Using Fruit as Wedding Decorations
Spring Weddings, Summer Weddings, Wedding Centerpieces, Wedding Reception, Wedding Themes Add comments
To me, there’s nothing like a spring or summer wedding on a beautiful warm day with new blooming flowers and romance in the air. In fact, many other couples agree and want to have their weddings in the spring and summer months. There’s just something about the newness of spring and the beauty of the wild life coming back after a cold winter that makes spring that much more enjoyable. As I’ve mentioned before, there are so many different ways for you to decorate your wedding in the spring or summer that can not only be decorations, but a celebration of the season. One of those decorations that I’ve mentioned is fruit. Now you’re thinking, Sarah you’re crazy, what can you do with fruit? The answer is plenty! Here are some great examples of wedding decorations with fruit.
Submerged Fruit in Water
What a fresh and trendy potential wedding centerpiece! Just grab a bunch of lemons and limes, cut them in half and submerge them in water in a big beautiful vase. The lemons and limes will keep their vibrant color and will make a beautiful centerpiece. Any size or shape of vase will work wonderfully.
Submerged Fruit with Candles or Flowers
Another twist that you can add to the option above is to place some floating candles in the water above the fruit to add a romantic glow to your wedding reception tables. If you are not able to use candles in your wedding reception, then consider filling the vases only half full of fruit and water, and then placing a small bouquet of colorful flowers in the vase as well. I’ve seen this done before and the effect is beautiful. If you are on a tight budget, then use a vase with a wider mouth, with just a few blooms on top of the water to float. This is a truly elegant and beautiful centerpiece.
Fruit Tower Centerpieces
Another fun idea for using fruit in your wedding decorations are some fruit towers. I’m not sure of the specific name of them, but they are basically a tower of stacked fruit which sits on a flower pot vase of some kind. From what I understand, they are pretty easy to make, and you can find lots of great instructions for making them on the internet.
These are a great way to add some color and height to your reception centerpieces as well. Fruit is a beautiful and inexpensive choice for wedding centerpieces. I’ve only mentioned using lemons and limes, but you can also use oranges, grapes and whole pineapples to help create the beautiful wedding look that you are going for. If you’ve used fruit before in decorating, or have seen a particular wedding centerpiece done with fruit that you loved, then please comment and let me know about it!
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May 9th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Just make sure if you are using something edible as a decoration you take into account, people might eat it. And if they do eat it, it won’t look as pretty towards the end of the reception (in pictures) as the beginning.
May 16th, 2008 at 7:32 am
I am planning to use fruit as centerpieces at my reception. We are using red as our accent color…natural them wedding…apples will be primary fruit, any ideas? PLEEAASEE!
May 16th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Great question - here are some quick ideas for you:
Tall glass vases filled with red apples will make for a beautiful arrangement. If you want to spice it up you can always submerge the apples and add a small flower arrangement on top. Another thought that is kind of fun is to turn the apples into floating candles. You can do this by cutting a hollow into the apples and inserting a tea light.
I hope this helps!
May 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
That sounds nice, thank you
May 19th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I am working on a fall wedding……any good or unique ideas will be appreciated. Thanks!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Joan - What a beautiful time of the year for a wedding! Your options for fall colors and decorations are beautiful!! I have two articles which I hope will help you out, they are http://ineedweddinghelp.com/217/fall-wedding-favors/
and http://ineedweddinghelp.com/208/decorating-for-a-fall-wedding/. Hope they help you out!