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Flowers make traditional and beautiful wedding
reception table decorations but other things can be used (see below).
When selecting the materials for your wedding
table centerpiece
consider the type of theme that you have chosen as well as the food
that will be served, the china that is to be used, the color scheme,
type of table linen used and the size of the arrangements that you
need.
For example the table of a Christmas wedding could be
attractively decorated in Christmas colors of red and green with sprigs
of holly and berries. The table of a beach wedding where seafood might
be served could be decorated with shells and plants that echo the sea
and beach.
How to choose
your wedding table flowers
Select
at least two different shapes of flowers or leaves for your wedding
table flowers to provide a natural variety or contrast. Spiky flowers
such as stocks, irises and freesias go well with more rounded roses,
dahlias, carnations or daffodils.
Tapering foliage harmonises
well with bushy branches. You could use more unusual items which will
be noticed more easily and this could possibly be a conversation stater
amongst you guests: the use of rosehips are more unusual than roses,
hosta flowers are not seen as often in arrangements as their
leaves.
Try to avoid using any overpowering scents these
could be too strong
for meal times.
The colors that you select should tone in with
the room décor, the china and linens used. You don’t have to pick out
the obvious, main color in patterned china. Instead, select a secondary
color or a minor color and choose your wedding reception flowers
accordingly.
Your wedding flower arrangements should have more
than one color as one color can look flat and uninteresting. It is
important to have a main color accent rather than having it equalled by
a secondary color.
Wedding Table
Centrepiece Ideas
Don’t
feel that you always have to use flowers as your wedding reception
table decorations. There are plenty of alternatives when you can’t get
any flowers or if you feel like being different.
Here are some picture ideas of wedding reception
table decorations:
Other Ideas
for Wedding Reception Table Decorations
- 1. Glass baubles such as the ones
used for Christmas decorations
look wonderful in a large bowl, or scattered across the table. Use
colors that suit your wedding theme.
- 2. Pebbles, rocks,
pieces of driftwood or even pieces of coal can be very effective. Group
pebbles together on trays and in a bowl. Use wood or coal to create a
Japanese style arrangement.
- 3. Feathers and feathered
creatures such as replica birds, and butterflies are perfect to fill
the empty spaces on the table cloth.
- 4. A vase of
silk flowers can be as attractive as the real thing. You can also use
silk flowers to add color to each individual setting by winding them
around napkins, twining them around the stems of the wine glasses, or
placed in individual small vases.
- 5. For a “high tech”
table setting use shiny objects such as chrome tools, nuts, bolts and
screws. Scatter randomly across the table or have them tumble out of
glass containers or use them as knife rests. This display would look
stunning on glass, Perspex, chrome or metal tables.
- 6. Add sparkle to your wedding table
by using plain or colored marbles in glass or china bowls with burning
candles nearby.
- 7. Origami
can provide interesting and unusual shapes to decorate the table top.
Use a small bare branch to hang origami shapes from its twigs with
black cotton. This branch can be laid down in the centre of the table
or propped in a small dish filled with stones to represent a small tree.
- 8. Create
miniature gardens, by using stones, twigs, flowers and mosses. Use
different textures, colors and shape to reflect the variety of a real
garden. A long rectangular garden could be made to run along the center
of the table or make smaller gardens in round or oval shape trays.
- 9. Use
grass of different textures and colors to decorate the tables. Simply
lay them across the middle of the table or at each place setting. They
also look great in vases or bowls or in a series of slim vases which
have been grouped together, or standing in a row.
- 10. Use
a twiggy branch to make a miniature tree. Hang interesting and
appropriate objects from the branches. Things that you can hang are
covered chocolates, Easter eggs (if your wedding is close to Easter),
small wedding favors, feathered creatures. Make sure that the twig is
secured firmly into a steady base.
Try a combination of
these different effects for your wedding reception table decorations,
placing some in the middle of the table and others at the place
settings.
