Centerpieces - Too big?

Re: Centerpieces - Too big?

• aurorajanette member

  

  January 2014

  Could you perhaps just use a bigger canister and put multiple flower arrangements in one canister? That would make it look bigger without cluttering the table.

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• Cookie Pusher member

  

  January 2014

  prettybirdy27 said:

  Maybe you could put them in Eiffel tower vases.  That way, you can still have the big flowers, but they're elevated up and out of the way and leave a very minimal footprint on the table.

   

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  aurorajanette said:

  Could you perhaps just use a bigger canister and put multiple flower arrangements in one canister? That would make it look bigger without cluttering the table.

  The taller vases won't work. The stems are relatively short (6") wooden floral sticks. They're really lightweight, too. Every time I've tried any of the taller or wider cans (28 oz tomoto cans), the arrangement pops right out since the sticks need to press on the inside of the cans to hold the flowers in place. Ugh, this is so frustrating. I've already made more than half the flowers we'd need before thinking about how much space the arrangements would take up (why I measured the bottom of the can but not the whole arrangement is beyond me, I blame Christmas!). I could possibly see if I can find floral sticks that are taller than 6" to use the taller cans I have.
  

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• jenna8984 member

  

  January 2014

  I do kind of feel like the one is too lonely and the 3 is too much. And since you can't do a higher level, what about doing 2 of them with an accent of some sort like a pillar candle or picture frame table number?

                                                                   

  
  

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• aurorajanette member

  

  January 2014

  Cookie Pusher said:

  prettybirdy27 said:

  Maybe you could put them in Eiffel tower vases.  That way, you can still have the big flowers, but they're elevated up and out of the way and leave a very minimal footprint on the table.

   

  http://www.save-on-crafts.com/towervases3.html 

  aurorajanette said:

  Could you perhaps just use a bigger canister and put multiple flower arrangements in one canister? That would make it look bigger without cluttering the table.

  The taller vases won't work. The stems are relatively short (6") wooden floral sticks. They're really lightweight, too. Every time I've tried any of the taller or wider cans (28 oz tomoto cans), the arrangement pops right out since the sticks need to press on the inside of the cans to hold the flowers in place. Ugh, this is so frustrating. I've already made more than half the flowers we'd need before thinking about how much space the arrangements would take up (why I measured the bottom of the can but not the whole arrangement is beyond me, I blame Christmas!). I could possibly see if I can find floral sticks that are taller than 6" to use the taller cans I have.
  

  This is a centerpiece that we use for events at work often. Try putting a piece of floral foam in the bottom of the canister and it will hold the arrangements in and prevent them from popping out.

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  January 2014

  jenna8984 said:

  I do kind of feel like the one is too lonely and the 3 is too much. And since you can't do a higher level, what about doing 2 of them with an accent of some sort like a pillar candle or picture frame table number?

  We can't do candles, but the table number thing would probably work. We were originally going to have the table numbers sticking out of the arrangement, but it wouldn't be a big deal to do it differently.
  

  aurorajanette said:

  This is a centerpiece that we use for events at work often. Try putting a piece of floral foam in the bottom of the canister and it will hold the arrangements in and prevent them from popping out.

  I will try this too. I was trying to avoid putting much else in the cans because we'll need to put some marbles or rocks to weigh them down enough not to blow away or tip over, but that might not be an issue with bigger cans.
  

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• cmiles89 member

  

  January 2014

  If those tables in the picture are 42"... Idk, I disagree that the three cans are too much. Adding a little height with the table number, and maybe some of that silver star garland stuff or confetti or something? I think you're on the right track though. I think of it like it's a three-tiered thing- table number sticking up top, then flowers in the middle, then ribbon or something around the base. GL!

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• jenna8984 member

  

  January 2014

  Or I don't know how you feel about this- a friend of mine had hers on a tray with the flower vase in the middle and the rest of the tray was hershey's kisses. It took up some room around the bottom of the flowers for more interest and it was just yummy while waiting for food hahah. They have trays at the dollar store.

                                                                   

  
  

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• Emmy1493 member

  

  January 2014

  I love those! I do agree though, one is too lonely and three is a crowd. Could you maybe use one and put it on a stand or pedestal? Maybe add a few candle votives and such to even it out? I know you can find a lot of DIY ideas on Pinterest ofcourse, and just by googling images. Good luck to you!

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  January 2014

  cmiles89 said:

  If those tables in the picture are 42"... Idk, I disagree that the three cans are too much. Adding a little height with the table number, and maybe some of that silver star garland stuff or confetti or something? I think you're on the right track though. I think of it like it's a three-tiered thing- table number sticking up top, then flowers in the middle, then ribbon or something around the base. GL!

  On the 60" tables, it would leave 21" all around the centerpieces to the edges of the tables. I eat dinner on my coffee table every night, so I have no idea if 21" is enough space for people to have their plates, glasses, silverware, etc. It seems like a lot of room to me, but I really have no clue. We wanted to do the table numbers on the top to add a little height, but to keep the centerpieces themselves relatively low so people could still talk over them.
  

  jenna8984 said:

  Or I don't know how you feel about this- a friend of mine had hers on a tray with the flower vase in the middle and the rest of the tray was hershey's kisses. It took up some room around the bottom of the flowers for more interest and it was just yummy while waiting for food hahah. They have trays at the dollar store.

  We thought about this. Originally, I was going to make homemade chocolates as our favors (I make awesome peanut butter cups and chocolate covered marshmallows), but we realized that chocolate was going to melt and make a big mess so nixed it. I thought about doing those little fake crystal jewels but we are trying very hard to avoid buying anything we can't reuse - and really, I'd never reuse fake crystal jewels again.
  

  emmaxbean93 said:

  I love those! I do agree though, one is too lonely and three is a crowd. Could you maybe use one and put it on a stand or pedestal? Maybe add a few candle votives and such to even it out? I know you can find a lot of DIY ideas on Pinterest ofcourse, and just by googling images. Good luck to you!

  I'm avoiding Pinterest for fear I might fall under the spell of the burlap and lace covered mason jar craze! lol I'm toying with the idea of doubling up the cans for one so that it's higher than the others. I'm covering them over with paper so no one would see it anyway.

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• triciaandkenswedding member

  

  January 2014

  What about putting them on a mirror and some glass marbles around?

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