Wedding Centerpiece Ideas | Unique Wedding Centerpieces

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1. vaya3

   2009 Feb 06 1

   We did very simple centerpieces for our wedding and it was very cheap. We put a mirrored tile in the middle with a shallow bowl on top. In the bowl we put some water, some colored glass gems in our wedding color (like the kind you put in fish tanks) and then floated candles on top. When the lights were low all of the candles glowed and were reflected in the mirror tile. It was a very romantic setting. Good luck!
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2. justaskin

   2009 Feb 06 2

   well I always thought of getting bowls or vases or some sort of glass dish and getting gold fish or some sort of fish to put in them and then if you are have kids at the wedding you can give them to the kids when its all over. I know no flowers or candles but it's an idea. Good luck and congrats way in advance!!
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3. Be happy or live miserable.

   2009 Feb 06 3

   Get some of those mirrors that they sell there oval shaped from hobby lobby.

   Put a big off white candle on it and there u go

   Maybe a bow around it
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4. KMONEY831

   2009 Feb 06 4

   My colors were black and red and I was on a budget so I went to Ikea (hopefuly there is one within driving distance from you) I got nice vases (about 10" tall by 6" diameter) for $2 a piece, these really cool square mirrors that had a red frame for $2 ea., glass votive holdes for $0.50 ea (2 per table), some bags of black river rock (pick 'n' save $1 ea), and I put 3-5 stems of red gerbera daisies in each vase, no filler. You could easily change the colors and type of flower. The simplicity was great and I was able to do it myself. On the cake and food tables I replaced the flowers with floating candles in the same vases. You could alternate between flower stems and floating candles and it would be really nice.
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5. Special K

   2009 Feb 06 5

   Float flowers and candels in a shallow bowl.
   Tall small flower pots with 4 -5 flowers, no stem showing.
   Pinecones, leaves at the base of a candle stick. Remember, nothing to tall, your guests need to see each other from across the table.
   Check out magazines and web sites for visual ideas, Martha Stewart is a great one
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6. Future Mrs. Howard

   2009 Feb 06 6

   We plan to do candles with a vase and some lilac colored pebbles or something in the bottom of the vase. A friend of mine had 3 goldfish in a bowl on each table with their name on the bowl and gave it away at the end of the night.
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7. NikonLady

   2009 Feb 06 7

   A friend of mine went to the dollar store and bought flower vases, put river rocks in the bottom, water, and floated little candles. Around them she had a viney flower decore going down the table.
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8. ERK

   2009 Feb 06 8

   At a bridal expo recently, I saw these beautiful, but simple, centerpieces that I'm thinking of changing my design to. They were tall, clear vases filled about 2/3 of the way with fruit (some vases had whole fruit–cherries, small limes–and others had thick slices of oranges and lemons), then filled with water with a floating candle on top. There were three varied length candles around the base, with some flower petals scattered around the table. They were strikingly elegant, easy to do, and inexpensive.
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9. sarahz

   2009 Feb 06 9

   I potted my own flowers for our centerpieces. paint the pots whatever color and decorate. get some pretty summer flowers or seeds and pot them early in the season so they're real full and green for the wedding date. I liked the idea of people being able to take home a plant that won't die on them right away.
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10. raftart

    2009 Feb 06 10

    I am getting married next August too! My friend, for her wedding, bought some glass candle holders from Asda and a big bag of the tiny white candles and placed a couple on each table. Then she got some leather candle holders, which hold four candles, for the top table. It may be worth trying if you think it will look nice. Congrats. x
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11. Hollli

    2009 Feb 06 11

    Try getting some slender tall vases fill with clear glass stones, then look on line for floral lights, they come in all colors you light them and drop them into the bottom of the vase so it is lighted then use long stem flowers of your choice to put in the vase. The effect is great, it is more safe then candles and it is new and fresh not something everyone has done.
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12. petunia0384

    2009 Feb 06 12

    We found some hurricane glasses for like 5 bucks each that were really pretty and we have metallic gold candles for them. They'll probably sit on mirrors. Those are going in the center… Maybe with some of those glass gems in the bottom. We are running strands of ivy and strings of pearls down the table with some hydrangea interspersed (our tables are longish).
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13. HELEND

    2009 Feb 06 13

    i used mirrored plates and dimante candles, with silver hearts on the table
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14. lucy m

    2009 Feb 06 14

    for my wedding (which is next month) we brought some wreaths (like you would hang at Christmas) from poundland (and they were 3 for the price of 2), sprayed them gold and got some shallow glass bowls from ikea for 50 pence each and we are going to fill them with water (with some red food colouring to colour the water) and we are going to put a few floating candles in each.
    Hope this helps and good luck
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15. phantom_of_valkyrie

    2009 Feb 06 15

    I definitely think your theme and everything really matters here. Give us some details–colors, flowers, anything would help. As one poster said putting lemons in a vase and filling it with water looks great. Leave some whole and slice some in half.

