top table decoration. flowers or candles??

I had both! Candlelabra's always look elegant, but then so do flowers. Don't worry about what's traditional, do whatever you like the most.

Sherrie posted a piccie of a top table with candle decorations - I think the thread is about a couple of pages back or if Sherrie sees this, she will post again for you. I know what your florist means though. This is one I did a while ago with delphinium and hydrangea along with ivory roses. This particular arrangement flows over the front of the table but you can have them just sat on the table too. :-

If your florist makes the arrangement to sit on the table rather than flow over the front, then the delphinium would be at the sides running along the table IFYSWIM.

Why not combine the 2 :

I had flowers and candles. I wanted everywhere to be sparkly! The one thing I did find though that I was sooooooo hot with all the candles lit

Hydrangeas work really well in a contemporary long and low too - you don't necessarily need anything extra to add length to it. Below is a top table arrangement we did last Summer, based with hydrangeas....

Thank you for all your replies. I am going to show my florist some of these and see if we can work something out for the top table. thank you!