18 Gorgeous Centerpiece Vases and Event Decor Items You'll Love

Looking for gorgeous vases wholesale for your wedding and event floral design business? Or perhaps some new event decor items? In this article, I’m sharing my favorites for wedding design work from Accent Decor. If you’ve never worked with Accent Decor before, you’re in for a treat. We’re looking at it all here: compotes, bud vases, small vases, large vases, votives, and trays.

Benoit Compote

Benoit comes in three perfectly proportioned sizes for small, medium, and large centerpieces. The finish is matte white and lightly distressed. If you’re working with a classically elegant client who wants a little ease, the finish of this piece can relax formal lace, velvet, or silk table linens. 

If your client is more casual but has tossed out the word elegant, this compote fits the bill. The silhouette is elegant, but it can create a predominately casual mood when paired with nubby or rough textured linens. It’s nice and heavy for outdoor work. The interior is shiny and sealed. It also holds an ample amount of water for event work. I like to use it at the Team Flower Workshops because it is easy to arrange in and beginner friendly.

Sabrina Compote

Sabrina comes in small, medium, and large sizes, but I think it is best as a small or medium piece if you are using fresh-water mechanics like a flower frog or wire because it has a shallow water reservoir. It’s important to keep an eye on water levels regardless of your vessel choice, but especially with this one. It is a gorgeous glass option, and the color is somewhere between champagne and silver. It is shiny glass on the inside, and coated with color on the outside for a subtle reflective quality.

The Sabrina Compote has a tall, skinny base, so this is a great choice if your design calls for dramatic floral draping or you plan to have table numbers or other table accessories styled underneath the arrangement. If you are a floral frog or chicken wire designer and are very comfortable with mechanics, I would recommend this container, but if you are a beginner and still feel you are a bit wobbly, you’ll want a deeper reservoir, like my next choice, Lita. Check out this video to see Sabrina in action.

Photo: Kim Branagan

Photo: Kim Branagan

Lita Compote

This 7.75” by 5.75” compote, available in both gold and champagne, is the perfect size for medium to large compote arrangements for 60” to 72” round tables. It’s an easy compote for beginners. I like to use this one at the Team Flower Workshops too. 

The top is lightweight, but the base is nice and heavy! It’s made of metal, and when you are working with metal containers, you need to keep an eye out for rust and pitting, and it’s important not to use flower food. For more information on why, click here. Since you won’t be using flower food, refresh the water more frequently. You can do this by placing the entire arrangement under the faucet and let the water recirculate. Click here to see Lita in action.

Photo: Kim Branagan

Coronation Compote

Coronation comes in two sizes that are perfect for small and medium sized centerpieces, which are the most common size needs for most clients. The color on the piece reads cream. The glossy finish and vertical lines take it in a predominately formal direction, but it does have a subtle speckle that gives it a nubby visual texture. That relaxed visual texture makes it easy to work this piece into a predominately casual event.

Roman Votive

This 3.75” wide by 6.5” tall votive piece is perfect when used as a vase for a no fuss, loosely arranged bundle of garden roses, and that garden rose arrangement is an excellent element in a decorative grouping. 

Decorative groupings can contain small floral arrangements, bud vases, trays, candles, table numbers, photo frames, or meaningful objects. I like to place decorative groupings between larger arrangements on a head table or on round tables that have more modest budgets. They also work at guest book tables and drink stations. 

The Ridgeback Votive has a similar finish to the Roman Votive. While I wouldn’t use them side by side in a grouping, I would use Ridgeback Votives on other tables at the event where this type of finish is not yet incorporated. And since we are on the topic of decorative groupings, how amazing are these Angelo Mini Columns? 

The dimensions of the Roman Votive require minimal mechanics. You might like a tape grid for a little support, but in many cases, you can design without supportive mechanics which makes them so easy to do on a whim! Here is a fun video using the Roman Votive as a vase.

Neeta Vase

The Neeta Vase is a great landing spot for bridesmaid bouquets at the reception. I often fill these with water and leave them onsite for the wedding coordinator to sprinkle around wherever she wanted during the reception. Here are a few reasons why this is a great piece to add to your collection before they are discontinued: 

• Size: A standard size bridesmaid bouquet (about 20 stems) fits into the 4” by 6.25” size vessel naturally. 

