Our budget seems to slowly be getting out of hand. I've never seen the silk petals and am wondering is it that huge of a difference between those and the real petals. I will have them on either side of the aisle and some around the centerpieces (which will be candles) there will be no more than 8 tables (fingers crossed). Our colors are Black, Red and Mercury (which is like a dark gray) and we will be going with red rose petals. Thoughts?