How To Make Your Own Wedding Centerpieces

Wedding centerpieces are a focal point of any wedding reception decor. As such, its important to make sure your centerpieces are attractive, not distracting. Here are a few tips on how to make sure your centerpieces live up th their name.

If you want to keep things really simple you may choose to simply float flowers and candles in crystal bowls. But it does not mean you can't have many other choices that are also easy. You can even make them yourself and they don't have to cost the sun and the moon.

Fruity Centerpieces

Fruits are not only easily available but add the right amount of color. If you are using citrus fruits your tables will smell divine. Slice up lemons and oranges in thin slices. Insert some florists' foam into a transparent vase and start to arrange the slices on the sides to show off the sliced sections. Insert the foam a little into the vase so that the slices stay in place. Then simply add your flowers and you are done. Add some citrus themed wedding favors to your table and the decor will be stunning.

If you are a winter bride and planning your wedding in the evening time indoors then, use a large mirror and seat it flat on your tables. On the mirror you can place a colorful arrangement of flowers and fruits and then on the corners, a little away from the arrangement place tea lights. The arrangement will reflect in the mirror and so will the candles, doubling your centerpiece, looking simple but exceptional.

If you want to use candles, you could core the apple first, Core the apple all the way through. Insert pillar candles in fall colors (orange, gold, sage and burgundy). You could create a cluster of the apples on a plate, or line them up in a row on a long silver tray. You can obtain vines of fall flowers or leaves at the dollar store which you could intertwine throughout the apples.

You could also scoop out a portion of the apples and insert a tea light into them. Make sure you level off the bottom by slicing a piece off to keep them from rolling over. If you don't want them to brown, touch them up with a bit of lemon juice and they will stay fresh longer.

Floral and Veggie Centerpieces

Perfect for Spring wedding ceremonies, herbal weddings or even a classic theme. Make a floral topiary with fresh or silk flowers. Take ready-made topiary forms and embellish them with fresh or silk flowers. You don't have to stick to just flowers here. You can use pine cones, fruit slices and even nuts in your topiary to add interest. If you want to cut down on the size of the topiary go in for tea cup topiaries. Use a simple tea cup and make your topiary within it. They are ideal for Victorian or English theme weddings.

If you want to dress your Parisian or English parties with those fashionable hats then that might not be so difficult to achieve. Get sturdy straw hats and attach real or fake flowers to them with florists wire . Present these hats on busts and decorate with sheer ribbons and tulle.

Pumpkins are just the thing for your harvest tables. Make a pumpkin luminary for your wedding. Scoop out all the contents of the pumpkin and cut heart shapes into the sides. Place a candle within and decorate around it with waxed fall leaves, pine cones colored gold, nuts and even acorn caps.

Beach Themed Centerpieces

Beach weddings are so fun and you can make some truly beautiful beach-themed centerpieces to decorate your tables. Colored sand is easily available at craft stores, or add color to ordinary sand with water and a few drops of food coloring. Take some interesting bottles and fill in these with different colors of sand to group together or even make layers of different colors in a single bottle. Simple and effective. Insert a taper on the top or even put in one layer of glittered sand.

Seashell candles are really easy to make and you can use them on their own or combine them with beach wedding favors. Melt some beeswax into a shell and insert a wick into it and you're done. If you think these won't last as long then take a tea light and sit it into a shell filled with sand for balance. However if a tea light does not fit snugly it will look odd so you could add camouflage with other smaller shells. Fill clear glass bowls with water tinted blue with food coloring. Float some plastic fish into this.

In summary, centerpieces don't have to be a very complex affair as we have seen. These are just some things you can do. Let your imagination run wild to come up with truly unique pieces to adorn your tables.