A Boy, A Girl & A Wedding: Decoration Ideas

This is the area where I'm afraid all my ideas are going to come together and look like someone threw up pink flowers, white tulle and candles and said "Good Enough!"

My lastest obsession is having a dessert buffet. All sorts of goodies and treats to sample instead of just cake. I do like the look of these letters...

I found super easy {cheap} directions on how to make a cupcake stand like this....

....All neatly residing on a table decorated like this! If we do go the dessert buffet route, I believe we will use a long rectangular table so we can fit more goodies on it! :) Or something like this!Centerpieces
Here is my inspiration for the centerpieces. I love the look of the square vase, but after pricing out how much it would cost, it just wasn't worth it. We found a lady in town who rents out party supplies and we can get cylinder vases for less than a dollar a piece. After pricing out with the florist how much real gerber daisies would be [$3.00 a stem x 5/6 flowers per centerpiece x 30 tables]..I decided to look into a cheaper option--fake ones! I am normally not a huge fan of fake flowers, but for centerpieces that no one will remember in 5 months....
We went to Hobby Lobby in Mankato and scored a great deal on three different shades of gerbers. 120 flowers later....They will look something like this. With the ribbon below wrapped around the stem of the glass. The flower arrangements will be on half the tables. We are renting these tealight holders for the other half of the tables.

I managed to score some great deals at a thrift store in Forest Lake after work one day. I got four of these tall stemmed tea light holders. Not sure where I'll put them, but I couldn't resist! The pink candle holder will be used with the unity candle... I also found 8 of these vases for $.50 a piece! Again, not sure what they will end up being used for....but I can't turn down a $4 deal, I guess! We are also going to be attempting some sort of ceiling draping with white tulle, and I've collected lots of white lights to hang within the tulle. This is the part where I feel like I need to hire a professional. Or I might just end up hurting someone! How do you make your vision become a reality???