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White Wedding Flowers For Your Wedding Table Decor
I was recently hired as a wedding coordinator for a wedding that occurred over the Valentine's Day weekend and I wanted to share with you the options you have with white wedding flowers for your wedding table decor.
For this wedding, we used white wedding flowers since the wedding day occurred one day before Valentine's Day. As a wedding coordinator, I always advise my clients to try and stay clear of major holidays in which flowers are an important element such as Valentine's Day, Mother's Day or even Christmas. Wholesale flower costs always increase temporarily during these times of the year.
However, wedding dates are set and as a wedding coordinator we have to work around them and provide our brides with the most for their money. For this wedding, the wedding table decor consisted of white flowers since the theme was Winter Wonderland.
White roses and hydrangeas were used along with white votive candles wrapped with lemon leaves and white ribbon. In addition, white floating and pillar candles were part of the wedding table decor. The linen was white sequined and silver napkins were tied with white ribbon.
The Winter Wonderland theme worked perfectly for this past weekend since Valentine's Day was the day after the wedding and we were able to avoid using the expensive red and pink roses usually sent on Valentine's Day. In fact for added flower decor, we interspersed crystals throughout the centerpieces as well.
We took a cue from the guest wedding table decor and incorporated the same look and feel for the sweetheart table using heavily clustered white wedding flowers along with floating white candles and clear crystals.
The place card table for guest seating also illustrated our white Winter Wonderland theme with a white silk table linen and a tall crystal tree wrapped with white wedding flowers. Clear crystal beads as well as battery operated votive candles hung from the tree to enhance the wedding table decor. The guest cards were white and for the party gift, white cake boxes were filled with wedding cake for guests to take home.
One of the important roles of a wedding coordinator is to make sure that all the elements of the wedding flow from the invitation to the ceremony and finally to the guest reception. Sometimes, as in this wedding, last minute changes are made.
Even though the original theme was a black and white art deco theme used on the invitations, we were able to coordinate the new Winter Wonderland theme within two days of the wedding. We did this by substituting the colored flowers for white wedding flowers, exchanging black and white linen for white sequined linen, black napkins for silver and black chiavari chairs for crystal clear chiavari chairs. And no one ever knew!
I hope you found this article about white wedding flowers and wedding table decor helpful for your wedding day and remember to make it simple, delicious, stylish, fun & economical to all!
About the Author
With over 15 years in the
special event industry
, Andrea has now taken her knowledge and experiences and incorporated this information into an easy-to-read book called
Budget Bash - Simply Fabulous Events on a Budget
. You can talk to Andrea via Twitter @awynningevent or learn more about wedding and special event management by visiting awynningevent.com.
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Using Swarovski Crystal Centerpieces For Your Wedding Day
There are so many details that need to be considered to make your wedding day an absolutely incredible experience for you, your family, and your friends. You want to try and make every moment memorable for all of your loved ones that you have invited to share in your special day. I am going to discuss how you can make the table decorations really catch their eyes from the minute they walk in the door until they glance over their shoulders to get one last look before the day is done.
Since I have been making wedding days sparkle with Swarovski crystal centerpieces, I have come up with many of the ensembles through my own creativity. I have also gotten myriads of ideas from working with the brides themselves as I make their imaginations come to life. All of the arrangements and pieces that I will speak of in this article are only the beginning, please let your imagination run wild as you read this article and think of what is possible.
Lets start with the bouquets and floral arrangements on your tables at the reception. Swarovski crystal stems are very versatile, the stainless steel stems can be bent to work into arrangements that tower over the tables with calla lilies, the stems can be cut shorter to nestle in the center of roses, or even fall over the edges to mock ivy that dangles below the blooms.
Crystals can be incorporated in the ensemble by adding them to your décor with votive cups and candles that have Swarovski crystal "flat backs" glued to them in the shape of little hearts or wedding rings. I always thought it would be pretty to set a table with either bowls or tall, slender vases with floating candles in them. You could put loose crystals in the bottom of the water, and then set the decorated votives around them with tea lights. Doing this would make a very simple and elegant setting for a formal or informal wedding reception. One of the wonderful characteristics of Swarovski Crystals is that they are very brilliant, even in very low light.
Another way to have some sparkle on the table is to have crystals as your favors. The crystals will enhance the theme at everybody's place setting and give them a memory of the day that they'll have for years to come. You could put Swarovski Crystal Wine Glass Markers on everyone's glass; just imagine how pretty it would look when they are all raised for the toasts. You could also use Swarovski Crystal Napkin Rings as a way to bring glamour to the table and have a light-on-the-wallet but heavy-on-the-glitz favor for all of your friends and family to take home.
As I said in the beginning, this is only a scratch to the surface of possibilities that can be created from crystals. It is very easy to create a very glamorous and whimsical setting using crystals that will last in your heart and mind forever.
About the Author
Penny Olson is the owner and designer for Brilliant Wedding Jewelry
Make your day sparkle with Swarovski Crystal Bouquets!