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