Rose petals and cones for ceremony question!

Ok girls - I am still debating over whether to throw rose petals outside after the ceremony.

So for those who are doing this I have a few questions:

Where are you getting your rose petals from?

Did they come in cones?

If not, where did you get the cones or did you make them?

If you put them together when did you do this - how far in advance?

If you did them in advance how did they hold up - Mom is fighting with me if we don't do them the night before or the morning of they will be disgusting. I asked her who was going to put them together and she said YOU I don't want to be bothered!

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I'm getting mine from Petalgarden.com.

They sell the cones, but maybe you can find them on ebay or make them cheaper. All you need are some cheap paper doilies and hot glue gun.

I am buying the bulk imperfect petals (cracked, half petals) for the aisle carpet of rose petals. As for holding up....I got samples from them about a month ago, and I just opened the box...and they look perfect. They're freeze dried, but you can rehydrate them if you want by steaming them in the bathroom with the shower.

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I'm making my cones. I'm using doilies but they are not very durable so I am doubling up on them. I posted about it recently and someone posted a picture of hers. They are really pretty with faux seals. I may tries those too. We'll see. Here's the thread I had posted...Petal cone thread

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I definitely would not do it the before. What about getting the roses at price club and doing it the day of but just a few hours before. Maybe someone can do this for you?

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I wish Jen but my family has informed me that "THEY" will be too busy getting ready so that they won't have any time to do it so if I want to do them I had to do it myself

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my florist threw in the rose petals... ahead of time ill make the cones from the doilies and then someone can fill the cones the day of

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I wish Jen but my family has informed me that "THEY" will be too busy getting ready so that they won't have any time to do it so if I want to do them I had to do it myself

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Posted by Rob-luvs-me

I wish Jen but my family has informed me that "THEY" will be too busy getting ready so that they won't have any time to do it so if I want to do them I had to do it myself

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I am going to make them out of old sheet music - how did that person make the wax seals??
I like that alot...Can you make them on amother kind of paper 1st and then just hot glue them on??

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got rose petals from florist who was doing my flowers for the wedding.

made my own cones- actually mystudents made and deisgned them.

stuffed them the night before... they were fine.

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Can your BMs do it??

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Georgia they would do it in a heart beat I just feel bad about asking them - but maybe I can do the cone in advance and they we can ALL fill them then they won't take long.

Ok HOW do I make the cones - I am TOTALLY clueless here girls

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You make the cones from a round circle, & just fold the bottom over, tighter than the top & you can staple it closed. M&M put a wax seal over the staple, but you can also use a self adhesive foil seal, like on wedding invite envelopes OR you can staple a piece of ribbon to the cone and tie it in a bow to cover the staple.

For a fancy one, you can use a lace doily, but some girls recommended against it since they are very delicate. You can buy fancy scissors from Michaels and cut circles that have a scalloped edge from thicker paper stock...colored or textured paper maybe.

Message edited 3/24/2004 8:42:38 PM.

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Christine... I made cones. All I did was cut out 6" circles, then use labels with our names on them to keep them together. We are going to see the florist, Kevin, this weekend. He said he would fill them. Not sure if you are using him at all for any of the church stuff, but just a thought. All the cones are made already, so we are going to see if he wants them now (probably not) or a few days before the wedding. I made about 100 - we are thinking 150 guests.

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Stefanie--did you buy the freeze dried rose petals. I do not think I will have enough time to get the roses together the day. I really do not want to worry about it. I think I will order the freeze dried ones, make the cones and have them all ready the night before.

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I had rose petals thrown at my wedding and it was basically FREE..I bought my doilies from the dollar store..and the rose petals our florist threw in for free. I would contact yoru florist! I made up the cones ahead of time, just folded them into a cylinder shape and put them in a pretty basket that I bought CHEAP at homegoods, then when the florist delivered everything, my mil and sil filled the cones. Ive seen people really do a beautiful job on their cones..I personally didnt see that as necessary, they get thrown out in two seconds, so when I folded the cones, I used double sticky tape to kepe them closed, they really looked beautiful, the rose petals added color and the basket they were in was gorgeous. Good luck

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we're getting freeze dried and using plain old white paper circles taped together to hold them - didnt see the point in putting alot of money into a holder

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Christine, Martha Stewart makes these:

http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=content&id=tvs4027a2

http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=content&id=channel172048

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wish Jen but my family has informed me that "THEY" will be too busy getting ready so that they won't have any time to do it so if I want to do them I had to do it myself

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My florist threw in the rose petals and delivered them to the house the morning of the wedding along with my personal flowers. My BMs filled up the cones and the limo guys carried them into the church and handed them out to the guests. It all worked out.

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our florist is giving us the petals as part of thepackage and i am making outs. i just need to assemble the cones and i think that i will have the florist fill them. i still have to ask.

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I made the cones, and used silk petals, so that i didn't aahve to do them that morning, and my hall also wouldn't allow real ones.

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make your rehearsal dinner a rose petal stuffing party & tehn put in them in the fridge

seriously though, guys don't take any time to get ready. Are there any that will be hanging around, like spouses/dates of bridesmaids?
They can manage if you make the cones ahead of time.

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did you use a runner ?b did you use the rose petals? how did that work out..how long was your ceremony?

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I did use rose petal cones but ended up having pedestals do them after all for conviencence reasons - no runner - my church does not permit them. The ceremony was a full hour