Executive Summary By Nathalie Fiset and Ashley Rader
Wedding Table Decoration Idea
Wedding table decorations can be the highlight of your wedding theme, or can be a complementary alternative.
Here are some ideas to help you plan your wedding table decoration ideas:
1. For dimmer venues, use tealight candles in little glass boxes, to be placed along side each table setting.
2. Large clear glass bowls filled with sand and floating candles make a great centerpiece. 3. Sprinkle rose petals on tables for a romantic touch.
If you are having an informal wedding, simple white porcelain plates with gold or silver edges are good.
4. Simple and plain dining ware deserves a more extravagant centerpiece.
5. Wrap chairs with organza ribbons in dark shades of ivory or gold, and use table napkins of the same color. Tie alternating styles of flowers on each chair for some variety, and use simple matte gold plates. For the centerpiece, use a lilac and ivory combination for flowers and candles.
6. For something different, use a square table, and square plates. Choose one color and work around lighter shades of it for the table settings. For example, ice blue table cloths to go to with ice blue ribbons around the chairs. Table napkins come in a shade or two lighter, and leave the plates white for some contrast.
7. Instead of using just one vase with flowers, mix them up by placing more of smaller vases with colorful flowers as a centerpiece.
8. For a minimal look, use clear glass plates with white and silver accents. For the centerpiece, a large clear glass vase with long stems of flower buds in it, instead of a bunch of leaves and open flowers. Use brown place mats with white plates, and use deep red cloth to drape the chairs and tables. Deep blue accents can be placed in the table napkins and colors of the flowers.
9. Depending on the color of your theme, fill the centerpiece bowl with fruits matching the theme to give a variety in texture.
10. Use raspberry and gold for a refreshing table theme. Place the flowers on the perimeter of another centerpiece of short red candles. Use matte gold plates and blush pink table napkins and chair drapers.
Wedding Reception Table Decorations
There are lots of ways to decorate your wedding reception tables with flowers, favors, candles, plants, fabric and place card holders. Floral arrangements are a very popular way to decorate the tables at your wedding reception. For an outdoor wedding, use flowers and greenery in pots to decorate the tables. Use candles alongside flower arrangements to give an evening reception a beautiful glow. Add candles for an elegant look.
Place flower pot pens in bunches at tables in lieu of flowers. Use fabric as a table runner. Use themed place card holders to display place cards. At a garden wedding, use Victorian-style tea light place card holders for an elegant table display.
For a spring wedding, use floral favors in the décor. These daisy votive holders and daisy candle favors offer a fresh spring feel to your wedding reception tables. For a summer wedding, add coconut candles to the tables for a tropical, luau theme. Mix the coconut candles with these palm tree candles to complete the luau look.
An autumn wedding calls for a warm palette of color. Use bright red and yellow table runners with these autumn leaf place card holders. Use these fall-colored boxes with brown or gold bows filled with Jordan almonds to decorate the guest book table. Arrange the place cards for the table around the tree. Create a winter wonderland scene on your wedding reception tables with these snowmen candles.
