Wedding Flowers: Creative Centerpiece Options - as part of the Wedding series by GeoBeats.

When I meet with couples, the first question I ask them is do you like high or low centerpieces. Some know what they like, some people don't. We often will tackle the overall design of the wedding and the centerpieces evolve out of that general concept.

If you are doing a Napa Valley wedding, you might want something that is a little more organic. We'll include succulents, we'll include fruit, we'll include berries and herbs, so that has a Napa Valley feel. So that is a creative way to bring the overall venue into the design of the table centerpiece.

For a modern, clean, aesthetic, maybe it will be mostly candles with the accents of flowers. Tall candles on various heights on each table, surrounded by flowers on table top gives an incredibly elegant look but keeps the price way down.

So these are creative touches you can think about when you are designing a wedding so that you don't spend a ton on the centerpieces. Often that is the biggest expense of your flowers because it is a large multiple. If you have 200 guest, you have 20 centerpieces, and 20 times anything adds up pretty quickly.

So, you know, using some creative elements that are not necessarily floral in the design of the centerpieces really does extend your budget a bit.