Flowers or candles?

tablepieces for my wedding reception.. we are having a small and intimate reception an i think that tealights would be a better idea to add atmosphere without crowding the place and making it feel even smaller.. but all i can find on websites is about flower tablepieces. im starting to wonder if my plan is wrong/untraditional..... i wouldnt want people to lookback on the day and think "oh they did that wrong" can you help me make up my mind?

Flowers or candles?
Well I think candles are wonderful and are simple and can been done easy, cheap and look elegant. I am having a pillar candle in the middle of a vase and a few votive around the vase in small holders.





Tea-lights are wonderful but only last about 2-3 hours. Votive Last 3-5 hours. Pillars last 5-15 hours depending on the size. Plus a pillar gives off enough light for people to see but will not be over powering. If you want some that will last, don't make a mess, or have a bad smell you should look into partylite products I love them and will not burn any other candle ever. There are a little more expensive but are so much better.





Candles a simple but lovely and are easy to set up and clean up. Or you can give away to guest to take home. Just my opinion thought do what you like the best it is your wedding!





Best Wishes and Good luck planning your special day!
Reply:A few of both:-)


Best wishes...
Reply:First of all...just remember it's your day and it doesn't matter what everyone else thinks! :) And I just did tealights at my wedding and it looked beautiful. I don't see any problem or anything "wrong" with just using tealights. Goodluck and best wishes!
Reply:i think if u have an indoor reception, go with the candles and if it's outdoor do flowers
Reply:both
Reply:It's not wrong. Here's what I'm doing: http://www.minottsflowers.com/images/tab...





In case you can't see... it's some small pond rocks with tealights and flowers. The only difference is that I'm going to use fake flower petals instead.





I think it looks really pretty and isn't so high people at the other side of the table can't see eachother!
Reply:you can do both. have a little bouquet of flowers and like 4 tea lites around it it looks so pretty that way. your plan is "yours" doesn't matter what some websites say it is your wedding not everyone else's just do what you want it is your day have fun with it.
Reply:I think that candles are great for a reception. We had candles of all sizes at ours.


You could buy some charger plates in silver or gold, put some white sand on them and then the tealights in the clear plastic down in the sand.





Keep in mind though, tea lights burn out fairly fast - you might want to light a couple and time how long they burn for. Its only a couple hours at the most.





I buy the tea lights at Target in the clear plastic containers all the time in different colors and scents...they look so much better than the ones in the silver linings.





Candles are most definitely not untraditional!
Reply:I say candles are a great idea...I agree with you-websites don't have very good resources for showing photos of candle centerpieces.


We, too, are going with candle centerpieces, because we love the ambiance of candlelight-how romantic! If you have the money, maybe mingling candles with some natural things might be a neat combination. If you and your fiance like the centerpieces, then go with them-details like that are such small portions that odds are only you and your guy will remember what they looked like anyways. :)


Best of luck!
Reply:candles definately, we had a small wedding. i bought some square and little round diamnte candles and put them on glass mirrors, got them from ebay, only had a small wedding too, i also had balloons
Reply:How about a few flower petals scattered around a few tealights?? There's no right or wrong way to do it, go for what you think is pretty, itll be beautiful.
Reply:Flowers, candles can be a hazard with people drinking, not offence intended, plus they won't give enough light , and there'll be no point if you need additional lightning.
Reply:I don't mean to scare you but recently I had a very bad accident with a tea light candle, basically the wick had ignited the whole pool of wax and it exploded into a fire ball, I got bad burns to my left arm which are very nasty (I have photographic evidence) and so I am now very wary of those type of candles, I just don't think they are safe, I would hate for something like this to happen to anyone else so am very keen to highlight the dangers of tea lights, you would not believe the damage it caused. With that in mind I would say flowers! Or consider a different type of candle, just not tea lights. How about some of those Church style pillar candles, they can be grouped together in glass vases with pebbles, they look pretty and are much safer than tea lights.
Reply:Here's an idea, use both! You can buy small mirrors to put as centerpieces and have tealights all around them. In the very center get pretty glass bowls and have floating flowers - the overall look is amazing!
Reply:Floating candles with rose petals in a crystal glass bowle look very stylish and very elegent, and i am sure this idea will help to make your guests tables look beautiful.





Best of luck, have a fab day!
Reply:flowers , more classy
Reply:You could have floating candles shaped like flowers...
Reply:both





flower reath with candle(s) in the middle








oh yeah CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:Hi and congratulations!





You can do whatever YOU want....there is nothing carved in stone as to what you have to have.





I am not sure where you live, but you mention tealights (which I do love), but they are really small....like this:


http://www.makememory.com/favors8908.htm





Perhaps, you meant you were going to have votive candles? Those are a little bigger, like this:


http://www.makememory.com/favors7747.htm





These are just examples, you don't have to have the fancy holders. I think to add an elegant ambiance, have some votives on the table and scatter some rose petals (silk ones) around them. I even saw one really easy centerpiece....it was simply a "bed" of silk rose petals and then about 6 votives on top of that staggered. It looked very pretty and was inexpensive! You can put it all on top of a large mirror tile to really add some extra sparkle if you want!





