A thousand years ago, okay more like three years ago, Ariel put out a post called “Non floral centerpieces.” Well, in Offbeat Bride years, three years is a looooong time because we’ve been inundated with so many more amazing alternatives to floral centerpieces since then. So here is our non-floral centerpieces post version 2.0.
Fake coral
This is a shot from my beach wedding. We spray painted those suckers bright orange and placed just one piece of brightly colored fake coral on each table, they looked awesome.
Wine bottles
Wine bottles, or bottles in general, with cool graphic table numbers like these from Nicole & Kyle’s wedding can make quite an impact.
Planets
Perfect for geeks in love, or weddings in a planetarium or for astronomy themed weddings. These planet centerpieces from Deana and Glen’s wedding are made from inflatable planets.
Feathers
They pretty, they’re fluffy, they’re colorful, and you can play with them on your wedding night after everyone goes home. (wink wink.)
Books
Ariel mentioned books in her last post, but this stack is bigger and with more ribbon. A stack of books topped with flowers or photos of the couple, or topped with nothing at all, just a stack of the couple’s favorite reads can be meaningful and lovely. Perfect for bookish brides.
Nerdy video game references!
Yes yes yes. Do this! This is from Stephanie and Chase’s Nintendo-themed wedding of which we don’t have a profile (boo).
Oil lamps
A single oil lamp — how badass does this look!?
Trivia questions
We featured this centerpiece before because we loved the fact that they used a log-slice, two candles and trivia about wedding traditions and made it look beautiful AND it was bound to get guests talking.
Felt or paper flowers
There’s nothing bad about this idea. Felt and paper flowers can be made in all colors in existence and they never die AND they can be as affordable or as expensive as you want them to be. Loooove this idea.
Mason jars
Mason jars are really popular centerpieces with OBBs. A single mason jar with pretty flowers, or colored mason jars with a candle inside. But I’m so into this idea from Cori and Evan’s wedding where they placed pictures of themselves into Mason jars and then filled them with oil. WOWFACTORx10.
