Wedding centerpieces?

What did you or what are you planning to do with them when the wedding is over? My fiance said that you give them away, like to people drawn randomly out of a hat. I had never heard of this before.


Our head table will have real flowers, which I will be pressing for a scrap book and whatnot. And I want to keep one fake one for myself, just as a momento. But what do I do with the rest?


Btw, we are using silver cantellabras, that belong to reception site.

Wedding centerpieces?
I think it's a nice gesture to give them to members of the wedding party or others close to you. I feel kind of funny about giving them out to people as "prizes".
Reply:A good idea to draw for the table centrepieces is to have a sticker or note taped to the bottom of ONE chair at each table. Then later, the MC can make an announcement that the person seated at the stickered chair is able to take home the centrepiece.


And just so you are using the right word, it is a "candelabra" which you are talking about.
Reply:I randamly picked 1 chair on each table and I tied a small bow on it at the end of the night I had the DJ tell everyone to look for the bow on thier chairs and that person could take the centerpice home... Good Luck!!!
Reply:Sell them on craigslist.
Reply:What about saving them and making a wreath for your home once the wedding is over. It will be a yearly reminder of your wedding day. Or you can try to sell them on ebay to someone else who is looking for a bargain.


PS. Usually when you give away the centerpieces you do it as a game such as pass the spoon, etc. The DJ would take care of the game if that is what you decided to do, but make sure he lets everyone know that it is just the flowers not the candleabra.
Reply:Stickers on bottom of chair + drunk wedding guests = DISASTER!!!


Don't do it.





Speak to the DJ, he/she will come up with something appropriate. I know for my sister's wedding they did a version of hot potato (musical chairs) only each table passed around $1 bill and usually it is the last person who gets the centerpiece, but the DJ shook it up a bit and the person who had the dollar to begin with got the centerpieces and the person who was left with the dollar got to keep the dollar.





I dont know if this is a New England thing, but it has been done at every wedding I've ever been too. Once it was whoever's birthday was closest to the wedding, another was the oldest at the table.





Also...MAKE SURE THE DJ ANNOUNCES THE CANDELABRAS are rented and not part of the centerpiece. One went missing at my sister's wedding and my parents had to pay for it.
Reply:First off, congrats on getting married!!!! I'm getting married in December and my centerpieces are up for grabs by my guests! I thought of keeping them and then getting little fun favors but that gets to be expensive and let's face it, more than half of the favors you give out will either be thrown away at the wedding, left on the tables or left on the floors of their cars!


But, with whatever you decide, again congrats!!
Reply:Ebay!





Best of luck!
Reply:You can only give them away if they belong to you. At my wedding, the DJ had a song game, where everyone at the table passed around a dollar and the person holding it when the music stopped kept the centerpiece. It was fun, engaging and fair. By the way, we had votive holders on flower bases.
Reply:Usually you pick some way to determine who will take them home (one person from each table) like whose birthday is closest to your wedding day or who is oldest at that table, or something like that and that person "wins" the centerpiece. Good luck and God Bless your marriage.
Reply:I used potted plants... violets and ivy. After the wedding, we planted them in our yard.
Reply:Well, anything you have that isn't owned by someone else (or something that you want as a keepsake), lol, can be given away. In my family, we give centerpieces to our family members (or friends).





I might even consider Ebaying them to make a little money back (if they are not flowers that will die).
Reply:If you dont want to keep the centerpieces for yourself at most weddings I have been to they give them away to people who are closest to them like family members or close friends although i have also been to a wedding where whoever had a heart sticker at the bottom of there dinner plate were the ones who were able to take a centerpiece home obviously you would mark as many plates at there is centerpieces and mix them up with the rest

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