Seasonal Wedding Reception Centerpieces

Gone are the days when etiquette smiled on nuptials performed only in the month of June. In today’s anything-goes environment, weddings are held without qualms anytime of the year. So just what do you use as a wedding reception centerpiece during events held when spring is just a memory? Read on for some tried-and-true ideas to make your reception table beautiful and memorable.

Christmas and Winter

Wedding receptions held just before Christmas can always be done in a theme conducive to the holiday season. This means that wedding reception centerpieces can be almost anything along the lines of whatever you’d use if it were a table laid out for Christmas party guests. Large silver or gold bells with tapers interspersed and set on a red or green satin or velvet bed sprinkled with glitter makes an elegant, eye-catching centerpiece.

Or poinsettia plants in fabric-wrapped pots laid along the table amid long streams of varying-sized metallic wired ribbon with everything dusted with handfuls of tiny gold or silver stars makes another appealing centerpiece for Christmas-time wedding receptions.

When weddings are held in winter, but too far in advance of Christmas or after Christmas is over, other winter-themed wedding reception centerpieces can be used. Real holly, adrift with its cold-season ruby-red berries gives a cheery feeling of winter.

Use this along with pinecones and cranberries to lay along a reception buffet table to give guests a warm, happy feeling of a wedding held in the season of cold. And if the wedding is held in February near or on Valentine’s Day, what could be more appropriate for table decorations than hearts and flowers?

Summer Ideas

Summertime wedding reception centerpieces can evoke all the fun and energy of that special season. Straw-hats festooned with streaming ribbons and prettily wrapped pots of herbs, flowers, and greenery create a carefree, summery feeling for a reception held this time of year. If a summer wedding falls on the Fourth of July, decorations incorporating red, white, and blue colors along with stars and stripes can add a feeling of patriotism mixed with the romance of a wedding.

Line candle pillars in graduated sizes along the table or group them together en masse. Use three of each color in each group and set them on coordinating holders on colored satin fabric. Use tiny flags to underscore the patriotic them and glitter to give everything a magical touch.

Autumn Wedding Table Centerpieces

Wedding reception centerpieces with fall themes can be extraordinarily beautiful. A large pumpkin (make sure it is flawless on the outside!) carved out and emptied of its insides can be used not only as a centerpiece, but also serve as a soup tureen for the fall wedding table.

Along with acorns and assorted types of nuts, scatter gorgeously turned tree leaves of gold, red, yellow, and shades of brown over the table. Maples, Bradford pear, and oak trees offer wonderfully colored leaves for decorative purposes. Or, if you’re concerned about dust or dirt on them, you can purchase artificial versions of these leaves at many hobby and art stores.

Coming up with unique and creative wedding reception centerpieces should be a fun job for this important and happy occasion. So go at the job with joy in your heart, and you’ll be surprised at how delightful a table you can set!