• Color: The light gold tone reads neutral and blends with a variety of finishes. 

• Finish: The opaque mercury glass hides the stem binding, so it appears to be an arrangement.

• Style: Super elegant and rustic clients both like this piece.

Rosie Pot

If you love peach, you’ll want to have some Rosie Pots in your collection. The finish color is dreamy with the warm—toned roses in this video.

Photo: Kim Branagan

Rosie has a deep water reservoir so it transitions between wedding work and retail projects like a champ. I like to use floral netting (also commonly referred to as chicken wire) in it.

We used the large 6” pot in this demonstration, and it has sold out, but check out the minis. That size would be great in decorative groupings or as votives. If you’d like something in the six-inch range, this Copper Bowl is it!

Monticello Collection

I like the 5” and 6” pots for small and medium sized centerpieces, while the coordinating 8” bud vase is nice to have on hand for decorative groupings. 

The shape of these pots makes arranging in floral netting (chicken wire) really easy. You may even prefer a simple tape grid depending on the ingredients you will be using.

Glam Votive

This is my go-to piece for elegant weddings because it connects gold and silver finishes, both which are commonly used in those settings. You could use gold compotes on a head table, silver compotes on satellite tables, and these throughout to accomplish a coherent, blended look. 

Plus, most events incorporate silver flatware, so having a touch of silver in the table decor brings it all together. The Virtue Votive functions in a similar way. Below, you’ll see a Glam Votive as a part of a decorative grouping with my next recommendation, the Boutique Bud Vase.

Boutique Bud Vase

Bud vases are on virtually every proposal I write, and the Boutique is my go-to. They are easy to assemble and require minimal material, so they yield high profit margins to balance out products like compotes that require considerably more materials and time. 

Bud vases can be moved around, grouped together or separated on the fly. They make it possible for everyone to have a beautiful flower in their line of vision, even on a tight budget. I’m showing the Boutique Bud Vase in four settings: 

• At a long guest table

• At a round guest table 

• At the parent’s table with a compote (the Desiray Votive is also pictured)

• In a decorative grouping on a head table 

Since glass is transparent, it naturally mixes with virtually any finish.

Hari Bud Vase

The Hari Bud Vase has a speckled, glossy finish like the Coronation Compote. It’s got a huge water reservoir so you can accommodate an arrangement with much more than a bud if the occasion calls for it. The three sizes coordinate with one another perfectly and can function similarly to the Boutique Bud Vase. It’s a great price, and I think the perceived value on it is high.

Spirit Votive

I love an opaque, neutral-colored votive that is easy to clean! This one offers a unique texture to boot. Of course, it can function as a vase as well, which earns extra points for being a hard worker in the studio.

Castleberry Urn

This large urn is a great size for packing a punch without breaking the bank (or your back). It is heavy enough to use at a tented event comfortably, but not so heavy that you’ll dread loading and unloading them. I also feel more comfortable with this type of material than I do glass for large-scale work. 

I used a pair of  the  24” tall by 12” diameter urns to fill both horizontal and vertical space at a grand 24’ x 4’ head table in a large tent. As you can see, they are wide and solid, so they should be positioned between seats, not directly in front of them. A perk to their width? They help define conversation areas at large tables, and guests can use it as a way to facilitate small conversation groups. 

I’ve shown you what they look like filled with flowers, but as you think about filling them, remember these can take masses of tree branches from the backyard and turn them into pure magic! If you’re thinking about elevating this on a small stand or column, the base on the 24” tall  is an 8.75” square.

Fuse Tray

If you offer rentals in your business, you may consider adding the Fuse Tray to your collection. A small cake can become grand quickly with the right stand. This stand has a deep lip that is wonderful for hiding flower stems. Request the baker deliver the cake on a thick block as not to detract from its height when placed on the stand. Then use the spacious interior of the tray to design a mini garden. You won’t even need to insert stems into the cake.

It’s part of our mission to help lighten your load and help you love the world through flowers, and we love highlighting resources that can help you do just that! This post is brought to you by Accent Decor (AD), one of our Team Flower Partners. AD is one of the leading companies in creating and providing compotes, urns, votives, and more for all of us in the floral industry.