Unique Wedding Centerpiece Ideas

Incorporate Your Personality on the Wedding Reception Décor

Wedding Center Piece After saying yes to the wedding proposal, the next activities that you will have as an engaged couple will mostly revolve around planning the wedding. If your wedding is a couple of months away, for example, you should have already crossed out most of the items on your to-do list.

Now, whether you have a wedding coordinator or not, you should have an input as to what you will use to decorate the wedding ceremony and the reception site. The décor will naturally revolve around your theme colour while at the same time incorporating the time of day and the season within the year that your wedding will be held.
Let’s say that you are holding a summer wedding and you are using burgundy as your theme colour. What objects will you use to decorate the reception site? For the church or the ceremony site, the decision is a bit easier. All you need to do is look for blooms which are of similar shades to burgundy. Or, you can have a bouquet of flowers which have different colours but the focal hue would still be burgundy.

But when it comes to the décor for the reception site, you have a wider array of choices. Think about what you will use to decorate the walls; the buffet, dessert and cake table; and what will you use as a centerpiece for each table where your guests will dine?

Here, we will take a look at some unique wedding centerpiece ideas which will coincide with your wedding theme – while showcasing your personality as a bride at the same time.

A Host of Unique Wedding Centerpiece Ideas

Remember that the first thing that your guests will see as they sit down on their assigned tables is the centerpiece. How will you make a statement and have the wedding centerpiece be a conversation starter by itself?

Basically, all you need to do is allow your creativity free reign. By doing so, you can think of a wide array of unique wedding centerpiece ideas which you can use for the reception. Take a look at a few examples of how you can use the wedding centerpiece at the reception to make your personality as a bride stand out:

1. Do away with the flowers.
If you really want to make a statement on your wedding day, do away with the traditional flowers as centerpieces. There are a lot of things that you can place on the center of each table which makes for a great décor as well as a conversation starter.

One unique idea is to use the theme colour for your wedding to create giant origami lilies or other beautiful, intricately shaped objects. Place it at the center of each table – and you can even have an oriental-themed wedding!

2. Use your photos as a couple to tell a story of how you met and got together.
This is a relatively cheap and unique way of creating a centerpiece for your wedding day. You can create a vertical strip of photos which depict your love story as a couple. It can be a triangular shaped photo centerpiece – make sure to print on all three sides.

Then, use any object as a stand for your photo centerpiece. Add a couple of small votive candles on the three sides of the photo centerpiece – and guests will surely have a blast checking out your pictures.

Candles in a bowl of water 3. Use a bowl of water with floating candles as a unique centerpiece.
Again, if you want to do away with the traditional flowers as a centerpiece for your wedding, you can use a small bowl filled with water instead. Select small floating candles which coincide with your colour theme or the time of the year that the wedding is held. For example, you can use colorful citrus-shaped floating candles if you are having a summer wedding.

4. Think of the wedding table centerpiece as similar to decorating the center table in your living room.
Usually, home owners come up with creative ideas when decorating their home. Why don’t you bring that homey feel and use it as a centerpiece for your wedding? For example, small sculptures, a glass vase full of shells, beach sand or large rocks, wooden carvings, a snow globe if you are holding a Holiday wedding – the possibilities are practically endless!

5. Use something functional as your wedding table centerpiece.
If you’re holding a summer wedding, why not use a bowl of edible citrus fruits as the centerpiece on the table? A group of candles which can add to the romantic mood is another functional yet lovely centerpiece for your wedding.

Just let your imagination roam free and you will surely come up with a bunch of unique centerpiece ideas that will make your wedding day stand out from the rest.