Unique Wedding Centerpiece Decoration Ideas

You’ve no doubt searched high and low for the perfect wedding centerpiece decoration. If your aim is to make your guests ‘oh’ and ‘ah’ when they walk in and see what is on the tables, here are some reception table centerpiece ideas that may inspire you.

Try an edible centerpiece!

Who is to say a wedding centerpiece decoration has to have flowers? Why not try something different and let your guests eat their way through the centerpiece? Ask your caterer about sample ‘tower’ centerpieces. There are many choices including cheese and crackers, a variety of breads and heart-shaped pats of butter or miniature pastries and muffins.

Another of the edible wedding reception centerpiece ideas is to fill a vase full of chocolate hearts. The foil can match the colors of your wedding so you can tie everything in together. Yet another simple and easy centerpiece is a cake stand with a display of exotic fruit. The best thing about these edible centerpieces is your guests will have something to tide them over if the wait staff is slow in bringing out the first course.

Why not a drinkable centerpiece?

If you want to make sure everyone has plenty to drink, use champagne or wine bottles as centerpieces. You can present them elegantly on raised stands, or you can tie them together at the neck in groups of three with a pretty ribbon. Each table can be provided with a heart shaped bottle opener. If it feels a little bare and you want to add more, you can ‘dress up’ the bottles in charming tuxedos and wedding dresses.

Ok, so you are set on having flowers.

Your florist can make your centerpieces, but this may add up to a small fortune. Try going to your local nursery and purchasing potted plants. Flowers such as hydrangea work well because they look like a mini-bouquet. If you’ve got an artist in your family, he or she can paint the pots with messages of love.

Shaking up the candle centerpiece.

For an original wedding centerpiece decoration idea using candles, how about using a lamp that is lit not by electricity but by a tea light? These lamps can be purchased for under $10 a piece at discount stores and will create a romantic setting by which your guests can enjoy their dinner. You can also fill a low, wide bowl with water and have lit candles floating on top. If you are having a theme wedding, such as Hawaiian, you can purchase hibiscus-shaped floating candles that will add to your theme.

If you got a theme, stick with it.

our table centerpieces should reflect your wedding theme, if you’ve got one. If you’ve designed your wedding around rock-n-roll, try using used records as the base of your centerpiece design. If you and your fiancé love to travel, a bottle of olive oil in the shape of different landmarks can be a memorable wedding centerpiece decoration. If you are going to Rome or Paris for your honeymoon, you can choose bottles that resemble the leaning tower of Pisa or the Eiffel tower.

Whatever you decide to use as a centerpiece, guests are usually inclined to take it with them. To prevent any arguments between new family members, tape a ‘winner’ envelope underneath one chair at every table. The person sitting in that chair gets to take the wedding centerpiece decoration with them.