19 Unique Wedding Centerpieces Your Guests Will Never Forget

Flower-filled compotes aren't your only option.

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Photo: Marissa Maharaj

With years of weddings before yours, plus plenty more to come, it's easy to worry that your celebration's details won't stand out from all the rest. But there are plenty of ways to personalize your event, especially if you choose unique wedding centerpieces. Generally speaking, they're the décor items guests spend the most time with, considering the fact that they're front and center at your reception. In turn, they're the perfect detail to focus your creative energy on if you really want to make a statement.

To help you find the best unique centerpieces for your reception tables, we came up with a list of our favorite ideas. While you might not want to copy the following examples exactly (after all, the point is to be original), you can certainly steal some inspiration from the genius décor elements ahead. This collection includes everything from modern, elegant arrangements to whimsical, quirky wedding centerpieces. There are even some DIY options if you're on a budget, plus plenty of centerpieces with non-floral details. (Yes, you can make a statement without a single flower). Basically, no matter your theme or your specific needs, there's a way to impress guests with something totally out-of-the-box.

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Wedding Cake Centerpieces

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Alicia Mink Photography

Turn your tabletops into gorgeous dessert displays by using cakes in your wedding's color palette as stunning centerpieces. These IntriCakes confections were paired with My Sun & Stars Co. blooms.

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Citrus Wedding Centerpieces

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Alexes Lauren Photography

Citrus fruits make fun, fresh, and bright decorations. Bloom Babes used them in this summer reception table.

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Balloon Wedding Centerpieces

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Allie Lindsey Photography

Overhead centerpieces are all the rage, which this massive Balloonzilla display proved. How's that for a creative canopy? The colors were selected to match the Modern Bouquet flowers below.

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Tropical Wedding Centerpieces

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Anastasiia Photography

Here, Springvine Design paired hanging greenery hoops with table runners made from tropical plants.

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High-Low Wedding Centerpieces

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Aster + Olive Photography

Blooms by Plantscaping chose unique vessels for this celebration's centerpieces, which allowed the foliage they used to be displayed up high and down low.

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Moss Wedding Centerpieces

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Emily Delamater Photography

If you find forests enchanting, you'll love this idea. Coco Design Company used soft beds of moss as natural table runners and paired them with additional woodland-inspired décor.

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Knit Wedding Centerpieces

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Lilly Red Creative

Can you tell that we're obsessed with creative table runners? These statement centerpieces featured Cip Garden flowers plus knitted wool from Atelier de Jolie.

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Cactus Wedding Centerpieces

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Marco Sanchez

A mix of potted cacti and succulents, like these ones styled by Best Day Ever, are perfect for desert wedding centerpieces. Just warn guests about reaching over the prickly plants!

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Boho Wedding Centerpieces

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Molly + Co.

'Cause We Can Events and Best Day Ever Floral Design collaborated on these edgy tablescapes, which featured interesting flowers, candles, and faux fur, among other chic details.

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Figurine Wedding Centerpieces

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Olivia Leigh Photographie

Moss, driftwood, and llama figurines made up this wedding's outdoors-y centerpieces by Rock River Farm.

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Cloche Wedding Centerpieces

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Fiona Conrad

Enclosed flowers look like they were plucked straight from a fairy tale (blame it on the cloched rose in Beauty and the Beast). They're also quite unique when arranged in whimsical ways, as shown in these centerpieces by Putnam & Putnam.

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Vegetable Wedding Centerpieces

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Rachel Havel Photography

Do you and your future spouse frequent the local farmer's market? Embrace your love of fresh produce with veggie-filled reception tables. These Newberry Brothers centerpieces included artichokes, carrots, and cabbages, plus complementing blooms.

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Tall Wedding Centerpieces

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O'Malley Photographers

Mimic the look of towering trees with the help of tall centerpieces made from branches of leaves. That's what Sinclair & Moore Events did here.

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Candle Wedding Centerpieces

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The Shank Tank

These Natural Nostalgia centerpieces benefitted from unique additions: marbled taper candles.

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Wood Wedding Centerpieces

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Liesl Claire Photography

The bride (Scout Walker) kept things simple—but creative—by placing long branches down the center of these reception tables.

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Modern Wedding Centerpieces

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Bia Sampaio

Who needs traditional vases? These contemporary Melarosa arrangements were made by stuffing geometric décor pieces with both flowers and greenery, which resulted in centerpieces that looked equal parts urban and wild.

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Tree Wedding Centerpieces

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2 Brides Photography

Here's another tree-inspired idea we love. These evergreen displays were the work of Fanny Staaf Events for a winter celebration.

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Camera Wedding Centerpieces

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Hannah Arista Photography

Disposable Kodak cameras were set out for guests at this wedding, alongside more traditional Melody Raye Flowers centerpieces.

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Black Wedding Centerpieces

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Arte de Vie Photography

Who says black is too dark for wedding centerpieces? These moody taper candles from Firefly Ambiance contrasted beautifully against the clear candelabras they were placed in. Plus, the tablescape was lightened up with the white Bee's Wedding & Event Designs blooms beneath them.

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