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Adding levels to centerpieces

Junebugstreet, on January 15, 2017 at 4:35 PM Posted in Do It Yourself 0 7

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Hey everyone, so I am doing my own centerpieces/table arrangements. I've been to a few other weddings that have used either books or wood slices to add height/dimension to their table arrangements, by placing candles, greenery, or bud vases on the different levels. I don't want to use books or wood, but I would like to maybe add some levels! What other things could I use for this? I'm doing a soft/romantic look with a mixture of lots of different mercury glass votives and an 8.5 inch center vase to hold the flowers.

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Latest activity by Junebugstreet, on March 30, 2018 at 10:34 AM

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Junebugstreet · on January 15, 2017 at 4:36 PM
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Here's another example using the pieces of wood. I've actually been to two weddings in the last year that used this design, which I really like, but our wedding isn't rustic!
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Master June 2016
Swin. · on January 15, 2017 at 4:39 PM
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I don't think wood is purely rustic. It could work with "soft/romantic" whatevery that means.
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Junebugstreet · on January 15, 2017 at 5:08 PM
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"Whatever that means" means like this! A random slab of wood would look really out of place with the other pieces and the venue. It worked for the two barn weddings I went to, but not for ours, so I'm looking for alternatives.
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Mrs. Sasswood · on January 15, 2017 at 5:16 PM
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I was a catering manager at my last job. We would use random containers or hard surfaces and cover them with nice linens/fabric then use those for height.
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PressTheStarKey · on January 15, 2017 at 5:16 PM
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You can use books or wood or whatever, but cover it with fabric that matches your colors?
ETA: jinx, Sass
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snibbs · on March 9, 2018 at 3:17 PM
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Did you end up figuring something out? You sound like you have the same vision I do for decor with mercury glass and greenery, but wanting to avoid the rustic and vintage look. I’d be interested to hear what you ended up doing!
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Junebugstreet · on March 30, 2018 at 10:34 AM
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Hey! What we ended up doing was using a taller height mercury glass vase for the flowers in the center, then adding levels around the base with little whitewashed boxes from Michaels, and layering the votives that way. Our photographer didn't get any photos of out table arrangements ( ) or I would have a photo to show you! The florist ended up adding a few springs of greenery and rose blooms here and there, as well as few smaller plain votives around our mercury glass and textured blush glass ones. The various levels of flickering candles made really nice effect. Here's a picture of the test run we did in our kitchen with fake flowers and a slightly shorter vase (I think this one is 6.5, we ended up using 8.5-9 in. and using this one for the toss bouquet). We also had different combinations of votive types, but every table had the white box, table number frame, and antique plate. Some tables had mini mercury glass cake plates with white lanterns on them instead of flower vases. Best of luck to you!
Test centerpiece
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