Posted by mrsnicolaray on 2008-03-11 12:00:49
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There are loads of great things you can do for your centerpieces. You could:
- use a floating flower head on each table
- name the tables after different flowers and have different flowers on each table - but all the flowers are white colored or match your theme
- pile up your favors in the middle of the table as your centerpiece
- use dried flowers or silk flowers as your arrangement
- use natural objects such as shells or small branches
- lantern with a tealight in the middle
- floating candles are nice and relaxing
- a bunch of different sized candles always looks impressive
- or just a simple small flower arrangement
Posted by creativecat on 2005-06-18 12:28:09
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From all of the wedding pictures I've seen, white tablecloths look the best because they set off the centerpieces the best. Crocheting the edges would make the tablecloths feel more "festive."
I really like the idea of glass bowls with floating candles. Maybe you could even make the candles with some flower petals in them. Or you could etch the glass bowls and go with an all-white decor.
Posted by SheIsMe! on 2005-06-17 13:06:47
Post Subject: my baby sister - ideas needed fellow craftistas!
my baby sis...
my little fa fa oogie boogie cutie pants be-be-aught-tah-be-fun ...
... is getting married in 2 weeks!
(i've never really had the feeling before - like time is passing and i'm aging - dare i say "getting old?"... but i digress... :o) )
anyway, i'm posting because she would like me to get / craft table cloths for her and make the centerpieces she'll use at her ceremony/reception. her wedding is small (about 30 people) and outside on my mom's old nonworking farm. she's using picnic tables and is having a barbeque potluck dinner after the ceremony. (she's so cool, right?)
my current plan is to get sheets at the thirft store to make the table cloths. at first i was thinking white but it might be nicer to go with different colors. i would also like to crochet a simple trim around the edges of the table cloths with a tassle on each corner. i guess the trim would be the same color on each table clothe - maybe white. as for centerpieces i'm thinking glass bowls in the centers of the tables filled with water floating candles in each.
but i'd like to have a plethora of ideas in my head before i just go ahead and decide on something. any additional ideas / thoughts / past experiences welcome! my main goal is to have things look simple, classy, and as magical as possible for her special day...
Posted by Tigerlily72 on 2005-07-16 18:11:28
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Good for you! But it's hard, huh? Once when getting over a painful breakup, I went skydiving. It was very scary but also very empowering, and it had this terrific residual effect because even now, over 3 years later, when there's something I think I can't handle, I tell myself, "Oh, come on, you jumped out of a perfectly good airplane, you can handle THIS!" Later, when I felt that I was ready to let go of the whole thing and wanted to do something symbolic to move on, I went to a lake in the middle of the night and set some floating candles adrift and watched them float off into the dark (and stayed to make sure they stayed out there and didn't cause any fires! lol) It felt pretty therapeutic. After another really sad breakup I volunteered to groom horses near where I lived after work and got some free "pet therapy" and I think those creatures kept me sane. If I had lived in a city I'd have tried to volunteer at an animal shelter to walk dogs. Do stuff you love, and maybe even stuff you love that the SO didn't like to do, so that you can appreciate YOU and we,,, your relationship with you, which sometimes gets neglected when you are in a not-so-great relationship with someone else.
Also, I find blowing soap bubbles or leaping into puddles very therapeutic, but I don't think you have to be sad to benefit from them!
Sending you happy thoughts!
Gretchen
Posted by gingerandlulu on 2005-07-13 12:12:33
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did he put sand in the bottoms of the bags? that's what we did and it helps stabilize them....
or little bowls of water with floating candles (not a lot of light tho...)
the only other way i've lit an outdoor party was to use the massive amount of christmas tree lights that we have and put them all over the trees (this was for my friend's outdoor wedding) and it looked so magical!
Posted by Echo on 2004-05-24 00:07:34
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First of all - congrats!!
My SIL is getting married on July 24, 2004 & I just got married a year ago (yesterday!), so this is all fresh in my mind. Some of the DIY things we've done:
+ SIL is doing a cupcake tree instead of a wedding cake. She will decorate with bright, vivid silk flowers.
http://www.cupcaketree.com/
+ My mom knows how to sew, so she's making my SIL's wedding dress and my matron of honor dress. For my wedding, she made my SIL's dress (she was my maid of honor) and my daughter's little dress. My mom also did all of the flowers & decorations (we had a decorated arch) - she used to be a florist.
+ I designed the wedding & bridal shower invitations (I am in the process of starting up a business making custom announcements) and we printed them off on the computer.
+ For our wedding favors, we wrapped up scented votive candles in tulle, then attached a business card that read "This candle is a sign of our love and appreciation for brightening our day and warming our hearts." Those were really, really cheap! My SIL is wanting to do lollipops & those should be pretty easy as well.
+ We got married at a lake (so is my SIL), so we didn't do a lot of decorating. My SIL is going to put Tiki torches up around the lake and maybe even floating candles (which can be homemade or bought). The reception will be at my ILs home around their pool, so they are planning on using the floating candles in there as well.
+ Instead of a traditional guestbook, my SIL is getting a picture of the two of them matted & framed, then having the guests sign the mat.
I'm sure that sites like weddingchannel.com & theknot.com have tons and tons of tips! Good luck, congratulations, & happy wedding planning!!
Posted by nerf on 2005-09-11 21:37:17
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I bought a whole bunch of really cheap drinking glasses (like hi-balls) and then used irises. Just had 6 or 7 flowers per glass on a table, and then we had two bigger glass vases for the church (straight-sided like the glasses) which we then moved and put on the buffet table. They had more flowers, I'm looking at my photos trying to decide how many, looks like it's about 30. Our reception venue was an old building with lots of wood, so it looked pretty good anyway (one of my criteria, since I didn't want to do any decorating), but the flowers didn't look sparse. We also had plain white pillar candles in between some glasses of flowers on a mantlepiece, and on the table we had little vellum bags with tea lights in. I think that the floating idea is good though, you could maybe intersperse gerberas with floating candles.
My bouquet was more irises with some lavender, and the buttonholes for hubby and best men was lavender. Fortunately, a family friend did the flowers so it was really cheap. It seems that doing it yourself is already cheaper, because the minute you mention wedding to a florist they seem to triple the prices.
ps: Don't mean to offend any florists, it's just what I noticed in Cape Town.
Posted by MRSM103 on 2005-01-19 08:39:55
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Another idea to consider is reanting some items. I was married 16 mos. ago and I rented some things for my wedding. For instance, I had to have 22 table centerpieces and 4 centerpieces for the wedding party table. I rented 22 octagonal shaped mirrors (50 cents a piece), 22 glass bowls(50 cents also), and I bought leaf shaped floating candles at 8 for $1 at the dollar store. (my wedding was all fall themed). So I got away under $30 for all those centerpieces. The one splurge that we had was our pictures and video and that was the best decision !! That day went by in such a whirlwind that I felt that I missed so much, but thank heavens I had pictures and video to capture some of what I missed.
