Flower Centerpieces

At the time of writing this article, the month of June has already started. It means that Summer season is almost in its midst, and soon enough it’ll be blown away by the earliest cold breezes of winter. At the same time, we’ll be seeing lots of wedding ceremonies that are right around the corner – it’s just that everyone’s waiting for the right season and the right opportunity.

Oh and by the way, wedding events are a big deal now – people have become more ostentatious. The attendants from both sides, thinking that a Holy matrimony is once in a lifetime experience, don’t want to leave any open ends. They make sure that everything is looking top notch at the final day.

It is here at this point that the “top notch” analogy convinces us to discuss the subject of flower centerpieces for weddings. These harmless cute looking flower arrangements can be a pain in your you-know-what because of the insurmountable cost factor. Therefore, alongside the rest of the wedding accessories, such as: receptionists, bride and groom dresses, wedding cake and etc., wedding flower centerpieces have to be highly affordable but also elegant looking.

So when it comes to the subject of flower centerpieces for any wedding, you have the following options at your disposal:

  1. A. Contact Floral Companies:
    1. The internet is lined up with various companies that professionally create wedding flower centerpieces. Although, we’ve only written down the names of 5 companies, the online world has a lot more in store for a keen eye:
      1. i.    Belle Fleur
      2. ii.    Your Wedding Company
      3. iii.    Renea’s Bouquet
      4. iv.    Floral Poetry
      5. v.    Botanicals

These companies will offer you considerable rates. You don’t have to come up with any ideas on your own, as they’ll do the job for all the tables in one big package.

 

  1. B. I Want To Go For The DIY Wedding Flower Centerpieces…

Okay, sure enough we understand that you probably want to cut down on the cost factor or something like that, which is why you’re interested in creating flower centerpieces on your own. Here are a few tips and precautions.

• Precautions First:

• Jot down the number of tables and places you want to place the centerpieces on.

• In any wedding ceremony, “More is not Merrier”; in fact it means quite the opposite because in a Do-It-Yourself scenario, there’s not a lot of time to take care of everything.

• Gather your friends and foes, all the relatives (even the distant ones who’re twice removed from your dead aunt’s or uncle’s side) and frenemies (enemies who pretend to be friends) to help you in your DIY Wedding Flower Centerpieces venture.

• Don’t panic at the last moment. If the centerpieces are not enough, try making alternative arrangements.

• Large sized centerpieces go well with the cake or buffet table. If you cant make a large one, just scatter rose petals around the cake or create a halo of different flowers.

• The guest tables look better with small sized floral arrangements. Besides, at the time of the dinner, the guests mostly care about how easily they can get their greedy hoofs on the delicious food – Wedding decorations are far from their minds.

• Remember: The guests only appreciate what they see. Give everything your best shot.

 

• Here Comes The Idea Part:

 

  1. 1. The Paper Garland:

Kate Berry, editor of “Martha Stewart Wedding”, is known for her stunning flower arrangements from time to time. Her floral antics are so perfect that even if she creates something out of paper, people mistake it for the real stuff.

The reason you’d want to create a paper garland as a flower centerpiece on your or someone else’s wedding is because of the fact that this procedure is highly cost effective. Plus, you wouldn’t have to slaughter all the beautiful real life flowers during the entire procedure… at least not that much…

  1. The process starts with multi colored scrapbooking paper. It is available in the form of different templates, both online, and at your local retailer.
  2. Based on the design of the scrapbooking paper, you can start cutting out flags and flowers of different shapes.
  3. Get a pre folded seam tape. This tape is also available in different colors, so buying it wouldn’t be a problem. Slide the flags and flowers inside the seams of the tape and fold it, so as to stick ‘n hold everything in one place.
  4. The open ends can be stitched together with a sewing machine.
  5. There you have it, a paper flower garland. Place it on the cake or your main buffet table – it’ll work fine both ways.
  1. 2. Yellowish White Wedding Centerpieces:

Straight off the creative mind of Naomi deManana, New York’s finest floral designers, the Yellowish White Wedding Centerpieces are quite a sensation. Naomi originally used Tulips, Sweet peas and Ranunculus; all arranged together in small bunches.

The idea is quite simple; you can arrange the combination of these multicolored flowers in a bunch and then put them in opaque vases. Transparent vases or containers won’t look good because the stems are going to look ugly.

To further enhance the look of these centerpieces, go for a glowy dinner set, with golden or yellow white table sheets. Moreover a yellow ribbon, wrapped around each vase will make everything look elegant.

  1. 3. Candle Flower Centerpieces:

Candle flower centerpieces will jazz up that chitter-chatter among guests for sure. Especially when the wedding ceremony is set to take place in the evening, or out in the open, it’ll simply look romantic.

The idea originally revolves around candle holders of different shapes and sizes.

  1. Search across the internet for flower templates.
  2. Store them on a flash drive and hail a taxi cab to your local printing press.
  3. Once printed, cut out the floral templates according to the appropriate shape of candle holders.
  4. From then on, stick double sided tape on the candle holders.
  5. Apply your floral sheets onto the holders – they’ll be held in place without any hassles.
  6. Trim off any unwanted edges.
  7. Wrap elegant ribbons of your choice around the bottom panel/bottom area of the candle holders. That’s it, you’re done.

To further add up to the glitz and glam of these unique artificial flower centerpieces, add scented candles to the candle holders. Light them up and let your guests blossom in the ambience.

  1. 4. The Paper Doily Wedding Flower Centerpieces:

Talk about high drama and stylish elegance in a wedding ceremony; you get the paper doily chandeliers at your disposal.

Basically, you can create small sized flowers of your choice and line them up on a 12 – 15 inch yarn lace. To make the designs go with the theme of the wedding, always go for one color. White seems to work most of the time.

You can create wreath of small and large size, with the smaller wreath and ring suspended at a lower height than the bigger ones. Once the creation is complete, hang these flower shaped paper chandeliers, with the help of adhesive hooks, tightly secured to the ceiling.

With the table placed around the central point of the paper doily wedding flower centerpieces, everything will drop off a bedazzling look – and that too, without any expenses!

 

For more ingenious ideas regarding flower centerpieces, search across the internet, or feel free to read different articles. Eventually, you’ll end up with more than enough ideas to spark up any wedding ceremony.