Ideas/Installation on light fixtures

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Charlena

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Good evening all. I have a wedding in September at a country club. The country club is sort of masculine with huge chandeliers. The wedding planner suggested that we hang floral garlands on them. SIGH! The bride loves the idea, but I think it'll just make the chandeliers look worse. I was thinking that I could make huge wreaths to surround the fixtures with strung florals hung from them, however I need ideas on hanging them securely without damaging the ceiling. Any suggestions?

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Colors? Theme? Flower types? I have a few ideas ...
 
Perfect! Grapevine wreath base, with delicate greenery like plumosa/springerei woven between the grapevine/willow. Add sturdy flowers in green, glued or lightly wired. Green cymbids/dendor blooms, green hypericum etc etc.

I see this actually hanging from the chandelier arm bottoms ... you'll need to check with the venue to be sure they'll allow it. If they're made from the grapevine, they'll remain pretty light, like a door wreath.

You could also do the garland they're suggesting, springerei or simlax (never worked with it, but the pics are pretty), and join the light fixtures together w/the garland. Organza & satin ribbons strung through, some dangling ... maypole-ish, but very woodlandy too.

Sounds like a fun project - please post pics!
 
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Tracy,
Thanks for your great suggestions. I'll look into making sure the country club allows it, but that sounds wonderful. Here's a sample centerpiece I did for them on Saturday. The bride wanted "a branch", that was all I was told. I used cold glue to attach dendrobiums. She loved it. Weird...but different. I'll let you know how it all turns out.

Thanks again for your help,
Charlena
 

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Very cool. We're doing something similar with driftwood for a bride this fall.

Hitomi Gilliam showed a cool technique that I think we're going to try ... using equisetum as a water tube. Cut the equi. into short lengths, leaving one segment with the seal between the nodes. Poke it into a shallow piece of oasis, so it's filled w/wet oasis, and use it to hold a bloom or two. We're going to try attaching the "tubes" with cold glue to the driftwood, and tying off w/raffia. Rustic beach theme ... barked wire haloes for the flowergirls, with floral accents. Should be fun!
 
Charlena I love that centerpiece idea! What is the bride doing for her bouquet? Saw a great bouquet last spring at a Maine show, two or three bunches of lily grass with dendro blossoms cold glued down the grass. Stunning, simple, lots of movement for the bride walking down the aisle. Will try to find a photo for you.
In answer to your original question, would you be able to cover the chandeliers with a big fabric 'poof'? Guess it would depend on how hot the lights get, but that would certainly soften the look. jenny
 
Charlene -

Tracy has got some great ideas. My gut reaction to the chandeliers is that if you can't disguise them, don't bring attention to them with lots of flowerwork. I'd take Tracy's ideas yet weave them in and around the chandelier arms to soften the brass. Then, I'd make sure the visual impact is on the table. Love the branch centerpiece but you may need to add more to that tablescape to keep the interest low and not drifting up toward the ceiling. IMHO
 
Hi Tracy, I have an idea using long branches of fresh curly willow or pussy willow (not thick ends), wire springeri, plumosis, bear grass and spanish moss. The branches can easily bend to insert into the fixture, when in place add more spanish moss to drip from the branches. This will be a very forresty look. What would be so COOL, fog drifting from the fixtures, dim lights, that would be fun! HAVE FUN!!
 
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