Open Question: Winter Centerpieces
September 29th, 2006 @ 10:07 am by Open Question
Dear Bees-
I need some ideas for centerpieces. I am having a winter wedding in Colorado on December 2nd of this year. My reception is in an art gallery that used to be an old train station-the room is brick and wood and quite dark.
My original centerpieces were going to be tall white pillar candles and a 24 inch ring of greens, pinecones, pepper berries etc… We were also going to add some red votives around the tables as well.
I am now starting to have some second thoughts - I don’t want a big flower arrangement but I would like maybe something with some height-or not! As this wedding gets closer, my mind has turned totally to mush when it comes to making decisions.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Erin (sometimes posting as snowbride… :))
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17 Responses to “Open Question: Winter Centerpieces”
My wedding’s December 30th and I really liked the suggestion I saw on a website. You take tall glass bowls or vase and fill them with ornaments and christmas lights. You can find cheap glass ornaments in all kinds of colors and shapes at Wal-Mart in a couple weeks I’m sure.
I really like clear tall round or rectangular shape vases filled with water, put your favorite flowers in there, add your color theme pebbles and a big flowing candle or a few little ones on top =) Good luck!
Did you see Miss Ladybugs candles wrapped in decorative papers? They were b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l! I think last winter’s Martha mag had a how-to on these. Several of them at different heights with ribbon look so nice together!
how about a clear vase filled with ornaments? surround it with white pillars.
oops just realized emily said the same thing..
You could take a tall hurricane vase and fill it with the pinecones and holly or cranberries (for some color) and surround the base with 5 small white candles. Eucalyptus would also look beautiful, and you can get it in a silvery color. And cranberries alone add some great color- float them in water or fill a vase of flowers with them.
Or for a bigger centerpiece, use thin branches and hang white candles off them and snowflake ornaments. I saw a picture of the candles hanging from branches and it was beautiful.
If it’s dark in the room then I suggest incorporating candles, mirrors, and a light color, like white. White poinsettias would be affordable and very wintery.
I think winter weddings are so fun - draw up a list of your favorite winter associations and see if you can incorporate them into your wedding! 
I agree with Emily & Miss Violet - tall clear vases filled with ornaments. My friend had something like that on her coffee table (using different-sized shiny silver ball ornaments) & I thought it looked so pretty!
Have you seen the winter bios on Magnificentbliss.com ?
http://www.theknot.com/co_profileview.htm?profilename=WinterBio2
There are numerous other bios with centerpiece ideas and decor.
For our company holiday dinner last year, I made some neat centerpieces with cranberries. Most of the people at the party were jewish, so it was important the the decorations look festive and wintery, but not christmasy.
I don’t have any photos of the centerpieces, but basically I bought silver napkins from crate and barrel as the “base”, and used a different size and shape clear vase for each table. Next I arranged some long branches that were decorated with glitter/clear beads (you should be able to find these at stores like crate and barrel and pottery barn closer to the holidays), then I filled the vases with cranberries. Very important to put the branches in FIRST, then the cranberries, otherwise you will have mushed cranberries at the bottom - not a good look. Then I sprinkled more cranberries around the base of the vase on the table, and put a bunch of votives around the vase. It looked very simple, elegant, festive, and fun.
In case you can’t imagine what I described, here are some websites I used as inspiration.
Good luck!
These are some of the vases - the tall square and round ones
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/vases.html
More ideas with cranberries
http://www.hormel.com/templates/knowledge/knowledge.asp?catitemid=46&id=145
Also, http://www.theknot.com has tons of galleries of photos. You can sort by centerpiece, by color, by numerous other subjects. There is a winter search function as well as by color.
Here’s the link for centerpiece photos
http://weddings.theknot.com/odb/results.aspx?type=3&wedding_details=Centerpieces&HPpos=31a&HPdate=20060929
HTH
i think decorative branches with dramatic lighting would be gorgeous for winter!
I think a large glass with white candle and x-mas berries instead of colored glass would be really pretty
i think that silver branches in a clear vase would be striking. you can ususally find them at local craft stores.
Hooray!
I am just seeing all my responses! I can’t wait to read everything-I will let you know when I finally make a decision!
Thank you!
Thank you!
HI, I need some advice for my centerpieces. I have road vases - similiar to (page 2 - seaside) http://weddings.theknot.com/gallery/gallery_results.aspx?gallery=27
and for flowers I have boquets of stephanotis flowers (fake) I was hoping to integrate these somehow.
The wedding is in April and the colors are based on my finances tarton colours - burgandy, silver and green. I like the idea of possibly adding some cranberries for color and am open to suggestions. Please help!
Thanks!
I think.. a tall crystal vase with branches, pinecone, silver branches, and fake snow on it!! The dark brown branches look very natural. Silver will give it some–sparkle!! Etc!!
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How about pure white low floral centerpeices. Its wouldn’t be as christmas-y and would like nice against the dark room.