A lighting question. Lava Lamps?

audra342 · December 2010

My FI and I went to look at a reception venue this past weekend. It's in a church Family Life Center (we think). We were trying to figure out ways to light it ourselves without turning on the cage lights in the FLC. We thought about lava lamps on the tables, Christmas lights we pick up after Christmas, and were brainstorming ideas. Does anyone have any other ideas and what do you think of mine?

vannymuse · December 2010

A wedding reception I went to recently used white Christmas lights to help light things up, and I thought it looked very pretty.

KermitTheKitty · December 2010

Don't lava lamps need to be plugged in? Hiding all those chords might be a problem. Then of course you would have to find a way to do it without it looking tacky, which sounds tough. The christmas lights may work as long as you use clear ones. Maybe also paper lanterns? Clear sting lights with little white candles in glass globes on tables might be really pretty...

schadbourne · December 2010

uplighting even diy (weddind bee has good directions), christmas lights, candles, led candles, flora lights, paper lanturns, lit tissue paper poms (saw them on etsy), rope lights

the only way i can se lava lamps being a good idea is if you were having wedding with 70's touches very quirky and vintage and set them up not scattered but in a line if your tables were long or on a shelf near the wall all lined up. Oh and i would stick with one color lava lamp mixing colors may not work.

tenofcups4me · December 2010

Lava lamps do have to be plugged in. I can't imagine how you could get wiring to have one on each table.

marissa_claire · December 2010

Lava lamps are also not cheap and not easy to find.

lalap69 · December 2010

The lava lamps idea sounds really terrible to me. I think it would look tacky and be a logistical nightmare.

The Christmas lights could work nicely, but if your venue allows it, I would go with candles to set a really romantic mood.

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colstj · December 2010

Just my opinion, Lava lamps are just not very classy and are very out of date. Also, I agree with how would you hide the cords. I would use a lot of candles or go crazy with the christmas lights! those always look great!

shlni · December 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_reception-ideas_lighting-question-lava-lamps?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:5Discussion:5c85fa8f-427b-4b4c-a612-eba0426989d5Post:fb8145d2-161e-41d0-b938-c547d7aa722b">Re: A lighting question. Lava Lamps?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to A lighting question. Lava Lamps? : I would do a bunch of candles, if you are allowed to, before I put lava lamps on the tables. Sorry, but lava lamps sound really cheesy.
Posted by ILoveMilkDuds[/QUOTE]

I agree. What about some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Flicker-Replacement-Lithium-Batteries/dp/B002VDPOC8">LED tea lights</a> instead? You can get those if your venue doesn't allow candles.

mandychamp · December 2010

The only thing I can think of with the lava lamp idea is to make them yourself and then light them with more subtle lighting from another source. Really they are just colored oil and water. And since a lot of people are doing lamps these days, faux lamps included, I would make a lava lamp cyllinder with a candle at the top and then add a lamp shade. If you really want the lava part to pop I would use a plain lamp shade or easily make one with plastic paper called mylar. The cyllindar can be anything, even a flower vase. wikihow.com/Make-a-Lava-Lamp-with-Household-Ingredients

Even more work: If you want and don't mind the headache of making the water inside the cyllinder move, and to continue the them to the rest of the room you could buy, or make a water feature. You know those mini little waterfalls? Here are the how to guides I found because I guess people do these for tishtanks, water fountains and...indoor watre features.
guide4home.com/out-ftn/make-indoor-water.htm
wonderhowto.com/how-to-use-plexiglass-create-fish-tube-for-your- pond-370666
vivariumforum.com/.../5334-quick-questions-plexiglass.html

SCogs18 · December 2010

I think the lava lamp is a bad idea, they need to be plugged in and unless you have a theme wedding it would seem out of place. I took a fundamentals of design class in college (I have a degree in art) and we had to make our own lamps in it. One girl tried to make a lava lamp perhaps she did it wrong but it leaked over the entire studio getting blue liquid everywhere. You don't want to risk that kind of diy gone wrong on your special day.

However, white twinkle lights, especially if you were to perhaps wrap them in tulle could look lovely.

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