Candle placecards

shepppy Posted: Nov 04, 2002 09:50 PM

Candle placecards

For those of your who did candle placecards I was just wondering if they got too hot to hold & carry to the table. Thanks!

jennbaby Posted: Nov 04, 2002 10:50 PM

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amd how do you get the gold look on top of the candle??

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junebride04 Posted: Nov 04, 2002 10:54 PM

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I am wondering the same thing as sheppy...do they get too hot to hold?? I am thinking about doing them for my e-party.

Cindy Posted: Nov 05, 2002 12:08 AM

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I was at Michele's wedding this weekend and I think they lit the candles towards the end of the cocktail hour so they werent lit too long before we picked it up, but no it was not hot at all as we carried it to our table.

spreilly1 Posted: Nov 05, 2002 08:39 AM

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Has anyone gotten prcing for this? Just wondering

curly2003 Posted: Nov 05, 2002 08:42 AM

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I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this idea. I am soooo not crafty. I would love to be able to buy the products and pay soemone (like Sonicstef) just to make them for me!!!!!!

Sonicstef Posted: Nov 05, 2002 08:51 AM

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I dont think there is a place to buy them but maybe. I saw a photo of something similiar a long time ago and figured out how to do it myself.

The process of attaching the vellum to the candle is quite a pain so having someone else do it would be pretty expensive (it took my friend and several hours to do about 75)

The candle gets warm but not hot. Make sure you use tealights (not votives).

starhead Posted: Nov 05, 2002 09:19 AM

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Steph, I know you've been thru this a million times, but where did you get the candle holders? I was wondering if maybe instead of doing the vellum wrap, just getting one of those paint pens and writing out the names on them instead.
Obviously, I'm not as crafty as you but like the idea of the candle placecards.

Do you guys think it would look okay doing it that way?

Sonicstef Posted: Nov 05, 2002 09:27 AM

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Honestly - unless you have INCREDIBLY neat handwriting and an arm of steel, I dont see how you could possibly write neatly and straight on a rounded glass surface. Remember, they will all be lined up next to each other so if they dont look uniform, its going to get messy. Plus, if you just write directly on clear glass, your guests will barely be able to read it because there will be no contrast behind the letters. I dont want to discourage you because maybe it will look great but that is just my initial impression.

I got the votives from Micheals...just the plain 'straight' glass votive holders.

cw0904 Posted: Nov 05, 2002 09:33 AM

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Sonicstef: What are the dimensions of the vellum paper that you place on one holder?

nybride2003 Posted: Nov 05, 2002 09:41 AM

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I love this idea but I am confused as to how the vellum gets attached. I have all this extra vellum I could use.

Stef: How did you do it? Sorry to be asking, but I'm not very familiar to the process. Also, you said that you lit them later on during the reception, so did you provide matches and everyone lit their own? Thanks for your help.

curly2003 Posted: Nov 05, 2002 09:49 AM

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Check out:

http://www.liweddings.com/chat/topic.asp?ID=36226

Sonicstef Posted: Nov 05, 2002 10:36 AM

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Thanks curly! Its all in that thread.

Sorry, I dont have the exact dimensions but the reason why its so labor intensive is because each wrap has to be cut individually to accomadate for slight differences in the glass votive holders.

My coordinator lit the candles before guests entered the room. Most guests left it lit on their table all night.