Make Your Own Calla Lily Wedding Table Decorations

Calla lilies are elegantly simple and dramatic flowers, which has made them very popular wedding flowers. If you'd like to make your own calla lily wedding table decorations, you may be a little intimidated at the thought of working with the tall, slender stalks and delicate flowers. Don't be! They're remarkably sturdy, if you handle them with just a little care.

If you're uncertain fashion together a pretty centerpiece for your calla lily wedding table decorations, try your hand at one of these calla lily centerpiece ideas. Note of warning: Don't leave them until the last minute - order a few lilies before the wedding so that you can practice and be sure your wedding centerpieces will look beautiful and fresh.

Calla and Crystal Bowl Centerpiece

For each centerpiece, you'll need:

1 glass bubble bowl
Several sheets of clear plastic cellophane
3-5 stems of greens or ferns
3-5 calla lilies in wedding colors
Florists' wire or chenille stem

Crinkle each sheet of cellophane buy scrunching it lengthwise and shaping it into a thick 'donut'. Stack donuts in glass bubble bowl, pulling them into the center if needed to fill just to the rim of the bowl. Holding calla lilies together, wrap with a loop of florist's wire or a single chenille stem (or pipe cleaner). Hide the pipe cleaner by wrapping stems loosely with a ring of cellophane. Insert calla lilies into the center of the ring in bowl. Tuck ferns or greens into cellophane in a pleasing arrangement.

Variation: Use clear glass or colored balls instead of cellophane. Hold the lilies in the center of the bowl with one hand and carefully fill around the stems with the glass balls until the lilies will stand on their own. For a truly unique calla lily wedding table decoration, use colored balls that are a shade or two darker than the color of your chosen calla lilies, and set votive candles around the bowl in the center of the table.

Floating Calla Candles Centerpiece

Instead of fresh flowers, choose a sculpted pillar encircled with calla lilies. Set a clear glass bowl full of water on top of the pillar and float wax calla lily candles on the surface.

Black and White Calla Lily Centerpiece

For the perfect accent to your black and white wedding theme, try this black and white calla lily wedding table decoration. Purchase slender black tower vases in three graduated sizes. Arrange the three vases on a mirrored round, and glue in place with rubber cement. Place two or three votive candles between or around the vases, then encircle the mirror with a wreath of ferns or ivy. Just before the wedding, place one pure white calla lily in each stem vase and set in the center of the table.

Don't rely on just the centerpiece calla lily wedding table decorations. You can use sculpted calla lily place card holders or votive candle holders at each place setting as wedding table decorations as well. If your budget will permit, you can even lay a single fresh calla lily across each place setting to share the beauty with each guest.