My sister-in-law was married a few years ago and she had this beautiful and very inexpensive decoration, free if you pull together a few easy resources. She had some branches, big thin long branches and placed them in a tall vase (a tall skinny ice bucket would do, try and borrow this item if you don't have something that will work).
The vase was in her wedding color green and a pink ribbon tied around the top. There were family wedding picture ornaments hanging from each of the branches. The ornaments were simple, small black and white photocopies of the relative's wedding pictures glued to pretty stock paper and fastened to matching ribbons. She placed it by the guest book and a couple of big bowls of candy. People would see it right away and then look at it more closely throughout the night. Great idea!
Martha Stewart's Thoughtful Tree has a design similar to this but she uses it for a guest book/wish book. I think now with all of the different papers you can buy in a craft store, this is a pretty do-able idea that wouldn't cost a fortune. The picture below can be inspiration for either a centerpiece, like my sister-in-law's, or for a well wishing tree.
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