unusual center piece help - get your thinking caps on ladies

fly_dragon_fly

sounds nice

i think i am going to email michael dark i've given him a lot of business i think lol

any my local florist sells these for £10 each! what a rip off!

pretzelnut

I think i need to sleep on that idea, i just read it back to myself and went EUGH! :rotfl:

Maybe i should just save myself the time and cash and have a big white empty space in the middle.

Claire_Bear

I know I'm not going to be able to explain this properly but I've had a thought for what I want my centrepieces to be (I'm not even engaged yet, but I like planning things like this!) and what I'm thinking is having a cluster of about 5 different wine glasses in the middle, each with a small tea light in. Whenever I'm looking around charity shops and flea markets etc they always have loads of really nice glasses, all in different heights and shapes and designs, I think it would look quite nice and unusual.

Couldn't find a picture of exactly what I meant, but sort of a mixture of these -

http://wanderingmist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/club-glass-candles-centerpi.jpg
http://render2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6G00%7C%3Dup6%3DzqH:xxqUD7qRUrKxzX7BHpUUKxgXPPl%3F87KR6xqpxQQo0xPGQxlJexv8uOc5xQQQoeJGG0aQG0qpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gXPPl%7CRup6aQQ%7C/of=50,319,480
http://img4.realsimple.com/images/home-organizing/decorating/0509/Glass-Candles_300.jpg

jackomdj

Claire_Bear wrote: »

I know I'm not going to be able to explain this properly but I've had a thought for what I want my centrepieces to be (I'm not even engaged yet, but I like planning things like this!) and what I'm thinking is having a cluster of about 5 different wine glasses in the middle, each with a small tea light in. Whenever I'm looking around charity shops and flea markets etc they always have loads of really nice glasses, all in different heights and shapes and designs, I think it would look quite nice and unusual.

Couldn't find a picture of exactly what I meant, but sort of a mixture of these -

http://wanderingmist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/club-glass-candles-centerpi.jpg
http://render2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6G00%7C%3Dup6%3DzqH:xxqUD7qRUrKxzX7BHpUUKxgXPPl%3F87KR6xqpxQQo0xPGQxlJexv8uOc5xQQQoeJGG0aQG0qpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gXPPl%7CRup6aQQ%7C/of=50,319,480
http://img4.realsimple.com/images/home-organizing/decorating/0509/Glass-Candles_300.jpg

just be careful as some wine glasses are not made for candle heat & can shatter.

Claire_Bear

Ah, thanks, I was wondering about that myself!

flossyblog

princesswoo wrote: »

We have NO flowers at our wedding, im just not a flower person, not to keen on candles were getting married in august the venue has floor to ceiling windows all the way round so we dont want candles, we feel it would be a bit pointless and balloons just dont feel right, but if all else fails we will go with these.

I need some totally unusual / different / out there center piece ideas.

We have big round tables.

But heres the biggie - they must cost no more for me to buy or make than £20 per table and i need 8 -10.

But i will go a little over budget if there exactly ehat i am after.

I have sorted everything else, everything on my spread sheet is green, these centerpieces ar e the only thing sitting there in bold red writing.

I helped organise a friends wedding and we made beautiful baskets of fruit as a centre piece.

wanttogetwed

morwenna wrote: »

Vases and pearls from here:

http://www.sara-richards.co.uk/

We are using 30cm cylinder vases @ £2.99 each - really nice, thick glass and a good weight. They look better than the pic IYKWIM

Check out the "pearls on wire" link on the left navigation bar for the pearl strands £1.99 for 12.

I was originally doing flowers under the water, but the pearls work very well and look like bubbles (to me, anyway)

Mmmm am now in 2 minds - don't know whether I want fish bowls with lights, gel and a flower or something similar to you but with a pink light. Decisions decisions!

curlylou1986

Not sure whether thought of this idea - but one of my friends was talking about looking at different table decorations rather than flowers in a vase, and she come up with an idea of having stacks of books tied up with coloured ribbon that matches her colour scheme. She was thinking of either each table having a theme of the style of books - romance, fairytale etc.
or as her and her fiance both like to read having books they both like in piles.
Think she was swaying towards the traditional books as going to find hard back ones to take paper cover off so look nice on the table.
I did suggest to her then you could have a small book on each table for the people on there to write in a group them as a guest book as a later date.

Also found this one;
its off Martha stewart ideas website - looks really lovely and fresh - could have each table with different fruit; oranges, limes, pineapples, strawberries etc - be bright and colourful!
Or could have vases with water in and then slices of coloured fruit...would look different rather than flowers.

Found this website with some little pictures on it too might have some ideas?
http://chicstyleq8.blogspot.com/2009/06/non-floral-centerpieces.html

Oooh, just thought! lol, as those colours are very bright and colourful - almost carnival type what about a vase/holder with masks in them; ones on a stick (cant think if have a special name).
Can get the blank shapes for the masks in craft shops then get creative! could puts lots of feathers and sequins etc on it...am sure your little ones wouldnt mind lending a hand too! That would make for some really funky pictures through the night too!

Lexxi

What about coloured sand? I don't think anyone has mentioned that on here so it'd definately be different!
This is a kit from a website but I'm sure you could make it your own and more MSE


Or this, it's a ballon weight but yo could do something like that

rene2b

im liking the sand idea!great for a 'beach'theme wedding :-)