How to make wedding centerpieces with candles

Wedding candles are as pivotal to the big day as the Bride and Groom. Candles are synonymous with romance, love and warmth – all the things you want to extend to your wedding guests.

Whether you are using personalised wedding candles as cosy centrepiece wedding favours for your guests or large pillar candles at an outdoor wedding, the classic candle will always stay in style.  

“Candles can completely change the atmosphere of a wedding in both life and in pictures; there is nothing better than the ambience warm low candle lighting brings,” says Daniella from Lower Lodge Candles.

Read our expert wedding candle tips and advice below, and always keep your venue and event staff in the loop when planning on using naked flame candles – you may have to use glass candle holders or vases.

Fill an open corner with candles.

If you have a beautiful unused fireplace/mantelpiece in the corner of your wedding space, encase the candles in glass votives for an even more stylish look, using candles of various sizes for that boho look. Add some greenery to really elevate the space.

Surround flower centrepieces with elegant dinner candles.

Illuminate your gorgeous flower centrepieces with minimalist dinner candles or pillar candles; encase the candles in glass votives for an even more stylish look.

Place modern black dinner candles along the length of a table.

For a more sleek look, black dinner candles create a dramatic ambience.

Surround flower centrepieces with elegant dinner candles.

Illuminate your gorgeous flower centrepieces with minimalist dinner candles or pillar candles; encase the candles in glass votives for an even more stylish look.

Place modern black dinner candles along the length of a table.

For a more sleek look, black dinner candles create a dramatic ambience.

Use white dinner candles in classic gold candelabras outdoors.

While the wind may be against you at an outdoor wedding, this setting will impress your guests.

Pair pillar candles with hanging flowers.

If you choose to hang flowers and greenery above tables, place elegant pillar candles along the table for a great result.

Line the aisle or staircase with candles.

Create a dreamlike entrance with a candle-lined aisle or staircase for a beautiful, illuminated walk.

Line the aisle or staircase with candles.

Create a dreamlike entrance with a candle-lined aisle or staircase for a beautiful, illuminated walk.

For more inspiration, browse our luxury candle collections, or see our personalised wedding candles page for amazing wedding candles your guests will be sure to remember.