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The Other Center Of Attention At Your Wedding!
There are so many different styles of centerpieces to choose
from. The type of flowers you choose will often dictate the
style of the arrangement. The theme and color scheme of your
wedding will be a big factor in what flowers you choose. You
don't have to just have flowers, there are some wonderful combinations
of flowers and fruits and this can be a way to get just the right
colors too. Your wedding florist or wedding planner will be
able to guide you in this area.
Remember the arrangement should be low enough for your wedding guests
to "chat over" or high enough for them to "talk under". The
centerpiece should never block your guests view, when your guests are
seated, their head height should be a clear way view for them.
If you are working on a tight budget, sometimes the table centerpieces
are often included with the wedding reception venue costs.
This is always a question you should ask when enquiring about
costings. If they are included then the next question should
be how much choice you have and if you don't like the choice, are you
able to organize your own arrangements and how much will the reduction
in costs to you be.
There are wedding equipment hire companies that will hire out
containers and if you want a dramatic impact at your reception, then
you may be able to go for a stunning container that needs not much in
the flower department to get the WOW factor. Often times with
flowers less can be more.
You can always opt to make up your own bridal centerpieces, keep the
theme simple if you're not artistic, try three single stem vases on
each table, clear always looks best, with a clean stem flower in each,
a tulip, gerbera, orchid, rose. On a round or square table,
group them in the center with a candle between or if you have rectangle
tables, then place them down the center line and put a candle between
each and at each end. Remember the head height rule for the
size of the vases.
Spaghetti jars lend themselves to so many options for
centerpieces. You can have them filled with colored glass
pebbles to match your wedding color scheme, then have flowers arranged
at the top to cascade down, fill them with colorful potpourri, colored
water with a floral decoration on top or even a candle with ribbons
trailing down.
If you don't want flowers, then ask your florist to do some exotic
fruit arrangements, or pyramids of lemons, limes or oranges or a
combination of all three. Remember for a fun look, balloons
floating above your wedding reception tables can look
fantastic. These are held by special weights and can be color
matched to your theme. This is often a less expensive
centerpeice. You can have the balloons added to your floral
centepiece too. If you think you might like this idea, then
contact a balloon decorator, they are very artistic people and have
some wonderful ideas, you will be amazed at what they will come up with.
A piece of advice, when you are dealing with artistic, creative people,
don't try to restrict them too much, when you first consult
with them, give then a free reign to come up with ideas for
you, give them the details of your theme, your color scheme, flowers
you like, the style of church/wedding ceremony venue, bridal reception
room/marque, see what they come up with for you. Even if you have
definite ideas, keep them to yourself to start with. Mostly
these people are very creative and love nothing better than a challenge
and to do something new.
Many florists will do balloons and balloon decorators will do
flowers. Often times they will work together too.
You are only limited by your imagination and if your imagination
happens to be limited, then ask for ideas, your family, your florist,
your wedding planner will all throw their ideas into the hat, then you
can sort through and decide which you would like best.
Remember, with all that is placed on the wedding reception tables these
days, keep this in mind when choosing your centerpieces. The
'less is more' often works best.
Carmel Baird is a freelance writer and publisher of wedding information and resources at Creative-Wedding-Planning.com
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