If you don’t want floral centerpieces, then here are a couple of ideas for your wedding.
Centerpiece of feathers by L.A. Weddings and Events by Alfred
This feathery centerpiece is from my friend Kathleen’s wedding. Kat is pretty rock n’ roll, so I should’ve known she would have had a rocking centerpiece like this one. What’s key for a centerpiece like this one is the right stand.
I consider myself to be a very good judge of people. And I truly believe that a person is what they do, which is why its so important to do what you love. So when I say I know some really awesome people working in the wedding industry, you better believe it.
So I figured I would give those folks a spotlight here, on the Recommendations page. Here are the ground rules for my recommendations:
And that’s it. Good luck in finding your wedding vendors!
I haven’t draped a wedding in years, so I didn’t know what it would be like to put organza back in my hands again. Thankfully, its like riding a bike — you really don’t forget how to do it. I didn’t need to do any tables, which in my opinion is more work, so doing two backdrops was a snap. The day wasn’t without its complications, as is the case with any other wedding, of course. But all in all, it all turned out well.
The decorators happened to have a personal stake in this wedding — the groom was the brother of Sophia Truong, my brother’s design partner. Above is the photo backdrop, in the lobby outside the reception. The location of this backdrop was a pickle — first it was opposite the entryway, then it was along the far adjacent wall, then we had to move it all the way next to the entryway. That would be why that last column seems to be a little too far from the rest, a fact I only noticed when looking over the photos.
And, I’d like to point out that my sister did the majority of the work on this backdrop. I mostly just finished it off. I think I’ve taught her pretty well!
I draped a couple of backdrops for my brother and his design partner Saturday for the first time in a few years. I forgot how much fun it was to see my work go up!
I ordinarily would not have paired orange and pink together, but it came out surprisingly well. Kind of like a rainbow sherbert backdrop. Anyway, I’ll have more and more photos soon!
I’ll be decorating a wedding this weekend for my brother. I’ll be decorating at a hotel in Universal City, which is pretty central, so it occurred to me if anyone here is really interested in seeing me drape, you might want to come on down. In exchange, all I ask is that you help me out by taking some photos or video so I can share it here.
Interested? Leave me a comment and I’ll give you the info.
Most dream weddings include tall, lofty guest table arrangements, full of flowers, like the one below.
Flickr photo by Pure Elegance Events
But, can you afford the heavy, silver stand, rental of which can start at $30 a piece, without even factoring in the flowers? How about all those lush lavender roses, the hydrangea, the tulips, the lisianthus, the dendrobium orchids? Yeah, that gets expensive. Maybe there are some ways to have the tall flower arrangement look, without the tall flower arrangement look price.
If you can score a wedding venue with a gazebo, do it! Gazebos are so easy and so much fun to decorate and make your wedding look spectacular. Best part is, you don’t need a whole lot to make a gazebo look fancy.
Flickr photo by Zandania
It’s not easy to find a spectacular gazebo set up like this, but they seem to be common in resort areas, where you don’t need a whole lot of space for dozens of guests. This gazebo, in Cuba, was decorated with white chiffon and a couple of vibrant flower arrangements at the front.