Weddingbee Blog

Last year Mr. Apple and I were watching Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?, and there was a wedding planner on the show who had the cutest idea for centerpeices. We instantly loved the idea because it was unique, cost efficient, and the end result looked amazing. The bride and groom wanted an Asian inspired theme wedding with simple centerpeices, so they thought up this creative alternative - zen trays! I wish I could find the link to the centerpiece but nothing comes up when I google it.

So we’re going to follow in their footsteps by also using zen trays, but changing it up a bit. Our pieces consist of:

1) dark chocolate brown (one of our wedding colors) trays purchased at Target.com on sale for $20/each
- Mr. Apple had to seal these trays with a clear silicone II adhesive purchased at Lowe’s ($2 for every 3-4 trays) because they leaked when we did a test sample. This could have been disastrous if we didn’t do the trial.

2) black marble river rocks @ Garden Ridge for about $2.99 / bag (I think, its been awhile since I purchased these)

3) white floating candles @ Garden Ridge for about $4.99 / bag of 20 unscented candles

4) 2-3 small green lily pads (haven’t purchased these yet; we will wait until we finalize our floral centerpeice to get them).
You can subsitute loose dendrobium orchids or any flower for the lily pads.

The total cost will be less than $35-$40 per centerpiece.

We will alternate tables with high floral centerpieces and low zen trays. We will also have a few votive candles around the zen trays just to give it more lighting and drama. Here is a sample photo I took of the trays without the lily pads so you can get a good idea. Also, our guest tables will be round with a satin green table linen.

Sorry about the low lighting, this was taken at midnight in my room.