Your Questions About Elegant Centerpieces For Wedding Tables

Posted by Susan | Under Centerpiece Ideas Wednesday Jan 25, 2012

Carol asks…

pizza at a wedding?!?! ?

My fiancee and I are planning to be married in March. We are getting married beside a lake in a gazebo, then moving our reception about 100ft. away to a pavilion. (In Georgia, late March, you usually have decent weather that’s not too hot or cold to be outside) Neither of us are very (I’m not sure of the word) high maintenance. We both come from middle class families. We are both very laid back people, we like to spend time with our friends, and enjoy having people over quite a bit. We want our wedding reception to be more like a party-type function. No elegant sit-down dinners, and no speeches. Just good food, good people, and fun. So far I have planned for everyone to walk over, grab some pizza, and a beer, and sit down and listen to music. Then I have a party/prom-esque type play list for dancing. I think a wedding should be how the couple wants it to be. We want ours completely laid-back. We have Hawaiian/luau type decorations, and our centerpieces are goldfish in goldfish bowls with blue stones in the bottom. My bridesmaids dresses are short party dresses, all the same style, but each a different color. The wedding party will be wearing leis, and the guests will have them on their table to wear. On the invitations I will inform the guests to wear Hawaiian apparel, and/or casual dresses. Is this too laid-back?? Too laid-back that it may offend someone?? Opinions please.
**we are having a bartender, so there will definitely be other options for drinks, plus we’ll have the traditional soft drinks, tea, water, etc.
**we are planning on having other foods as well including wings, chicken tenders, some more finger foods. plus, pineapple pizza, to add to the Hawaiian theme

Susan answers:

Hun if someone got offended cause the way you had your wedding well they are just really board people that dont have a life of there own! ITS YOUR WEDDING!!!! DO WHAT YOU WANT!!!! IT SOUNDS LIKE A BLAST!!!

IF YOU WANTED A DIFFERENT FOOD IDEA JUST LOOK UP HAWAI FOOD RECIPES

http://www.alohafriendsluau.com/recipes.html

Nancy asks…

how am i suppose to tone down a place that is completely red?

my wedding reception will be held at a chinese restaurant and that place is completely red! The chairs, linen table cloths, and even the walls are red. I do not know what colors to use to tone down the place. I do not want it to look so asianize (if that is even a word). I like it to look more elegant. What can i use as my centerpiece for the tables? How can i decorate it? HELP

Susan answers:

Use white, table cloths, napkins, plates everything, if you can pruchase white sheer material and have it drape across the walls and enrty way and maybe even run white christmas lights behind it. And use white wide ribbon and tie bos around the backs of the chairs. That would look really elegant i woul think and not have it look like you killed something. Ha Ha. But try the white especially with the light behind it. That would look really nice. Make the entry way the focal point both on the outside and inside. There are places that you can rent white trellis arch ways and that kind of stuff like pillars and as for flowers i would do white cala lillies and another flower of your wedding colors. Good Luck

Sandra asks…

What are some good wedding-type centerpiece ideas?

I am looking for ideas for centerpieces or table dividers for a social function I am planning. I need roughly 50 of them and I need them to be inexpensive. They have to be tall/wide enough to provide the illusion of privacy. The color scheme for the event is open so far, but I would like to go with something classic – something elegant. I don’t want it to be too flashy or girly.

Susan answers:

We did really tall vases with flowers on the top so the people can see each other across the table. The table numbers we got from Michael’s – those brown craft number things and then we poked wooden dowels through the bottom and glued glitter on them. See pics:

I am not sure if this is what you are looking for – not sure what you mean by illusion of privacy or how you’re using the centerpieces. Sorry if I’m way off