Real Weddings: Karen and Jon

Karen and Jon were married at the First Baptist Church in Pasadena and held their reception at the Hilton San Gabriel. They had a large, multi-course Chinese style wedding banquet. With so many tables, we needed economical centerpieces that were interesting as well as narrow enough to fit nicely among all the entrees set at one time in the middle of each reception table.

We made three different centerpiece designs: white hydrangea with white dendrobium orchids in a 12″ cylinder, orange mokara orchids and curly willow accent in a 12″ cylinder, and white cymbidium orchids with curly willow and river stones in a 20″ tall cylinder. Each design fit on the lazy Susans leaving plenty of space for the food and were simple and modern, yet interesting enough for the guests to enjoy.

The wedding cake was decorated with golden orange cymbidium orchids and surrounded by loose mokara orchid blossoms – a nice alternative to the ubiquitous rose petal.