OS Wedding Confetti

Sammy85_2

You can buy dried flower petals online for just this purpose. No hassle required.

On the bubbles front - beware that the soap suds can cause staining on silks and satins (ie the brides/maids dresses)

bubbles0169

be careful you dont get the cow parsley mixed up with giant hogweed which looks really similar but is dangerous to the skin

DitaBombita

poppy-glos wrote: »

i was wondering about using fresh flowers without drying them like the poster above, how about cow parsly flowers, with the little flowers pulled off to throw? there's loads about in the hedgerows here

Oohhh I like that idea ! If the rain ever stops I shall be out to have a look for some.

DitaBombita

bubbles0169 wrote: »

be careful you dont get the cow parsley mixed up with giant hogweed which looks really similar but is dangerous to the skin

Thanks for this - Ive just googled images - they are very similar but giant Hogweed looks MASSIVE... Like 5ft tall. Dont know if ive ever seen this. Best got the flower book out before I start

Norman_Bean

Sammy85 wrote: »

You can buy dried flower petals online for just this purpose. No hassle required.

That's interesting - wonder if they are expensive?

However I don't want to spend ANY money :money: and have started confetti production!

Have used peoney (sp?) and rose petals - these are gorgeous and just the right size once dried and shrunken .... also did some mint flowers, these are nice too but a wee bit small so won't do any more of those.

It hasn't been any hassle, just put the petals on baking trays and put at bottom of the oven for 10 minutes after baking a cake.

The confetti is starting to look lovely - I just need to think about what I'm going to put it in now!

Norman x

nozzy6

Norman_Bean wrote: »

The confetti is starting to look lovely - I just need to think about what I'm going to put it in now!

Norman x

your confetti sounds lovely! If its any help I made a load of little confetti packets for our wedding - just a rectangle of tissue or crepe paper folded down one side and sewn on the sewing machine round the other 3 sides. They seemed to go down well with our guests too

bubbles0169

or you could use 'cones' of greasproof paper, which im sure you have from baking the cakes?

Norman_Bean

thank you x greaseproof paper cones seems easiest and cheapest options

thanks again

Norman x

ps: the oven smells gorgeous! :rotfl:

bubbles0169

ooer does that mean your jacket spud will have a rose essence:rotfl:

floss2

Oooh, Floss is thinking of a trip to the park this weekend harvesting rose petals...... Thanks Norman! :T