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3 Simple Ideas for Wedding Centerpieces

April 20th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

There are so many little details that need to be taken care of during your wedding planning from finding the perfect invitations, organizing the ceremony and planning the perfect wedding reception. And every little tiny detail is just as important as the next.

When brainstorming ideas for your wedding centerpieces it’s worthwhile remembering that these can add significantly to the ambience of the reception and of course the entire day. Centerpieces should be more than just some ornament on each table.

Sometimes the best wedding centerpieces are the sort that can be consumed, such as edible wedding favors, bottles of wine, or decorative cakes. A candy bouquet, for instance, can be just as brightly colored as a flower bouquet, but offer something for the taste buds instead of for the nose. Rather than a vase filled with brightly-colored stones to make a centerpiece, you can have a vase with brightly-wrapped chocolates and give your guests something to snack on.

Watch any Hollywood movie with a wedding in it and you’ll notice the elegant use of flowers as the core of the wedding centerpieces. It’s hard to go wrong with a bouquet of flowers as a centerpiece, since flowers can offer both color and fragrance to a table. Once you have flowers and a vase, you have a base to create any number of decorative centerpieces using feathers, non-flowering plants, and other embellishments. This choice is simple and should be easy to pull off especially since there are so many unique arrangements you can choose from.

Candles as wedding centerpieces are a popular choice for some and can either be added to a flower arrangement or take its place. What is also useful about having candles is that you could choose scented ones. Although you need to ensure that if you do that the scent is not overpowering. You wouldn’t want some awful odor hanging in the air during your reception.

Combine your wedding favors with your wedding centerpieces for instance can create a way to personalize each table for your guests. Little bags of candy or other favors can surround a single centerpiece, creating something that looks great with the favors there and still looks beautiful once your guests have taken their wedding favors.

Just remember to see the bigger picture in your wedding planning. The centerpiece idea you go with may look amazing and ideal in a picture or on one table but make sure the one or the combination you choose works to your satisfaction.