table center pieces

excitedbridetobe

I'm after a bit of inspiration, we are planning on doing our own table center pieces and were thinking about having floating candles/fish bowls rather than flowers in order to try and keep the costs down.

I was just wondering what other people had done or items they had used to create a center piece

Thanks

saintly_2

we are having a movie theme centrepiece clapperboards, old vintage movie reels and movie cans, cost us about £8 per table.

there is a thread someone on here that someone had found cheap goldfish bowls and mirrors etc

joanneinwonderland

We are having sweetie jars. So I've got plastic jars from ebay which once done up with a ribbon and full of sweets will be perfect. 3 per table and then at night time hoping to pop them onto one table with bags and it can be a wee sweetie buffet.

I'm planning to do sweetie bags of favours but will do these pre filled and at people's seats.

I think everyone will leave our wedding on a sugar high!

xxx

play2day

My daughter had a similar idea to decorate 10 large tables each seating ten and the top table. She used some clear glass fruit bowls bought in Morrisons for £2.99 each. First scattered the tables with fake rose petals in her wedding colours, we used 4 packets in total bought from ebay for £1 each and then added a few crystals, again ebay, this time 2 packets at £2 each. The bowl went in the centre with 3 floating candles bought from ikea. the bowl was then surrounded by tea lights in glass holders again from ikea (called glimma, I think).
extra petals etc were put onto the cake tables etc to co-ordingate.
The total cost was £60 but we will reuse the bowls and the tealight holders.

emz118

Ours are gorgeous purple bowls from next, with a large pillar candle in from morrisons, and then instead of the normal gravel scattered around the base of the candle we are having mini eggs.
They will work out, including a few scatter gems, at about £10 a table, and we are going to give the bowls as presents to our bridesmaids and other helpful people.