Getting married is supposed to be one of the most memorable milestones in your life, but if you’re working with a tiny budget, it can seem hard to include all the little details. Here’s how to have a wonderful Rustic wedding inexpensively!
Rustic Wedding Ideas:
Cut a small limb (about the size of your wrist in thickness) into slices and then add a thin slit in the top to create “Place Settings” for each guest
Place Setting Ideas:
Find a lovely Wedding Cake Knife Set, wrap the handles in burlap and then wrap again with lace, tie it off with jute string.
Wedding Centerpiece Ideas:
Mason Jar with a Single flower
Centerpiece Ideas:
Rustic Centerpiece Wooden Box-Handpicked flowers in mason jars:
Inexpensive “Antiqued” Lantern Centerpiece idea:
Vintage Rustic Wedding Ring Pillow made of jute:
Setting up for the Reception:
Burlap Table Runners:
Ring Bearer Box:
Have you attended a rustic wedding? We’d love to hear and see your ideas as well!
Rustic Wedding Ideas on a Budget
Equipment
Materials
- Small limb about the size of your wrist in thickness
- Place cards or cardstock name cards
- Wedding cake knife set
- Burlap
- Lace
- Jute string
- Mason jars
- Single flowers
- Handpicked flowers
- Rustic wooden centerpiece box
- Antiqued lantern centerpiece
- Burlap table runners
- Vintage rustic wedding ring pillow made of jute
- Ring bearer box
Instructions
- Cut a small limb, about the size of your wrist in thickness, into slices.
- Add a thin slit in the top of each slice to create place settings for each guest.
- Insert a name card into each slit.
- Wrap the handles of a wedding cake knife set in burlap.
- Wrap again with lace.
- Tie it off with jute string.
- Fill mason jars with a single flower for a simple centerpiece.
- Arrange handpicked flowers in mason jars inside a rustic wooden centerpiece box for a fuller table display.
- Use an inexpensive antiqued lantern as a centerpiece option.
- Add burlap table runners to the tables.
- Set up the reception with repeated rustic details for a cohesive look.
- Use a vintage rustic wedding ring pillow made of jute.
- Finish with a ring bearer box.
- Wood slice place setting holder inspiration
- Rustic place setting ideas
- Burlap and lace wrapped wedding cake knife set
- Mason jar with a single flower centerpiece
- Additional centerpiece ideas
- Rustic centerpiece wooden box with handpicked flowers in mason jars
- Inexpensive antiqued lantern centerpiece idea
- Vintage rustic wedding ring pillow made of jute
- Reception setup inspiration
- Burlap table runner idea one
- Burlap table runner idea two
- Ring bearer box
- Estimated Cost is not calculated because the article includes multiple separate project options without fixed quantities for one complete event.
- Check wood slices for splinters before using them on guest tables.
- Use local or heat-treated wood rather than transporting untreated cut wood long distances.
- Keep lanterns stable and away from loose fabric if using candles.
