The centerpieces- corn husk flowers from Guatemala to NYC

I was pretty happy with the way the centerpieces came out.  I always knew i wanted to do my own centerpieces, but i just didn't know how to go about it.  Incidentally, that's why my centerpices were the last thing that happened in my planning.  I had many different centerpiece ideas ranging from paper flower arrangements to potted plants.  I had at one point settled on using real fresh flowers, but then realized that this would be a challenge because i would have to work on them the day before the wedding leaving me no room for mistakes or mishaps.  I researched and I researched, and one day I came across images of corn husk flowers on a Martha Stewart page, and that's when i had the grand idea that corn husk was the perfect item to use- natural, symbolic of harvest (autumn), and corn being a huge part of the mexican diet, it seemed perfectly appropriate.

My original idea with the corn husk flowers was to make them myself.  Cut the corn husk into petals, bundle them and wire them together to form the shape of the flower.  Luckily for me, one day Fred and I were at the Brooklyn Flea and that's when we saw a vendor selling corn husk flowers!  The coincidence was too much to handle, but somehow one thing led to the next and before i knew it i was placing a bulk order for Red corn husk flowers.  I knew i could order these in advance, have them shipped, and have time to work on the centerpieces well ahead of my wedding.  Perfect.

In the end, the flowers ended up arriving exactly a week before my wedding but with the help of my sister and  fred's mom, and my mom, we got it done!

Here's the end result!

I used tulle, lace, ribbon, and feathers to give them a bit of depth.  But overall, i think they were pretty cool.