Christmas Wedding Centerpieces: Inexpensive Table Centerpieces That Bling It On

For anyone wanting Christmas wedding centerpieces, easy to make festive decorations are worth considering. With crafts, decorations for wedding reception tables can deliver plenty of savoir faire at a price you can afford. It just comes down selecting a thematic framework, and for this article I have chosen to focus on inexpensive wedding decorating ideas that nod to the season with gold and silver accents. The following Christmas wedding centerpiece decoration ideas come from two books co-written by Josie Cameron and Carol Cox titled Christmas In Minutes and Natural Ideas for Christmas.

First up is the bauble centerpiece, an amazingly simple to fashion yet inexpensive wedding decoration with glass bowls that can deliver a sense of unrestrained luxury. The project is found on page 26 of Christmas In Minutes along with a project photo on page 27 that is nothing short of a visual feast. Making this as a Christmas themed do-it-yourself wedding decoration is a simple matter of selecting silver and gold ornaments and arranging them in a footed glass bowl.

Project instructions call for weaving Christmas lights through layers of the ornaments, but having an electrical cord sticking out of a reception table centerpiece would obviously not be flattering. One alternative is to use small glow sticks, which can be easily added to each centerpiece during cocktail hour.

For something earthier, turn to page 40 of Christmas In Minutes and consider the festive pinecones arrangement as a wedding reception table centerpiece decoration that also brings a flash of brilliance to the event. Start off by gathering a sufficient number of pinecones which, depending on where one lives, can be found in abundance in parks or woods. Alternatively, purchase them from a store for crafts. Decorations for wedding reception tables based on this project relies on spraying the pinecones with fast-drying snow spray and sprinkling them with silver glitter.

After the pinecones dry, place them into a display bowl appropriate to your wedding theme. The project photo on page 41 shows the pinecones in an antiqued bowl. Such arrangements would provide inexpensive table centerpieces that fit well with a country Christmas wedding theme or perhaps a Victorian Christmas wedding theme.

One final idea for Christmas wedding centerpieces that will deliver beautiful table decoration with gold and silver accents is the gold nut pot found on page 74 of Natural Ideas for Christmas. Constructed of unshelled nuts gilded with gold spray paint, Hessian gold mesh ribbon, and a terracotta pot, they are inexpensive table centerpieces that can be easily adapted to many Christmas wedding themes, from Manhattan-chic to country, all by modifying the instructions as needed.

The project calls for spraying the pot gold, which may be a bit much. Spray it silver instead for extra styling indicative of a world of privilege. Spray both the nuts and the pot silver, leaving the gold mesh ribbon as a luxurious accent. Or, leave the terracotta pot as is and surround it with sphagnum moss to get country Christmas decor.