5 Ideas for Centerpieces for Weddings

Centerpieces are important elements of wedding’s decoration. The centerpiece serves as an ice breaker for guests and it really pays to be creative in creating a unique centerpiece for the reception. Here are a few good ideas for centerpieces for weddings.

1. Centerpieces of Bright Carnations

Carnations look gorgeous. If you want flowers real for less, carnations are the way to go. Centerpieces made of carnations look really good due to the availability of a wide variety of bright colors. When you stack different colored carnations together in a vase, you get yourself an inexpensive centerpiece.

Carnations are used as inexpensive fillers since decades as they have a chic style of their own. You don’t need expensive vases to fit them in. Even few minimalistic vases filled with different colored carnations can give you adoring centerpieces for the wedding.

2. Centerpieces of Red and Pink Roses.

"A rose is a rose is a rose". Since ages, roses have been considered a symbol of love and beauty. They are a quintessential flower of weddings. Roses are preferred in centerpieces due to their bicolor and solid-colored varieties. You would be surprised to know that more than 3000 varieties of roses are commercially available.

You can bundle different colored roses together with every shade of red, crimson to bright fuchsia. To create a perfect contrast, use ceramic flower vases painted in white. Keep the arrangements of roses in loose so that it looks like they have been just picked fresh from the garden.

3. Towering Centerpieces

If you want a centerpiece adoring the high ceilings of the venue, then you need to consider towering centerpieces that add elegance and drama to the decoration. You can get tall glass cylinders and wrap thin ribbons around it. You can keep a variety of flowers at the base of the cylinder and also at the top of the cylinders.

You can use white and pale-pink orchids, white hydrangeas, and ivory roses, cymbidium orchids to cover the top and bottom area of the towering centerpiece. You can use satin ribbons to cover the cylinders. The overall look of this towering centerpiece is quite elegant and classy.

4. Centerpieces of Candles

If you are inclined to create a centerpiece without flowers, then candles are your best options. You can use hundreds of candles to create a centerpiece. When you light up all candles, the whole venue gets an ultra-modern romantic feel due to the soft light of candles.

If you want a unique centerpiece, you can use slat gray candles that give the centerpiece its uniqueness. You can also choose to illuminate the table with floating candles in a glass bowl. The creative ideas to use candles as centerpieces are endless.

5. Non-traditional Centerpieces

If you like to go for the non-traditional way for centerpieces, then a single orchid is enough. You can place a single orchid standing on its own in a vase. You can surround the vase with sea shells and delicate lanterns. This potted centerpiece looks elegant on the table.

There is no limit for creativity in creating wedding centerpieces. However, you need to ensure the centerpiece goes well with the decoration theme.

So, which centerpiece idea is your favorite?

HMR Designs, one of the top event planning and production companies in Chicago, has a team of experienced planners, florists, and designers providing floral arrangements, custom décor services and centerpieces for weddings, bar mitzvahs, corporate events.

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