Centrepieces - Inspiration
One of our wedding ideas is to buy things that will be consumed on the day or that have a purpose after the wedding. Even better, to try and incorporate things that we already have. Since this is normally how I decorate, our house is a prime example, it wasn't a hard stretch for me to extend this plan to centrepieces. The difficulty with this plan is that it'll be a challenge to have identical centrepieces, but this also fits into our vision and it'll work out well. We are looking at having about 25 tables and breaking it down so that there are 5 types of centrepieces but that they have similar elements that tie them together.
Here's the basic idea, to have a napkin size piece of fabric under each centrepiece in similar colours but not necessarily the same fabric. Then the centrepiece would have common elements such as a light element, a hard texture element (ie glass or metal) and a colour element (eg. through flowers).
Here's the basic idea, to have a napkin size piece of fabric under each centrepiece in similar colours but not necessarily the same fabric. Then the centrepiece would have common elements such as a light element, a hard texture element (ie glass or metal) and a colour element (eg. through flowers).
Option 1 - Lantern with Floral Elements Surrounding
Ruffled - Lantern with Tissue Paper Ring
This is the basic idea. Although I'm not sure what I think of the floral ring in this one. I really like the simplicity of the lantern image below.
Option 2 - Oil Lamp with Flowers in Small Mason Jars Surrounding
Nothing says country, rustic or vintage to me like an oil lamp or a mason jar. In this idea there would be an oil lamp in the middle with small mason jars (like in the below photo) with small flowers.
Option 3 - Large Mason Jar Vase with Candles in Small Mason Jars
In this option there would be a large mason jar used as a vase with smaller mason jars used as votive holders surrounding.
Option 4 - Dense Floral Arrangement with Votive Candles
In this photo, I love the mound of red carnations and that is the look I'm after in this option. I would want to make it more rustic looking my using some sort of galvanized metal container. Once again small mason jars would be used as votive holders.
Option 5 - Scotch Decanters as a Vase with Votive Candles
This option is a little more vintage than country, but I think it ties in well with the glass oil lamps. Here scotch decanters would be used as vases with votive candles surrounding. At this point I'm not sure if it would need a bit of softening, due to the dense glass in the decanter, with sprigs of babies breath in small vases.
Option 6 - Shabby Chic
This look is the modern version of shabby-chic, which is a little too romantic/feminine looking for us. I'm not sure if just changing the pink could really alter the look or if it would take a lot more than that. Either way, I love the mismatching of glass and cermics and use of vintage pieces.