Spring Wedding Tablescapes: More than a Centerpiece

Spring is a season of renewal and growth. While spring flowers are traditional, using small potted plants of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses is perfect in colors that match your wedding color scheme.

Using clay pots gives authenticity and a touch of nostalgia to the setting.

If you can’t find potted plants, daffodils and tulips are great in vases.

You can add sprigs of baby's breath, or other delicate foliage to both potted plants and flowers in a vase.

Silk crocus and hyacinths are realistic alternatives. You can put real, artificial, or a combination of both in glass bowls with a bit of baby’s breath, greenery and pussy willows.

Rather than using a traditional size rose bowl, large, oversized, stemmed cocktail glasses give added elegance.

Choose a glass or container with a gigantic bowl. It will sparkle and reflect your lights, adding elegance to your table.

Mingling packages of vegetable and flower seeds with your table decor is a creative spring eye-catcher.

Don't just lay them on the table.

Create a base for two or more packages to be placed together along with sprigs of delicate greenery.

You can use material or ribbon to cover Styrofoam bases to hold the displays. This is very cost effective, DIY table decor.

To add flair and something different, accent your tables using faux birds, butterflies, bees and beehive decor.

Styrofoam is a great tool. Make flowers using a styro ball cut in half for the center, and felt or crepe paper for the petals. This makes a great landing place for the bees and butterflies.

Spring brings to mind kites, umbrellas and rain boots.

For your table decor, the boots can be colorful, children's boots, new ones of course. Miniature kites and umbrellas will be a hit with your guests. 

You will need wire stands for the kites unless it is practical to string them from the ceiling. The umbrellas and rain boots are fine sitting open on the table.

More fun ideas include adult or child-size, colorful watering cans beside plants in clay pots.

You can use flowers, greenery, or a really dynamic fibre optic spray of light that suggests a fountain coming from the can. 

The fiber optic battery lights might also be fun and elegant coming out of gift bags, children’s rain boots, and placed in the center of a plant or table arrangement.

Color-coordinated gift bags filled with pussy willows, real or artificial, and vegetable and flower seed packages accented with rosemary, sage, mint and lavender will delight your guests.

Experiment using maple syrup sap collecting buckets as ice buckets for the wine, picnic baskets holding wine bottles for the dinner along with checkered napkins, rolls, and a book of love poems.

It would be fun to suggest that the guests pick a poem or phrase and read to each other during dinner?

There could be an action note in the picnic basket inviting guests to do so, making this a fun icebreaker activity. 

Consider table runners, pastel-colored linens, vintage china, lace, and real ivy, along with either battery or wax candles, twinkle lights, or fiber optic centerpieces.

If you use real candles, for safety, they should be inside a glass globe. Check with your venue to determine what is allowed.

Personally, I love battery-operated flicker candles, and the tiny tea light candles. They are versatile and add charm to so many settings.

Final Thoughts

Spring weddings are delightful; however, be cautious of outdoor settings.

Spring showers are common in many locations.

Tents for weddings and events will keep you and your guests dry once inside, but not when entering and exiting, so they can be a bit confining in inclement weather.

No matter the venue, spring weddings are traditional for a reason. It is simply a delightful time of year. 

What better time to start your married life together than in spring? Spring is a time for new beginnings.

A toast to much success in planning your spring wedding!

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