Roses & Eiffel Tower Vases

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Hi there FC designers I need a little construction advice.

My bride in August has a modest budget and wanted an all rose wedding. So we are doing centerpieces in eiffel tower vases (the big 36 inch ones).

I have one dozen roses in the recipe for each centerpiece. I don't really want to design in the vase but not sure how to construct the top so that once the foam is on there it won't budge during the reception. It's clear so anything down the vase... doesn't seem like it will work.

I am attaching a pic of the vase for reference.

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You didn't say how you had to style the 1 doz roses, you can use a wedding bqt straight handle & just drop it in the top of the vase or you can use a lomey dish on top, you can use lomey glue on a plastic tube to hold it on the top of the vase. Budget is a consideration but I would opt for design time ease & use the bqt holder, much easier to install at the location & transport....
 
Floristique said:
You didn't say how you had to style the 1 doz roses, you can use a wedding bqt straight handle & just drop it in the top of the vase or you can use a lomey dish on top, you can use lomey glue on a plastic tube to hold it on the top of the vase. Budget is a consideration but I would opt for design time ease & use the bqt holder, much easier to install at the location & transport....
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yep to this..........
 
Oops, the design I was picturing included some compact, some farther out. Haha, this is where I would draw a pic. It doesn't have to be huge... no trailing greens. Very minimal greens really.

I think I was picturing moss around some of the foam to help use as little greens as possible.
 
Do you have any plans for stabilizing the base as this will be a top heavy piece?
 
My wholesaler sells a small green bowl that has a little rubber plug attached to the underside. The plug will sit in the mouth of the tower. (I wish I knew what it was called.) If you want, I can call them and get more info.

You can also use floratack (clay tape) to keep whatever you use on top from falling off.
 
lfederman said:
My wholesaler sells a small green bowl that has a little rubber plug attached to the underside. The plug will sit in the mouth of the tower. (I wish I knew what it was called.) If you want, I can call them and get more info.

You can also use floratack (clay tape) to keep whatever you use on top from falling off.
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That container is called O'dapter by oasis. I use these all the time with the eiffel tower vase and also with another vase that I have. On the eiffel the plug will sit right in the vase and with my other vase the entire container sits right down in the top.

Call your supplier Monday, I'm sure they would have those.
 
Lizi said:
That container is called O'dapter by oasis. I use these all the time with the eiffel tower vase and also with another vase that I have. On the eiffel the plug will sit right in the vase and with my other vase the entire container sits right down in the top.

Call your supplier Monday, I'm sure they would have those.
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Sounds like the same thing, and probably has a different name in US than UK
 
The o'dapter sounds great! I will check with my wholesaler on monday. A bowl and some green shticky tack ought to do it.

I am feeling better already! Thank you beautiful people!!

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I'm sure the O'Dapter would work . . . here's what we do:

We use the grande straight-handle bouquet holders because the handle also lends stability to the top part. We fill the vase with water for bottom weight. When you put the bouquet holder into the vase, hold 3 aspidistra leaves in your hand (by their stems)and put the handle into the cup that they form. That covers the base of the holder and the stem.
To transport, we cut "X"es in the top of a closed quarter box and push the holder handle in. Makes them easy to carry once you are on site also.
We've learned to fill the vases with water at the shop and transport them in milk crates with bungee cords so that we aren't tromping all over the venue hauling water.
Patty
 
Hi - We use clear lome dishes on top of ours. We use 1/2 a block of oasis and use clear lome tape all the way around and under the dish. We flip buckets upside down and design the arrangements on them. Transport the dishes flat in the van. Then when you get to the site, line up your tall vaes. Swirl a piece of white cling around the top openings of the towers, then center the lome dishes over the tops and firmly press down. Another option is to use two dishes per centerpiece... one gets stuck to the glass tower with cling and the other one (with the flowers) nests inside it. This way, the guests can take home the flowers without getting cling in their car. Sometimes we finish off the arrangements once they are up on the tables with long pieces of greenery like ivy, sprengeri or plumosa.
 
Thanks Rennie, the transportation advice will be put to use soon. Love the ideas, thank you for sharing it with me!
 
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