Choosing Dinner Party Flowers For Your Table
Centerpiece – Three Key Secrets
Joanie Williams
Are you planning a dinner party? Do you need to choose the
right flowers for your floral table centerpiece?
Choosing the right flowers can be frustrating and expensive –
or it can be simple and economical. Knowing three key secrets
makes it simple for you to choose the right flowers to create a
simple but beautiful floral centerpiece.
The key is to have a plan and stick with it.
Have you tried to create a table centerpiece for your dinner
party without a plan? Then you know how easy it is to get off
track. Here’s what happened to Sally because she didn’t have a
plan.
Sally wanted a beautiful table centerpiece. A little behind
schedule, she rushed to her local flower store to buy her
flowers. The selection was wide, the flowers looked so lavish
and the colors just sang. She thought it would be a snap to
choose her selection, hurry home and create a stunning, perfect
little masterpiece for her dinner table.
But fifteen minutes later she was still wavering between the
delicate blue hyacinths, some striking pink lilies and the
tall, expensive orchids. In the end she left the store with the
tall expensive orchids.
Sally got home with flowers that cost her about four times what
she had planned to spend. She got home late because it took her
so long to decide. And she realized that the orchids just
weren’t right for her centerpiece, they were far too tall. So
she ended up with no flowers for her centerpiece and had to
rush back to the store.
OK, I confess, I was that Sally – and more than once too. But
now I’ve learned three key secrets for choosing flowers for my
table centerpieces. Now I can add beauty to my dinner parties
and subtract frustration and stress from my day.
If you see some flowers you absolutely have to have, but they
Here are the three key secrets.
Don’t choose tall flowers or flowers that are scented for your
table centerpiece. Your flower arrangement should not be more
than about 5 inches high. Otherwise your guests have to peer
through the floral bushes to see each other across the table.
So you can eliminate tall flowers unless you can cut them down.
Now you won’t be swayed by a beautiful but impractical purchase.
Sally’s tall orchids were stunning, but they didn’t cut it for a
sit-down dinner table arrangement.
Scented flowers are appealing, but not at the dinner table.
Don’t put highly scented flowers on the dinner table because
their aroma can fight with the food aromas. Some guests may
even be allergic to the strong scent as well.
Now you can eliminate a large range of flowers before you even
get to the store.
Less choice means less stress. White works with everything.
White tablecloths work with every color of flower. White taper
candles work with every color of flower. White or crystal
candlesticks work with any color of flower.
And white flowers go with everything.
How easy could that be?
If you do want some color in your flowers, you already know
that any color will go because of your white tablecloth and
your white candles.
If you want color, select your color choices BEFORE you go
shopping. Reducing your choices will really help you avoid
stress at the flower shop.
Decide on one or two colors in your mind BEFORE you go to the
flower store. If your first color choice isn’t available when
you get there, go to your second choice.
If you see some flowers you absolutely have to have, but they
aren’t one of your choices, don’t change your whole plan for
the dining room table centerpiece. Just buy those must-have
flowers to decorate your living room. Then go back to the plan
and select one of your color choices for the dining room table.
So don’t be like Sally. Put the three key flower-choosing
secrets to work for you:
1) Remember that you shouldn’t choose tall or scented flowers
for the dinner table.
2) Remember that white goes with everything.
3) And if you want color in your flowers, choose one or two
colors before you go to the store, then stick with your
choices, no matter how tempting the other colors are.
Now you have maximized your chances of choosing the right
flowers, and minimized your stress while you do it.
Did you know that with just three arrangements, you can cover
almost every dinner party you give over a year? Go to the
website link shown below in About the Author for details on how
to create the arrangements.
About The Author: Joanie Williams has been giving small dinner
parties at home for years. Her website has tips and ideas for
planning every step of a small dinner party at home. See how to
create several lovely table centerpieces.
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