Wedding Centerpiece recommendations please?
Posted by admin | Under Centerpieces For Weddings Thursday May 6, 2010I am planning to design my own wedding centerpiece; a cylinder vase with rocks/marbles, filled with water, floating petals, and a lit candle. Will the rose petals float to the top? Is fresh, frozen, or silk roses recommended? Does the lit candle melt and destroy the design and will the centerpiece survive for several hours? Thank you!
It depends on how many rose petals you have in the centerpiece. Not all of them can float to the top. Also if you use real petals these will float to the top but the silk ones are a little more dense that you can place them in the vase and they will stay, but the water will cause the dye in them to turn the water the same color as the petals. Frozen petals won’t work either because when the wax melts from the candles or they start to thaw they will curl and not look as pretty. Fresh is your best bet. If you get floating candles they are designed to burn in water, and can last for several hours depending on their size. If wax gets on a fresh flower it will dry. This sounds very pretty and best of luck.
i think the rose petals will float to the top. perhaps you can scatter them around the centerpieces instead of having them in the water.. and the candle will last. you have to check it’s burn time though. you can buy some that will last fo up to five hours, but it’s usually no longer then that.
but apart from that your idea sounds lovely. i will be having something similar my my centerpiece too.
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It depends on how many rose petals you have in the centerpiece. Not all of them can float to the top. Also if you use real petals these will float to the top but the silk ones are a little more dense that you can place them in the vase and they will stay, but the water will cause the dye in them to turn the water the same color as the petals. Frozen petals won’t work either because when the wax melts from the candles or they start to thaw they will curl and not look as pretty. Fresh is your best bet. If you get floating candles they are designed to burn in water, and can last for several hours depending on their size. If wax gets on a fresh flower it will dry. This sounds very pretty and best of luck.
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Mom owned her own floral design business for many years.
Silk roses could catch fire – no candles are safe candles.
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Try looking at http://www.marthastewartweddings.com. They have similar centerpieces at their DIY Centerpieces section…
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fresh petals will curl up in water and silk ones will float to the top, ok why dont you try clear gel? thaat way u could use silk petals put them in the gel and they wont go anywhere and will look very effective. ive been arranging weddings for two years now and its all been a success so far
also depending how big your vase is? i’d use the floating candles but id use at least 3 in one arrangement, plus the marbles/rocks will look great with the gel! if you look online look for ‘gel crystaals’ you have to dilute them in water for a few hours for it all to expand. u dont say how many tables you have? if its say around 8/10 id say about 3/4 packets.
hope this helps.. good luck x
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theres some gorgeous wedding centerpieces on this website… i bought mine there… the customizeable centerpiece tea light holder is super cool and you can put whatever you want inside…
http://www.partylite.biz/sites/jaclynschopp
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