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Tag Archives: Centerpieces
Unusual centerpiece ideas
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.
Atypical guest table centerpieces
I look at a lot of weddings, and I’ve decorated a lot of them. Sometimes, I wonder if anyone else breaks from the norm of lush flower bouquets and puts something a little different on their guest tables. Here are a few I found on Flickr to inspire you.
Flickr photo by magw21
This wedding reception centerpiece happened to be created by none other than a bride herself — she happens to be Australian, so I couldn’t tell you the exact amount these cost, but if you click on the link, she describes where she got the materials (like the faux flowers) and how she put them together.
Last-minute budget centerpieces
I got a frantic call from my church mom about two weeks ago, saying she needed help putting together a centerpiece that didn’t cost too much money for her mom’s 70th birthday party. First, I was aghast — did she need it the very next day??? No, she needed it in one week. Still that didn’t give me much to work with.
In most cases, I would have said, “I’m going to go shopping with you!” But I had just returned to work that week from maternity leave, plus I now have two boys to care for, so flitting off to go look for stuff to use in a centerpiece was not an option. I had to direct my church mom on what to look for and hope for the best.
First, I directed her to go to Big Lots and look for vases and items using lights, since its January and those sorts of things will typically be on clearance after the holidays. Her shopping trip just two days before the party was pretty fruitful.
Don’t forget to decorate inside your flower vases
I’m of the opinion that while every flower lover loves a vase, that the vase itself tends to be wasted real estate. Seriously! So let’s start using up that vase to make the entire arrangement work hard at looking beautiful.
For example, from a past 25th anniversary celebration, you’ve got a sprig of yellow cymbidium orchids submerged in water on top of a bed of rocks. Simple, yes? And expensive, too — a sprig of orchids can run you about $25 each, I believe. Can you imagine an extra $20 per table, in addition to your arrangement. It’s just an option, and there are so many more…
Here’s another example, from the huge event I stumbled upon in St. Petersburg. Those are pink glass pebbles in the conical vases, and bigger glass pebbles submerged in water below an unlit candle in the cubed vase. Again, simple, high impact, and you add an extra oomph to the decorations. But, wait! There’s more!
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Photo by Flickr’s Flor & FormaThese are really tall, cylindrical vases, but those roses aren’t the gargantuan type that would have such straight stems, right? So in the taller vases, it looks as though they wrapped the inside with long, green variegated leaves (meaning, it has the white stripe). I don’t remember the name of the leaf, but doesn’t it look like that one houseplant so many people have? Simple, huh? The slightly shorter vases look like they’ve got what could be reeds in it, but I’m not sure. The effect, though, is increased depth and stature to the entire arrangement.
Photo by Flickr’s lovyprincess
Fruit is increasingly being incorporated in wedding flower arrangements, and why not? It’s cheap, its colorful and its fun. However, I don’t know how the acidity of certain fruits, like lemons and limes, might interact with the flowers — I would imagine that it might decrease the shelf life of the cut flowers, but I have never done an experiment to find out. I’d also recommend possibly working with colorful vegetables, like carrots or eggplant. 🙂 My mom often liked to use green beans.
Photo by Flickr’s Tabbi Kat
This might be my favorite vase arrangement. Inside a punch bowl, there’s water, some dendrobium orchids, a second vase (presumably filled with another flower arrangement) and a fighting fish! It’s awesome. It’s fun. And it moves! What a conversation piece. But probably only recommended for the boldest (or most fun loving) of brides.
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