Centre Pieces

trying_2_b_good

Thanks - I hadn't really considered the selling back part - so I guess that if I go overboard, I'd get at least a third back! The roses are beautiful for £6!!

Thanks for the Confetti tip - sending link to OH to see if he likes them or prefers fish bowls...

trying_2_b_good

zcrat41 wrote: »

Be honest with the florist about what you can afford. Our table centres are costing £9 per table. Includes hire of tall vases, crystals in the bottom, 3 big lilies, 2 roses and some long stemmed grass. Looks lovely but waaaay cheaper than billions of flowers. And we're in the SOuth East.

Otherwise make friends with a florist/church warden and see if you can borrow their flower wholesaler card. We borrowed my Mum's friends one she uses for doing church flowers to go have a look - OMG vases etc are like Ikea prices and the flowers are dead cheap too if you're thinking of doing it yourself.

Good Luck

your florist sounds waaaaaay more reasonable than any I've found!!

I don't know anyone with one of those cards which is such a shame as sounds fab!

trying_2_b_good

OK - so OH likes these http://shop.confetti.co.uk/product/small-marrakech-lantern-29cm/101027/

Question now is: what would you do to jazz it up? Or would you just leave them really simple, put a tea light in, put it on a mirrored plate with tea lights & that's it??

Tiara_2

Your florist sounds very affordable- would you mind PM'ing/posting who they are please? If they are local enough to me I would love to get a quote from them! We have been quoted £25 per centre piece for a lot less than what you're getting, and that's excluding vase hire! :eek:

zcrat41 wrote: »

Be honest with the florist about what you can afford. Our table centres are costing £9 per table. Includes hire of tall vases, crystals in the bottom, 3 big lilies, 2 roses and some long stemmed grass. Looks lovely but waaaay cheaper than billions of flowers. And we're in the SOuth East.

Otherwise make friends with a florist/church warden and see if you can borrow their flower wholesaler card. We borrowed my Mum's friends one she uses for doing church flowers to go have a look - OMG vases etc are like Ikea prices and the flowers are dead cheap too if you're thinking of doing it yourself.

Good Luck

dawnebabe

trying_2_b_good wrote: »

OK - so OH likes these http://shop.confetti.co.uk/product/small-marrakech-lantern-29cm/101027/

Question now is: what would you do to jazz it up? Or would you just leave them really simple, put a tea light in, put it on a mirrored plate with tea lights & that's it??

I think keeping them simple would be really nice, something like this, but obviously with the white lantern, I think this is really elegant!

Or, perhaps a couple of flowers on the handle, like this, would be inexpensive to do with foam flowers.

giddypenguin

Keep an eye on ebay - We got 6 large vases for £20 - recycled from someone elses wedding, and when we're hitched, they are destined back for ebay! We got some cheap rose petals, which will line the bottom of the vase, and some big candles for £1 each from ikea - 6 centre pieces for about £30 x

trying_2_b_good

I've searched eBay high & low! Unfortunately most want collection only but aren't in my area, or they seem expensive from professional sellers. keeping an eye on preloved & gumtree too!!

I think I may have fallen in love with the lanterns now though! Wilkos & Dunelm also have some on their website, but they're narrower than the ones on confetti, so I think they're still the best. However, OH thinks they're boring!!!

Mrs_Moore_To_Be

How about to jazz them up filling them with fruit, like this...

not sure what your colous scheme is though?

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http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQkPc7q3cxE/S3uepTndSFI/AAAAAAAAAdM/nX4tWKB0EWw/s400/5.18.09%2B086.jpg&imgrefurl=http://simplepetals.blogspot.com/2010/02/caitlin-sherbet-wedding.html&usg=__t2DVCNto38d6TnIl5BwW13YP5ss=&h=400&w=267&sz=38&hl=en&start=177&zoom=1&tbnid=JY5gHL9HIfjaLM:&tbnh=161&tbnw=107&ei=nbzbTfDjDdKy8QPf55kO&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfruit%2Bfilled%2Bwedding%2Blantern%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1259%26bih%3D873%26tbm%3Disch0%2C5209&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=911&vpy=258&dur=1484&hovh=275&hovw=183&tx=108&ty=165&sqi=2&page=8&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:177&biw=1259&bih=873

obviously these are with vases but might work with laterns? Just a long shot! x

trying_2_b_good

I like the apple ones, but they're not very me.

I've sent OH some pics of the lanterns on there own, and when they're on mirror plates with a candle lit inside them, they look effective (even he agrees!). I also found an old thread where someone said they jazzed up the lanterns with crafty butterflies & ribbons. Think this will be ideal as it's minimum fuss and effort on the day!! Thanks everyone!

twink22

they have those lanterns in the £ shop at the moment i bought five ivory lanterns for the outside tables from there x