Ideas for gerber daisy wedding centerpieces?

Question

My wedding colors are bright pink, orange, and yellow. We are having a destination wedding (alone) and coming back for our reception. We will serve bbq at the reception, have a cotton candy machine, a topsy turvy wedding cake, and our wedding favors are going to be homemade jams with our picture and wedding date on them. I can envision everything BUT the centerpieces.

Answer 1

to keep with the "bbq/picnic/downhome" theme set by the bbq and homemade jams (Too cute!), go to your local garden store -or you may even be able to find them in a discount/dollar store - and look for the "spouted" watering cans in tin, copper, brass...whatever color would best compliment the theme. You could even mix up the metals. Put fresh cut daisies in them in a loose, natural "wild-just picked" fashion. You can adorn the watering can by tying a pretty ribbon -that also compliments your decor- around the middle of it. You can also lay/prop a cute little planters spade and some gardening gloves along either side of the can.

Another idea I've seen done for spring/summer weddings in your theme is to use a clear container (whether it be a vase, mixed jars...whatever container you'd like to use, mix em up for extra variety!) and you fill the jar with FROZEN PEAS and some water. I know Frozen Peas sounds weird, but they look SOOOO pretty w/the daisies and they add a nice touch of garden green.

For something a little more elegant: You could also do water bowls. Go to the "pet" section of your local wal mart or you may even find them in a craft store, and get the large/flatter round clear glass fish/basin bowls. Fill it w/water and float some floating candles and daisy flower heads in it.

JUST HAVE FUN!!!!

Answer 2

Paint terra cotta planters white and put the gerberas in the pot in some wet florist's oasis foam, and cover where the stems go in with some Spanish moss (available at craft stores). Alternatives to the moss would be shredded crinkled paper in your colors or, believe it or not, plastic Easter grass might even do in a pinch.

Insert some colorful, swirly lollipops into the foam among the flowers to continue your fun and outdoorsy theme, and tie a ribbon with your colors around the planter. A bonus is that you could easily add a tag to each lollipop and have guests each take one home as a souvenir of your reception.

Best wishes and congratulations!

Answer 3

Gerbers do come in orange, pink, and yellow. Sounds like the perfect flowers. Mix with bear grass in a clear glass vase, fun yet elegant. Congratulations on your marriage!

Answer 4

Since your wedding will be a colorful and fun one,then you can have a really simple flower decor.Just get a bunch of gerberas(mix colors) and put them in a large clear glass vase.You can add bear grass for elegance or even a few long curly twigs.
Check this out for ideas:-

http://www.links2love.com/weddings/wedding_flowers_burnished.htm

http://www.flowerpossibilities.com/recipe4.html

http://www.save-on-crafts.com/partysupplies.html

Good luck!

Answer 5

Sounds lovely, and lots of fun! I've been looking at quite a few gerbera centerpieces lately for ideas. Things I've seen done:

* Tall, narrow glass vases with gerberas, a few other flowers, and lots of large green leaves (you could bring in an exotic look referencing the destination with tropical-looking leaves).

* Shorter, narrow vase with a large number of gerberas (the example I photographed happens to be pink, orange, and yellow) gathered into a very full bouquet, with bits of greenery.

* Gerbera heads floating in bowls of water.

* Short, square, glass vase with about a dozen gerberas (looks sort of like the flowers are in a ball on top of a glass cube); the stems are coiled inside sort of randomly, so that you can see them.

* Round glass vase, with a hole at the top and holes spaced around the vase for inserting flowers.

I personally prefer a lot of greenery with gerberas - their color is usually so concentrated that they really seem to pop when a few are used with lots of green.

Answer 6

Put them in clear mason jars with some water.

Maybe tie a ribbon around the neck of the jar to match ur wedding colors?

Answer 7

I highly recommend using ostrich feather plumes (online vendors include "Mother Pluckers", SA Feathers, just to name a couple). Mix pink, yellow and orange ostrich feathers with your gerberas for a great look and wonderful texture. We did this for a big party last year and I'm currently at an international event planners' expo in L.A. in which they'r showing ostrich feathers like crazy in floral design. It's HUGE for style right now. You'll love the look!

Answer 8

just a suggestion that we used at our wedding...you can get small vases (kinda like a short round ball bowl type thing) and put some stones in the bottom with water in there...floater candles...and put your daisies around the base of the vases...very simple...very pretty...and you can get everything at Wal-Mart so it won't cost you a whole lot...adds a nice little accent to all your tables...good luck!!!

Answer 9

i just have a suggestion depending on when your wedding is make sure those flowers are in season because my friend was getting married in july and she couldn't get those they weren't in season so she had to switch the type of flower

Answer 10

http://www.flowersbyanne.com/cgi-bin/list.cgi?action=detail&fID=439
but put them in mason jars or the jars you made the jams in.