Stupid Centerpiece Question

nicknmb Posted: Mar 17, 2004 11:10 AM

Stupid Centerpiece Question

I feel like a dope, but I have to ask this! If you make your own centerpieces, ie: candles, etc......who puts them together on the tables the day of the wedding???

missmmpr Posted: Mar 17, 2004 11:13 AM

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maybe you can designate a trustworthy person to get to the hall before you and help set up the place with the people who work their

nferrandi Posted: Mar 17, 2004 11:13 AM

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I think you can ask your day-of coordinator, if you have one, or maybe a cousin, aunt, or close friend. I don't think your catering hall would set all of that up for you, but I could be wrong.

Donna Posted: Mar 17, 2004 11:14 AM

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I'm not sure (I'm using a florist) but I would guess that either you drop them off at the hall and they would do it for you, or maybe you have a close friend or family member do it the night before or day of.

NYCHICK Posted: Mar 17, 2004 11:14 AM

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You can take them to your hall and while they set up everything(favors, napkins, etc) else they can do the centerpieces also.

sonia Posted: Mar 17, 2004 11:19 AM

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usually a friend or someone else. i doubt the hall will do it unless you pay them. i had a decorator do my centerpieces, but my contact from the hall had the little things i needed set up for me so that was sweet .. but most won't without charging.

dm24angel Posted: Mar 17, 2004 11:22 AM

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I ahd this question too....I dont think I even want my hall to do it...what if it doesnt look right? Can we inspect it...like during cocktail hr??

Kra5hnburn Posted: Mar 17, 2004 12:27 PM

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My hall said they wouldn't have a problem putting things out on the tables for us. They're gonna be putting all the favors out anyway, and if you give them to them already made, it's not like there's any real work for them. If they need some set up...I dunno. You could make a mock set up and take a picture of it to give them so they know exactly what you want it to look like.

charlotte227 Posted: Mar 17, 2004 12:43 PM

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My bridal party made my centerpieces...but our CH stated they would place everything, they just need a pic and detailed instructions and that's it....they told us to box up our items and deliver them the week of our wedding, at no extra charge

september2004 Posted: Mar 17, 2004 12:46 PM

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i have yet to coordinate this. what i am assuming, but need to definitely verify, is that our hall will place them on the tables. i will designate someone to head over and monitor this process to make sure it looks the way we want it to look...

AJsMommy122 Posted: Mar 17, 2004 12:50 PM

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Im sure your banquet manager can have someone sey it up or do it themselves. what if you go a week before and show them a sample of how you want it set up ... even take a picture... then have them set it up that day and go peek during the CH hour before anyone else sees its.

tourist Posted: Mar 17, 2004 12:51 PM

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yeah, i have to call the hall on this one. I think the florist is doing the centerpeices, but i may be adding in some candles & other things.
I have a cousin & uncle who can do it right before the coctail hour ( we can go in a half hour early for pics, for the band to set up, etc, so I that's when they'd do it I guess.

Poor kid, little does he know, he's my back up if i need any thing to be taken down form the church, put up in the hall, etc.

WeDidIt! Posted: Mar 17, 2004 12:52 PM

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Just make sure that your hall allows you to do this. My hall would not allow it. The flowers had to come from a professional florist. The florist had to give them their insurance info.

may04bride Posted: Mar 17, 2004 01:45 PM

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Same here my hall wouldn't allow us to do it. It has to be done by someone with insurance. I asked if a freind coudl and they said that friend would have to get insurance for the day. There are places that will sell insurance just for the day of the event. I thought that was ridiculous. I think in certain situtaions they will let you sign a waiver but we didn't do that we jsut got a florist.

Jo Ann Posted: Mar 17, 2004 01:51 PM

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I got around the insurance problem.. I am having my flowers done as a side job by the floral arranger for a large florist. Obviously she dosnt have insurance. I called my hall and told them my aunt works for a florist and is doing the flowers for me as a side job and she dosnt have the ins. They said when it comes closer to the wedding I have to go in and Sign a wavier releasing the hall from all liabilitys. I honestly can't see any problems arising from a florist setting up centerpieces. She is a professional and does it all the time. If it was a DJ or soemthing else then I could possibly see them dropping a speaking and denting a floor or a wall or soemthing but I really dont see a problem with the centerpieces.

btrflygrl Posted: Mar 17, 2004 02:28 PM

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here is a pic of what we made....we dropped them off 2 days before and put them on the floor off to the side...all put together (candle holders in place with votives already put in the holders) and the staff put them on the tables the morning of and lit them.