Candlelight and Wedding

The romance of candlelight and wedding go hand in hand, especially if you use candles to decorate the tables for the reception. Candlelight adds a touch of magic to your special day and it will turn your wedding into a real celebration! Popular floral colors include classic white and cream with lilies, whereas deep pastel colored candles and deep bright garden flowers are ideal for a spring or summer wedding.

Floating Candle Centerpiece

Candles floating in a bowl of water are especially attractive. As the water moves gently, the flames flicker and alter focus to create the most romantic atmosphere on your special day. Add white silk roses, silk baby’s breath with long stems of wide flowers to complete your candle centerpiece. The result is quite stunning and it only costs you a fraction of the cost compared to a fresh floral arrangement as a centerpiece.

Materials:
4 1/4” Wide clear glass bowl
6” Styrofoam wreath with a 3 ½” wide opening
2 Ounces of green Spanish moss
Seven 7” Long silk ivy sprigs with 1-2” long green leaves
Two (2) stems of white silk roses each with three 1 ½” wide blossoms, three Ύ” wide buds and many long leaves
One stem of white silk baby’s breath with ten 4”long stems of Ύ” wide flowers
2ounces springier
Six 3 ½” long white pearl sprays, each with three 2” long stems
2 Ύ” wide ivory rose floating candle
Twelve to fifteen 3” long floral picks with wire.
6 U-pins

1) Cover the wreath with moss, using the U-pins to secure it. Glue six of the ivy springs, evenly spaced, around the outside edge of the wreath and curve them around the outside of the wreath clockwise.

2) Cut the rose blossoms and buds from the stems with 2” stems. Glue, randomly spaced, around the wreath. Cut the baby’s breath into 3” sprigs and glue among the roses.

3) Cut the springier into 2” – 3” lengths and wire three or four sprigs to a floral pick. Cut each pick to 2” long, and insert them among the flowers and ivy. Cut the remaining ivy sprig into 1 ½” long sprigs and glue to fill empty spaces. Cut the rose leaves from the stems and glue evenly among the ivy.

4) Glue the pearl sprays, evenly spaced, among the materials, extending out. Fill the bowl halfway with water and set it inside the wreath. Float the candle and light it when the reception begins.

Shot Glass Wedding Favors

Shot glasses can be purchased at your local craft store or from any discount store in your neighborhood. Shot glasses are available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. What works best is the traditional clear 1 ½ ounce size glass and it holds enough candle wax for at least 4 to 5 hours of burn time.

Fill your shot glasses with your favorite scent or choose the fragrance that is suitable to the occasion. Choose a color that corresponds with the candle fragrance. For example, a peach color candle with a scent of roses, peaches or water lily would be perfect match and are excellent color for summer. Next, print a message on the card stock “Thank you for sharing this special day!” and trim the edges with decorative scissors. Punch a hole Ό” from the left edge and thread onto the ribbon.

1) Lay the tulle squares one over the other, place the shot glass in the center and gather the tulle around the glass. Wrap the ribbon around the tulle and tie a shoestring bow with 1 ½ loops and 1 ½ tails; slide the card to hang just to the right of the bow. Trim the tulle 2” above the ribbon.

2)Glue the rose to the center of the bow. Glue the baby’s breath sprigs around the rose. Glue the heart charm below and left of the rose.

For a more formal dinner reception, favors can be set at each guest place sitting or passed out by the attendants or flower girls in a more casual setting.

Lacy Rose Heart Shape Candle Tart Sachet

Materials:

12” of 4 Ύ wide whit lace
12” of 1 Ό wide sheer white ribbon
Sewing machine
White thread
Scented candle tarts (Vanilla or Gardenia)

Fold the lace strip in half, wrong sides together and sew a seam down each side Ό” from the edges to form a bag. Fill with candle tarts; use the ribbon to tie a shoestring bow with 1 Ό” loops and 1 ½” tails 2” from the top of the bag. The bag makes a fragrant sachet.

Tea Light Favors

Materials:
Scented tea light (Rose or Peach)
9” White tulle circle with gold edges
12” of 5/8” wide white ribbon
Gold wire-edged ribbon

Place the tea light in the center of the tulle. Gather the tulle edges around the tea light. Use the ribbon to cinch the tulle in a shoestring bow with 1” loops and 3” tails.

These weddings favors are very simple in design made of inexpensive materials, so it will be easy to make many of them for before or after your reception give away.

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