Elegant Wedding Centerpieces
The most elegant and possibly most expensive elegant wedding centerpieces involve the use of romantic symbols reenacted in porcelain. White almost alabaster porcelain figures of the nymphs of Apollo and Aphrodite arranged with green ivy and cupids doing their work as messengers of love would be a most elegant wedding centerpiece idea.
Porcelain figurines can be used as centerpieces for the groom and bride’s table. They should be polished and require no added attachments much like a Lenox figurine but costing much less if ordered from a cake decorator whose catalog of wedding top centerpieces is full of elegant centerpieces that can be used to decorate the tables at the wedding reception.
Certain flower centerpieces especially white flowers can definitely suit an elegant wedding though others may prefer tall candles in crystal candle holders set in clusters of three at each table. A matching porcelain figurine of a bridesmaid holding a bouquet is more appropriate than fresh or plastic flowers for an elegant wedding. The candles should be either white or red but not mixed. Pastel candles are better left for baby showers than for elegant weddings.
A compliment to each table at an elegant wedding should always include an unopened bottle of champagne or sparkling water to be opened when the groom’s best man toasts the bridal couple. Other foodstuffs that can be used as a centerpiece before being used are the bride’s gifts to her guests, her wedding day favors which can have attachments of white candy coated almonds.
The most elegant centerpiece will fall flat if the tablecloths are not of fine damask. Plastic or paper tablecloths are not for elegant weddings. The guests napkins should match the tablecloths and there should definitely be no place mats. Your centerpiece of a delicate porcelain bridesmaid or Greek nymph surrounded by three white candles or three red candles held by crystal candle holders, will be a truly elegant centerpiece. And, the bottle of bubbly to toast the new couple along with a crystal basket holding the guests favors will give your tables an elegant and prosperous look and design.
If you still prefer to have flower centerpieces, I’d go with either orchids or white calla lilies. However, most flowers whether dried, fresh, plastic, or even silk do not usually make elegant wedding centerpieces and should be relegated to the bride’s and bridesmaids bouquets or to the men’s boutonnieres.
