see them at a preppy coastal New England wedding. I scored two of these darling baskets in Northern France and have listed them in my shop so feel free to take a look. The pair would be beyond stunning overflowing with flowers and flanking an altar ...

Here's another antique wooden crate that would be extra pretty filled with flowers ... they're also great for resting your bouquet! (If you missed the tutorial on how I created that peony bouquet, you can catch up here)

And last but not least, I love incorporating vintage suitcases. I'll admit they've come close to wearing out their welcome with the stacked trend but I think if you're clever with how you use them, they can look and feel fresh and gorgeous again! I love the idea of filling a suitcase with peonies and baby's breath and placing it next to a table outfitted with a globe guestbook (to keep with the travel theme, ask guests to write their favorite vacation on the globe along with a little note).

Again, everything featured in this post will soon be headed for my wedding boutique (if it's not there already) so shoot me a message at theclassicbride@gmail.com for more details if you're interested.

And make sure you tune in all week for more floral tutorials - just click on "Flower Week" in the labels at the top of this post to make sure you don't miss any posts! ;)

This post is sponsored by FiftyFlowers.com who provided the wholesale flowers for this fun project.

Styling, calligraphy + photos by moi.

Tags : DIYs , FLOWER WEEK , FLOWERS , SPONSORED POST , TUTORIAL

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