There are thousands of potentially amazing centrepieces out there, and here are my top 5 show stopping centrepieces.
5. Water:
Water adds an elemental, fluid, feeling to the table. It has connotations with new life and the cleansing of the body from sin. Marriage is the beginning of a new life so they merge perfectly. Water works well when combined with flowers (particularly submerged gerbera I find), with floating candles or with a waterfall type effect.
4. Candles:
Candles are deeply symbolic, connected with the idea of the light and warmth of love. They add a certain intimacy and conjure the idea of romance. Fire also has connotations with purification and new life, perfect for a wedding as you begin your new lives together.
It is practical for the candle to be covered (particularly if there are children at the wedding), perhaps in a stylish votive holder or be original with an old fashioned style lantern.
3. Crystals:
Crystals have links with good luck and healing so are a good omen at a wedding. More than that they provide an interesting and different centrepiece which encourages people to touch and interact with it. Weddings with a lot of children are a great chance to use crystals, children love them and can often be encouraged to sit playing quietly (well....quieter) during speeches and toasts.
2. Themed Centrepieces:
Themes don't have to be all encompassing - little hints of a theme can work well without overloading the senses. Use an objective friend or a wedding planner to make sure you don't get lost in the theme or it can end up looking massively overdone.
Examples of themes are:
Seasons ? For Autumn using leaves and pine cones look great, especially with leaf shaped confetti scattered around the table. This looks great and is environmentally friendly. You can also ?spice it up? a little with glitter.
For winter, its pure whites teamed with clear crystals and icy tones. Lights and glitter really set off this look.
Cultural - Take inspiration from your own background. With an Irish background you may consider using elements such as greens shamrocks (a bit predictable but always festive), the heraldic harp, Celtic cross, Celtic love knot, and the Claddaugh.
Oriental style themes could use red and black colours (for luck), Shoji lanterns, black or white pebbles and, of course, chop sticks.
Beach theme- While it does sound rather tacky, this can be done in a variety of ways. The restrained way generally involves quite muted colours such as blues etc, pebbles or shells, sand and maybe even faux beach debris.
It all sounds a bit much but, when done well, can look amazing. Now, if you're planning on a more outgoing take on the beach theme why not go all out with brightly coloured shells and maybe even a tiny fake palm tree or two.... tacky yes, but definitely different and memorable.
1.Photos:
Photos can be a great way to make everyone feel involved, particularly in smaller weddings. A place setting with a photo on (or a baby photo if you're feeling cruel!) makes the extra effort.
A great idea is to leave disposable cameras on the tables and develop the pictures later. A variant on this is to get Polaroid cameras with somewhere to stick the resulting photos in the centre of the table. It's great to get people chatting, particularly if respective families haven't met before. It also leaves you with a great keepsake.
What's important to remember is that these can all be combined in any number of variations. Photos obviously go great with anything (except water!) while candles add to any number of themes (especially Oriental). But the important thing is, when everyone is giving you ideas, take other peoples thoughts on board but ultimately be led by your own vision....and don't be afraid to experiment!
Ideas For A Wedding
Sometimes, wedding favors could be considered one easy way to plan a wedding; however, they can be planned at a later time. When left behind for the last part, the wedding favors and their purchase can create a lot of frustration. Nonetheless, there are some ways you could get away with buying the wedding favors. If you manage to ease off the stress and really concentrate of the work, then you will be able to organize your wedding properly and thus make some interesting choices that will enthrall your guests. The following guidelines can prove useful into realizing a perfect wedding bash.
For instance, using candles could constitute one way you could find to give wedding favors to the guests at your wedding. Since you don't have to prepare anything as wedding favor during this bash as part of your wedding, you still need to count how many people will be present at your wedding and thus you will be able to make the necessary purchases for your wedding. For instance, as a flower you could choose to pick a red rose to hand out to the guests. This choice of a flower would represent a perfect choice because the rose represents the symbol of love. You don't have to pay additional money to wrap the flower and a simple and natural attention can be very well appreciated. One rose for one single guest would mean that you are keeping costs but that you are still saving some money and not going over your budget. Therefore, placing in an interesting way your rose for each of the guests would mean that your guests feel very well during your wedding bask. Arranging the centerpieces on the table will mean that you are able to create a long lasting, visual effect.
Candy could also constitute another idea to give as wedding favors. Because candy can be presented in different styles and ways, it is thus a good idea to make use of candy as wedding favor. For instance, you can save the money spent on centerpieces and find that candy can be presented in ways that don't require a lot of money to be spent. For instance, you can use large bowls in which to put the candy on the tables so that each guest can serve himself or herself with the candy. A small bag containing some candy together with the thank you note for having attended the wedding could constitute the perfect way to enjoy candy and make the guests feel special. Therefore, your guests, after having consumed the original amount of candy, could easily go on and consume more of the available candy and fill their bags yet again.
Another intelligent way to give out wedding favors without spending too much money on it would be to include picture frames. These are often used with pictures from the wedding and are then wrapped in their own, individual sheets. However, if the couple has not much time to devote to such menial tasks, then they could resort to some intelligent way of presenting the picture frames as wedding gifts for the guests. They could for instance place a thank you postcard in the frame and thus, they wouldn't have to worry anymore about wrapping the frames and making each and every one of time look neat. You could then give a practical utilization to your picture frames and you would also get rid of the frustration of finding the perfect wrap for the wedding favors.
Last but not least, another thing you could use as wedding favor would be to digital photos. You could for instance, hire a professional photographer to take pictures of each of the guests at the wedding and use them to print photos. Once having done that, you could hand out the pictures to your guests when they leave your bash. Therefore, you could instantly create a wedding favor that is at the same time, personalized and according to the preferences of the guests. The guests will be of course dressed up and they would without doubt, greatly enjoy to be immortalized in that outfit and have their picture taken by a professional photographer. You could ask the photographer to settle up a slide show of the photos to present at the end of your wedding, before everyone leaves. This would mean that your wedding has been considered a success because everyone will find it extremely interesting to witness this personal memento of what has happened during the wedding.
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