Winter Wedding Centerpieces That Nod to the Season

By Emily Platt
September 14, 2018
Maggie Grace Photography

These beautiful decorations embraced the colors, flowers, and themes associated with the colder months.

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Maggie Grace Photography
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So, you're worried that winter's a bad time to pull off beautiful wedding reception arrangements? You have no reason to be. The colder months may be less hospitable to some flowers, but there are still ways to incorporate gorgeous blooms into your big day. Better yet, you might be pushed to use gorgeous nonfloral elements, like candles. All in all, winter's as good a time as any to have stunning wedding décor. In fact, we're willing to bet that these winter centerpiece ideas will leave you craving a December, January, February, or March celebration.

To fully embrace all the season has to offer, you have a few options. First, you can work with in-season flowers, or blooms that are available year-round. These include everything from roses to tulips. Now's the time to include other natural materials in your decorations, too—think: evergreen sprigs, pine cones, berries, and the like. Second, you can utilize elements associated with winter and its many holidays. Garlands used as table runners are festive options, for example. Third, you can work with seasonal colors, like red, purple, and metallics. With all these possibilities, it's actually easy to come up with centerpieces that suit your event!

The arrangements shown here, by Just So. Event Floral, featured plenty of wintry touches, from the warm hues, to the pops of snowy white, to the gold vessels they were placed in. They're just one of our favorite ways to nod to the season at your cold-weather reception. To see the rest, continue browsing our roundup of winter wedding centerpieces.

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Red and Green Winter Centerpieces

Greg Finck
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Utilize the season's harvest. These holiday-hued red and green centerpieces—by A Very Beloved Bloom—featured pomegranates, pine cones, and pine needles.

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Formal Winter Centerpieces

Rachel Pearlman
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For a formal winter event, mix candles with white blooms. These Wild Stems centerpieces were undeniably classy.

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Simple Winter Centerpieces

Corbin Gurkin
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Channel winter's barrenness with minimalist tablescapes, which can actually be quite stunning. Here, Duet Weddings used just a few décor elements, including leaves, geodes, and candles. The sparkly, dark pieces set a wintry mood.

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Green and White Winter Centerpieces

Jen Huang
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Green and white is another foolproof color combination. We love how pine needles accented these lush Camellia Floral Design arrangements.

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Woodsy Winter Centerpieces

Kymberlie Dozois
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Dark moss, loose tree bark, and deer antlers gave these tables winter woodland vibes. Sarah Alexandra Weddings, Events, & Design crafted the forest-inspired setup.

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Candle Winter Centerpieces

Abby Jiu Photography
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Silvery white mercury glass reminds us of snow—it certainly fit in well on these winter Lauryn Prattes Styling and Events tables.

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Purple Winter Centerpieces

Rebecca Yale Photography
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Rich jewel tones are another favorite for winter weddings. We love how they popped in these Cherries Flowers arrangements.

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Hanging Winter Centerpieces

Tec Petaja Photography
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These New Lead Design centerpieces stunned from above and below, and the white, red, and green color palette tied them into the season.

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Rustic Winter Centerpieces

Leila Brewster Photography

Mix seasonal blooms with seasonal colors, as shown in these slightly rustic arrangements. The KD&J Botanica centerpieces featured pine needles, berries, tulips, and more in white, green, and dusty blue shades.

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Dramatic Winter Centerpieces

Plum & Oak Photo
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Balance out vibrant colors with dark accents for winter. For this event, Bloom Babes and Folklore creatively combined bright pink and red flowers with black taper candles.

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White Winter Centerpieces

Natalie Bray Photography

Tyler Speier Events used shiny lunaria and fluffy roses to give these arrangements a snowy look.

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Tall Winter Centerpieces

Sophie Epton Photography
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Here's another of pink, red, and green making a wintry statement at a wedding. These tall Gypsy Floral and Events centerpieces were gorgeously grand.

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Modern Winter Centerpieces

Rachel Liz Photography
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These chic, mostly white Skyvannah, Stone Fruit, and Revival Rentals wedding centerpieces were stylishly unexpected, but still appropriate for winter. Olive Fine Weddings & Events designed the look.

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Seasonal Winter Centerpieces

Corbin Gurkin

Tulips are a transition flower, so take advantage of them if your celebration's set for the end of winter. We love how they stood out in these seasonal white centerpieces, which were created by Tara Guérard Soirée.

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Red Winter Centerpieces

Nina and Wes Photography
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For a romantic winter event, consider red taper candles. They appeared alongside flowers at this Jaclyn Journey wedding.

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Garland Winter Centerpieces

Lacie Hansen Photography
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Garlands are festive, thanks to their association with winter holidays. Greenery ones are also pretty resilient, which is ideal when the weather's so harsh. The Aspen Branch designed these ones. 

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Understated Winter Centerpieces

Heather Payne Photography

This couple's white Bare Root Flora arrangements worked beautifully with their wedding's snowy setting.

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Berry Winter Centerpieces

Shannen Natasha of The Wedding Artists Collective
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Berries are another durable option for winter. Studio Mondine crafted these centerpieces.

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Dried Winter Centerpieces

Gayle Brooker
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When in doubt about your centerpieces holding up, work with dried blooms. As these Gathering Florals and Events arrangements went to show, they can look just as breathtaking.

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