So, I told my mother my FI and I really want to do floating candle centerpeices, instead of flowers, because I think it's nicer for a fall wedding (ours will be on halloween), and because I'm not a big fan of flowers. She told me I can't possibly do candles, that no one does candles, that we have to do flowers, that candles are a fire hazard, that the centerpeices won't give the table enough color, blah blah blah, and instead suggested we carve pumpkins and put flowers in the pumpkins.... now, tell me, who the hell will have time to carve 12-15 pumpkins the day before the wedding? And, why in the world would I want ORANGE as my color theme???? How do you rationalize with a very conservative, traditional nudnick mother??
This is what I want....
tourist
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waht about those white pumkins? Ghost pumkins I think they are called. I've seen them as centerpecies in a magazine ( not for a wedding)&they are pretty & not so halloweeny. You coulds use those for your mom's idea, even thoguht I liek the floating candle idea.
You know, I don't remember the centerpices from any weddign I've been to. I kinda feel bad, now htat i realize how much they prorbably stressed over them.
bxgell2
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Thanks for the ideas!!
I think we came to a compromise... a small bowl with floating candle leaves, and at the base of the bowl a few small pumpkins with brown ribbon wrapped around the stems, emeshed in silk autumn leaves.