Good luck!
Reply:Nothing is wrong now a days, especially for centerpieces. My sister did tealights in rose bowls, they were beautiful and a lot cheaper than flowers. I think the candles are more romantic!!!





Good luck
Reply:Ya florist shouldv been able to help with that...


Have you a local womens institute. Im sure theyd like to be involved, theres usually some old dear who got married in Victorian times, and their lace and other cards etc are gorgeous...(have u ever seen those oldfash cards made with lace and little ribbon flowers etc)


Maybe one of the old dears will be able to make something for you if you promise to give them a mention in your speech, and provide them with a piece of wedding cake and a champagne or sherry glass for afters!!!!


Either way. Thrz no harm in asking is there?





I also think candles are a good way to go providing theyr quite tall on the table for obvious safety reasons,.,.,. and Im sure if the W%26gt;I%26gt; make them they will come up with something stunning
Reply:i know i have an idea get some flowers that can hold candles in the middle of it they look really good im sure u can find some those are nice things you would get compliments cause it would look fantastic good luck i hope i helped
Reply:You can use either or both. Some people even use decorative plants or vases with rocks.





I would recommend votive candles instead of tealights because they last longer.





Instead of doing one large centerpiece you can also do a smaller flower arrangement and a few candles. My arrangements are going to be small both to save money and also I want people to be able to look at the person sitting across from them!
Reply:It isn't wrong at all -- it is just more common to have flowers. Especially if you are getting married between October and April, though, candles can lend a more authentic feel than flowers out of season. Tealights are romantic and charming and I think they'd look beautiful -- and be less expensive!





There are good combinations of flowers and candles that you can also do if you are concerned that someone might think you just weren't paying attention to the options. I was recently at a wedding where they had pillar candles in neat holders at every other table and then flowers in vases at the rest. It made the room look less cluttered to disperse the candles and flowers around.





Another idea is to have floating tea lights in bowls of water. Variations include placing colored glass "stones" at the bottom of the bowls for a bit of color, using scented tea lights to create ambiance (make sure the scents don't clash with the food smells or are lighted only after dinner!), or using a combo of floating tea lights and floating candles, either in the same bowl together or in alternating bowls at different tables.





Personally, I am planning to have floating flowers and floating candles in bowls at each table, with colored glass pieces at the bottom of each bowl. I'm not doing the scents, though -- too complicated with the food!





Good luck!
Reply:Who cares if people think it's "wrong" it's your day/your way ! Also, flowers can be really,really expensive depending on the floral arrangement. Candles are very inexpensive and provide and intimate setting in any room ! Find a floral centerpiece that you like and take it to a few florists to get an estimate on what it would cost to duplicate such a look.... Then see what it costs to do a candle type centerpiece... That will at least give you an idea of what you are looking at... My sister-in-law/ I got married the same yr. While her parents paid for everything- We were on a tight budget.... I got married in Las Vegas I brought various casino buckets home to use as "vases" for my centerpieces. We used colorful bouquets of real flowers.. It was AWESOME and people took my centerpieces home while my sister-in-law had a family member do her flowers and spend about $2000 mostly for "renting" the vases as such... Total spent on our flowers was $80 including delivery. After 4 yrs. people STILL remember my table setting/centerpieces and decorating.. It was all Las Vegas theme.. .Poker chips/cards/dice on the table.. A slot machine card collector.. So, do what you want because that's what you want to do.. NOT to make other people happy.... Good luck
Reply:Nothing is wrong, it's all about what you want. I think you should go with your instincts. Do a mock up of what you want and just make sure it won't be a fire hazard if you have anything near it such as flowers or ribbon. Do a test run and you'll be just fine with candles.





best wishes!
Reply:im going for candles (as i get really bad hayfever) i did have to look for a while before i found what i was looking for, i brought some shallow bowls from ikea for 50p each and some christmas type wreaths (like you would hang on door) from the pound shop and i am going to fill the bowls with water, put the wreaths over the bowls and have some floating candles in each bowl.
Reply:You can never be wrong in what you choose for your wedding. For instance I am not religious at all my wife is but we chose to get married in a church, I don't regret it one bit and I don't believe I was wrong although I am sure many will criticise me for it.


You might be looking for wedding related tea lights when you perhaps should look for Tea lights.





Here are a few sites that might give you ideas about Tea Lights





http://fossebridges.co.uk/


http://www.candlescentltd.co.uk/


http://www.discountcandleshop.com/





Yes one of them is my site but the others aren't and I hope they are different enough to give you some ideas.
Reply:I'm having a couple candles in a hand painted holder on a table mirror, and some pink roses petals scattered around it. I think it looks better tan having some tall centerpiece that no one can see around.