I’ve never been into trends — I mostly like what I like — but its a good gauge for where you should go. I was browing TheKnot.com’s flowers section recently and found this article about what’s hot for centerpieces.

A lot of it is what I expected, but I was sort of disappointed when they didn’t provide pictures. C’mon guys! Anyway, you know I’ll hook it up, thanks to a little bit of surfing on Flickr.

By the way, this arrangement above, from Whittier’s Friendly Hills Country Club, fits the article because it keeps the view.

It’s hard to have a conversation with the person across the table when there’s a big centerpiece blocking your view. To mitigate this, designers are making increased use of glass and Lucite containers, which add height to the table, but don’t entirely restrict sight lines. Consider using short square and tall rectangular glass vases spaced evenly apart down a banquet table. The look is spatially interesting and still functional.

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One of the trends they talk about is simple presentations. And when I was looking around on Flickr, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a simpler presentation than this one.

Flickr photo by Dance Party Duo

This is basically an acrylic or glass cube with an open top, some water and a Gerber daisy. How simple is that? I like it because its so simple it stands out. But I gotta say, it may get lost among all the other stuff that goes on a guest’s table at a wedding. OK, then, let’s keep going.

Flickr photo by kazwell

Now, this is really an arrangement I can get on board with. Basically, these are two super-tall cylindrical vases with cymbidium orchid sprigs in them and filled with water. My mom used to love doing the same thing, except she’d put an arrangement on top, but honestly, I don’t think its totally necessary. Look at the effect of the short candles below? It makes them glow! However, you might think this would probably an expense-cutter, but you’d be wrong. Cymbidium orchid sprigs can be pretty pricey. What I’m wondering, though, is how they managed to make the lavender one kind of float, without it coming to the top. Hm.

I have two images to share from LASawyer on Flickr. I don’t know anything about her, but she really seems to like weddings. Anyway, she has a couple of centerpiece ideas that aren’t necessarily related to the original article, but I think are cool and creative and definitely worth mentioning.

Flickr photo by LASawyer

Coffee! In a wedding centerpiece! Awesome! There’s that glass/acrylic (I recommend acrylic if you have friends who like to drink, btw) cube vase, filled with coffee beans, on top of silk hydrangea leaves, accented with a few silk hydrangea blossoms and flanked by plenty of candles! Yes! I love coffee, so I love this idea.

Flickr photo by LASawyer

I really love this idea too, and its a lot more wedding-y than the coffee one, if that’s not your cup of tea. *snicker* Sorry, I couldn’t help it! Anyway, This arrangement is actually all silk hydrangea blossoms, which would make perfect sense since there are Christmas lights entwined in the blossoms. I’m not sure what’s in the vase, but it could be simply white bath crystals, or white rocks or even white tinsel, and the vase is entwined in what I would call icicle wire. This arrangement kind of encompasses all of the trends mentioned in the article — it’s a simple presentation that won’t block the view of your guests and its all lit up. Perfect.
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