    Be creative! You can mix feathers in with the flowers. Do you want it to be tall or flat? The floating candles and/or floating a big flower (hydrangea or sunflower) looks great and allows people to see each other if its a seated dinner…BUT it doesn't give you that BAM factor when you walk into the room.

    I did really tall vases with multicolor glads that I ordered from Sam's Club. I arranged them myself. Though on the buffet tables I used the really large palm leaves. A friend cut open a pineapple and hollowed out the inside and filled it with flower petals. But yellow was one of her colors. Another friend is doing the same idea as a jackolantern but using different gords. She's carving Love, Faith, Hope, and other wedding words into it and putting candle inside the veggies.

    One thing I saw recently that I thought was GORGEOUS was using sticks in a tall vase. Wrapped with Christmas lights. The sticks come out of the vase and arch like a tree as if it was growing. It was really pretty and August you could be going with fall colors or summer colors. If you are using fall colors, brown twigs go nicely.

    Also if your colors are Apple-ish (red or green) and you have a talent for peeling an apple in one piece, using those peels on the table (instead of rocks) give an added burst of color and great smell.

    My cousin is thinking about wrapping cinnamon sticks in a tight lil bundle and putting them on a candle stand like this
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    Her colors are 2 shades of brown though–a dark brown and a lighter latte color. You could easily have a 3 candle stand and put candles on 2 of them.

    Of course you can always do a simple wreath type of thing like people do at christmas but use your flowers instead. A big fat candle with flowers like this
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    I mean it really depends on a bunch of factors. If your room is really tall you might want to do something with a lot of height to it. I've always liked the voltive trees for centerpieces but that can get quite pricey if you have 20 tables. How large are the tables? Rectangle tables you want to have a narrow centerpiece so its not taking up the whole place. My tables were really large so I ended up adding 5 votive candles and river rocks to the table around my centerpiece.

    I like the big brandy sniffers–those huge glasses–the sell at Walmart and Michael's. Fill that up with your wedding color.

    I've never been a fan of those ball-trees like this
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    but I know a lot of people love them.

    If you have a theme like "beach"–something like this is cute
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    I saw on tv someone did gumball machines in the center of each table. It was very cute. Or Disney brides find a lot on ebay of 100 castle candle toppers or frogs wearing a crown with a sign "Happily Ever After". You can get a lot of those of like 50 or 100–which is far more than you need. Take out the 20 you want, and resell a lot of 80.

    Is it a day wedding? Night wedding? Formal? Casual? Do you want height? Are your colors a neutral palette (so you'd need a more impressive centerpiece to jump) or something bright and bold (in which case may want a smaller centerpiece to not be overbearing). If you use live plants you can always plant them in your yard afterwards.

    Also one good thing if you are tight with money–ask around at your church about the names of any of the recent brides. Often a bride now has 20 tall vases that she is stuck with that she'd be willing to sell for a fraction of the store price. Or river rocks and votives.

    Look on yahoo and google images for wedding centerpieces and see if you are inspired by any of those. Cut out pictures of your flowers in magazines. Then you can play with it–since it will look completely different. If you are doing individual desserts (instead of traditional cake) you can arrange them as your centerpiece.

    I hope these ideas give you some help. But really without knowing anything about you or your particular style of wedding–the options are far far wider than just flowers in a vase.
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16. Sass

    2009 Feb 06 16

    Here's what we plan on having, maybe it can give you an idea. We're having cylinder vases filled with water and a few orchids with a floating candle on top. Then on the table around the vase we're going to have a few scattered orchids and a couple of candles. Nice and simple. It's not going to be too costly for us.
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17. Pearl

    2009 Feb 06 17

    What I have seen and am planning for my own wedding is to get this massive Martini shaped vases (you could use any big vase) and half fill with water. Then add some floating flower heads of your choice and floating candles.
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18. honey

    2009 Feb 06 18

    find a flower warehouse open to the public where you can buy large packs of round/square oasis look around bouquets of small coloured roses of around 12/20 for around 99p plus vat cut stems short cover oasis with flowers leaving small circle in centre in which you can place candle or small weight with a balloon attached take 3 inches of contrasting ribbon fold in half cellotape to the cut off stems of the flowers then stick at least 5 between flowers so that ribbons are showing above flowers looks stunning costs less than £2.00 per table
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19. Xenia

    2009 Feb 06 19

    ebay has bulks of it and different other things for the wedding tool. just browse through ebay shops. There are lots and lots! Good Luck!
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20. vpsinbad50

    2009 Feb 06 20

    pick wild flowers that are around your area . I did and they were beautiful I didn't mind anyone taking them home . I went to the dollar store and bought 50 , $1.00 vases and put the Lily's , Lilacs , Daisey, Black Eyed Susan's and Johnny Jump Ups . everyone loved the idea . I didn't put candles up because the lights were on anyway and you wouldn't be able to see them , plus alot of my relatives suffer from COPD and couldn't take the smell or fumes .
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