Wedding Centerpieces: Not Just Floral Anymore

There are many centerpieces that you can make for your wedding that are cost-efficient and innovative. These creative pieces are sure to draw attention and create a stir.

Use different lengths and sizes of cylindrical vases to create a centerpiece. Use 6-12 vases, and fill each with water, and your choice of flower, or leave arrangements. Choose elegant flowers to suit the date, which look great in the lengths of the vases.

For a beach theme wedding - place a straw bag, or basket in the center of the table with beach items such as colored towels, flip flops and colored sand sprinkled throughout the table. Alternatively, you could use a child's pail, and shovel set - if you can't find them in the appropriate color, you are able to paint them to suit the theme.

Tinted colored water in vases looks great; with a candle floating in the top to illuminate the water looks spectacular at dusk. The great thing about this, is that you can tint the water lightly, or as dark as you like.

For an evening wedding, it would be an interesting idea to have a cast iron lantern in the center of each table, raised would be optimal - for superior lighting that would cast a beautiful glow upon all of the guests in the room. This idea works well for outdoors, but would work indoors too. You could place the lantern on a pedestal with cascades of ribbon surrounding the piece.

A memorable wedding centerpiece is a framed picture of the couple that the guests can write well wishes on and can be returned to the couple after the reception. Each picture should be unique and can be written on with permanent marker - with unique but matching frames that can be displayed in the home of the couple.

An extravagant champagne fountain could be placed at the center of the adult tables, or soda, or juice, at the tables of the younger children.

For a Zen wedding, Zen gardens may be placed in the center of the tables for the guests to design, and de-stress from a night of dancing and drinking! The sand could be customized with colors to convey the theme of the wedding, as well as the rocks, and the tools.

Innovative Centerpiece from Rachel Ray

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