Q: I love candles, flowers and the rainbow; How can I incorporate all of them in my wedding?
A: Candles can be a very beautiful thing if placed correctly. Imagine a dim room filled with candles, all sizes and shapes, on the tables on tall stands, on short stands, sounds almost surreal. Well, you can't go wrong with candles, a little, a lot, they almost always look good. A nice touch for a candle centerpiece is a mirror base. Its a round or square mirror that goes in the center of a table (mirror-side up) and with a candle arrangement placed on top of it can makes for an extraordinary centerpiece. Candles are also fairly inexpensive, so go crazy, put candles everywhere! In your case where you want to incorporate flowers, I would use the candle centerpieces for the cocktail hour tables and have floral centerpieces for your reception. Most florists have stands that incorporate candles or some florists can create centerpieces that have a few long tapered candles in the middle of it. Make sure to reiterate to your florist and/or caterer that they MUST light the candles just before your reception as many events go by without the candles ever getting lit.
When you say rainbow, I picture soft hues of blues, lilacs, greens and yellows and that's exactly what I would put into my centerpieces. Too many colors can seem overbearing but if they are all soft shades they can mix together wonderfully. If you really want to make your love of the rainbow known, this is a cool trick but only if your dress has a tulle skirt. If you go to a large fabric store where there is a large selection of tulle you can get different soft shades of tulle like the ones in your centerpiece, have a seamstress (definitely someone you can trust, after all this is your wedding dress we are talking about here) add these soft colors of tulle underneath the topmost layer of tulle on your skirt. These soft colors will come through your skirt and can add a really nice touch to your dress. Consider this idea if your dress is a bit on the contemporary side and wont look silly with this creative modern touch. Put each bridesmaid in a different soft shade of colors that match your theme. Have them carry a candle down the aisle instead of a bouquet, this will add a romantic touch to your ceremony but make sure that you have a candle holder to prevent hot wax from dripping on their skin or dresses, that would be a disaster. Candle favors seem to go well with your theme so save yourself the headache of looking for expensive favors just stick with your motif and be consistent with it, you cant go wrong. Good luck! |
Q: What colors should i choose for the wedding flowers as my center piece, table
and chair covers with bow?
A: With the centerpieces you have a few options, if you mix centerpieces with all three colors, the centerpiece can end up costing you an arm and a leg becuase these exotic colored flowers like blue and green are pretty rare, hence expensive. One idea would be making the main color of the centerpiece a creme color, with blue, green, and lavendar accents in it. Creme is always elegant and there are plenty of creme flowers, both expensive and inexpensive. Another option if your budget is more flexible is to alternate centerpieces. I love this idea becuase when centerpieces alternate, your eyes are drawn to them, as opposed to when every centerpiece is the same, its not as interesting to look around and pay attention to the details. You can alternate centerpieces by making the main color green with lavendar and baby blue accents on a tall stand. The next centerpiece can be mostly lavendar with green and blue accents that lays directly on the table. The third can be blue with spurts of green and lavendar on a spiral stand. The way to make this a more budget friendly idea is for example make on of the three centerpieces large and full, make the other two a bit simpler with less flowers but still changing around the main color. As long as they look different from each other, they will catch the eyes of your guests and they will defiently be fighting over who gets to take one home at the end of the evening.
If you choose to go with the creme based centerpiece, i would go with a more bold look for tablecloths. Something like a yellow based plaid pattern with blue and lavendar hues. Plaid has become popular this season so I dont think you would have a problem finding the tablecloths. If you want to go for the colorful centerpieces than I would go with a soft yellow tablecloth (the blue green and lavendar would looks so great on yellow) with the option of a sheer overlay complementing the centerpiece's main color. The chair cover matching the yellow cloth and the a sheer bow to match the centerpiece's main color and the sheer overlay.
I hope you can use some of these ideas and Good Luck! |
