Ive already started on changing my mind on things....***PICS***

Hi sarah, i must say i prefer vases with flowers or decorations in them to balloons on tables. more weddingy imo. you could have anything, cube vases, goldfish bowls, small martini glasses?

are you having the fairy light curtains like in the pic? they're lush...i cant have them at my venue a opposite problem to you - ceilings too high and it'd look silly!!!!!

Hi Emsa,

No we are in a marquee thats got drapes in it and a nice light in the centre. The light curtains are expensive, even though we can get them for the venue.

I have been looking at martini glasses maybe filled with red pebbles or sand and then possibly some gerberas floating in them?

The gerbera idea sounds lovely. and using the sand/pebbles you could get all these done well in advance and then just add the flowers last minute

the only thing i've tried to avoid when sorting the table arrangements is having something at eye level so a) people can't talk and b) they will prob move 5 mins after sitting down so they can talk! which kind of defeats the object of having pretty table arrangements!

im kind of glad i cant realisticaly have fairy curtains at my venue cos of the tall ceilings, they are sooo expensive!!

I have seen some lovely arrangements but just working out costs as I need 9 of them to do all the tables. I love the idea of the tall vases with lillies in them but have just messaged someone on ebay about some they have, just flowers in them for £20 each, just depends what it looks like up close x

Could you try somewheere like Ikea for cheap vases and buy fake/dry gerberas or wholesale florist and make them yourself to save money? x

Thats what I am having! black chair cover white sash, thay make a really good impact, I think small vases maybe filled with gel and lit would look lovely or some thing like this

There are loads of ideas and pics for this sort of thing on the project wedding website i'm totally addicted to it! and martha stewart weddings is great for ideas too

So I was a woman on a mission and came up with these, what do you think? I would try and find some red Gerberas as I only had orange ones in the house.

What about this if u want some colour

Casinogirl - those centrepieces are great! i think that kind of thing would give the venue a really classy, dramatic look.

sarah - i vote you have white flowers in the middle, unless you are going for a black red and white theme? onlt thing with martini glasses is that they can sometimes be a weird height so come in the way - unlike fishbowls or cubed vases that are below eye level or tall lily vases that are above. how about a fishbowl?xx

Ok so after soaking aquabeads over night in red food colouring this is what we have come up with. Still possibly with ivory gerberas in them too