subject: The Building Blocks of Fabulous Wedding Centerpieces Part 1 by:Georgina Clatworthy [print this page] Choosing suitable centerpieces for your tables can be one of the toughest choices for your wedding. Some brides will empower their florists with a free rein to come up with something for them, equipping them with a few ideas about style and color. For others, they will want to design their own or will use whatever their venue has to offer.
It is actually fairly easy to design and build your own centerpieces, that is, once you have decided on the look and feel of them! One thing is certain though, your centerpieces, whatever form they take, should provide a talking point for your guests and be something they will admire.
It can seem an overwhelming task, especially if you have visited numerous online photo galleries or ploughed through plenty of bridal magazines for inspiration. One thing you may have noticed though during your research is that the trend at the moment is for simple and stylish arrangements. This trend definitely works in your favor and armed with your wedding theme, style or colors you should find it easy to come up with some designs.
Bring together some pictures of your favorite arrangements from the pictures you have seen. Remember to keep your wedding style, theme and colors in mind. Choose between traditional and contemporary arrangements and in no time you will have dreamt up your perfect centerpieces.
Just to confuse you a bit further though, consider that not all centerpieces will have all of these elements. Trying to combine them all could leave you with a monstrous arrangement which will be talked about for years to come and for all the wrong reasons. For most centerpieces, you will only need to combine a few elements to create something stunning and stylish - remember less is more. Take a read through the following tips and make sure you continue with parts 2 and 3, in no time you will be up and running and on your way to centerpiece stardom!
The Guts
Basically, the guts refer to the main focus of your arrangements and what you will build them from. You can go for elements that are traditional and stately or cool and contemporary.
The following list refers to the most popular things that brides use in their wedding centerpiece creations.
* pillar candles
* floating tealights
* candelabras
* roses, gerbers, hydrangeas, callas
* black magic roses, orchids
* flowers plus interwoven bear grass
* hypericum berries
* flowered branches, curly twigs
* green ranunculous, brown or green roses, green mums, gomphrenia, proteas
* small citrus fruits wrapped in contrasting satin ribbons
* ferns
* large variegated leaves, curled into clear cylinders
* peacock feathers (a collar for roses, hydrangeas)
* white ostrich feathers (typically in Eiffel vases)
* traditional white blooms dyed startling colors (acid green, aqua blue)
* tropical exotic flowers, reeds, bamboo
* lotus pods, artichokes, kale "roses"
Thematic Guts
Thematic guts refer to unusual or specialized pieces used or added to arrangements. They are usually a reference to a wedding theme or style, or just something different to the usual flower and candle arrangements.
Next: Read The Building Blocks of Fabulous Centerpieces Part 2.
About the author
Georgina Clatworthy is a dedicated full time writer who composes informative articles related to wedding favors and wedding. She is connected with http://www.1weddingsource.com , today's leading wedding social networking planning site.
