Opinion on DIY table centres *flash*

Stunning! Can I steal them please as they would be perfect of our butterfly wedding!!! Darn me for already having the centre peices!!!

Oooh a butterfly theme would be lovely!!! xx

Yawn.

Def won't get lost in the tables. Perfect to match the theme and colour. Lovely xx

Yawn???

they are cute

if your worried you could use bigger cages

or

for an easier fix you could raise them on a box or plinth or cake stand so they stand taller

Did you actually mean to say that out loud? ?

Excuse me?! I'm sorry am I bothering you? Clearly I am. I think I'll be off to another site then, I didn't know such nasty people existed on here.

What a way to make a new member feel welcome.

I think they're beautiful! And I didn't even see which butterflies were wonky so don't worry too much about that! Well done ! P.s. Don't let one comment put you off the forums - most people are friendly and helpful! Xx

How rude!

ETA:

I love how striking the purple butterflies are against the colour of the birdcages. I keep seeing birdcages used as centrepieces in lots of weddings and think how lovely they are and I'm so tempted to have them at ours but I'm trying to stay away and do something different.

I don't even like purple and yet i think they're lovely- lovely enough that i'm going to show this pic to my engaged friend who does like purple!

don't panic about them getting lost- all attention will be on you and your new hubs anyways

I think they look lovely however im a sucker for a birdcage as its what im having too!!! The Purple is sooo striking against the soft cream cage!! My only critic would be to change the big butterfly at the top to a small one, and then second butterfly up from the bottom perhaps change that for another big one, i think that might be my crazy OCD tho hehee!!! dont tell it the wrong way.. i think they look amazing!!! like one of the hitchers said if your concerned about them getting lost in the middle of the table stick them on top of a plinth or a box to give it some height..

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Oooh, they are beautiful! And don't look wonky at all. Well done you If I was having tables and centrepieces I would want these!

(P.s. don't let some socially inept troll keep you away - probably just jealous of your uber creativity anyway!)

I think these are lovely! The contrast between the cream and purple looks fab. I wouldn't change anything about them - ideal centre pieces as they are not too over powering or too large. We found some that we were looking at were too tall, guests wouldn't have been able to see each other even though they were sat at the same table x

Seem a good size I think. too big just means less space for wine on the table!

I don't think you should glue the butterflies to stop them being wonky. They should be a bit wonky and haphazard, else they wouldn't look right; too pristine and unnatural.

I'm not actually a fan of birdcages, but I think ones stuffed full with flowers / plant stuff (real or fake, no matter) look nicer than empty ones. I think you've got some little flowers in the bottom of yours, but I didn't spot them immediately, so maybe too small? When I'm talking about flowers/plant stuff I also mean natural colours, and/or some green foliage, to contrast the purple butterflies. The same colour inside would drown out your butterflies.

EDIT: Now I've thought about it, the reason I think they look better stuffed with flowers is because the birdcage then has a sort of 'purpose', as it becomes a vase of sorts. A birdcage loses its purpose once it has no bird in it, so my brain wants it to have another reason for existing, rather than just being there as a random object.

I'm not a troll, we were asked our opinions and I'm being honest. It's pretty but I'm bored by birdcages. I'd be grateful if someone told me one of my ideas was overdone, there's loads of stuff I didn't realise was so common until visiting the forum.

Also I can be nice too! Said your dress was stunning on another thread and meant it.

I'm not huge on purple, but think they're cute! Well done.

I agree with ClaireD about having a few more flowers/greenery in there.

Did you try having the butterflies a bit more 'random' rather than in a line? I imagine that could be really nice too... it would make it a little less work as you wouldn't have to worry about them not being straight?

I think the cages are a good size. People may move anything bigger aside so your hard work will be wasted.

I love this idea unfortunately for me the bottom of my birdcages are open so i wouldn't be able to recreate this idea but definitely a fantastic idea and having seen loads of pictures with this type of thing i think they look fantastic!!! xxx

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But you didn't tell her it was overdone. You just yawned... which was rude in my opinion. Saying "It's pretty but I'm bored by birdcages" would have been more helpful to a fellow hitcher

Fair point re being honest about your opinion and defo better than lying, but who cares whether something has been done before? If OP likes it that doesn't matter surely...

Back peddling much?

now I am the first person who is accused of being rude/blunt/a bully, however I wouldn't make a nasty comment about someone's choices. I've seen some bloody awful choices on hitched for dresses, venues, shoes, whatever. Fact if the matter is if I don't like it I wouldn't bloody say anything. If you gave nothing nice to say and all that, even a simple 'that's not my cup of tea' would be nicer than just slating the poor girls choices!

this! I don't comment on threads unless I'm genuinely interested in the topic and if I haven't got a constructive comment to make then I say nothing.

And I love your birdcages, I'm having them too but plain with just one candle, oh my goodness who would have thought that one basic birdcage could be so versatile! How creative......

What was it my mum used to say? If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all....

For what it's worth I think they are gorgeous and the fact that you've chosen them for your special day makes them perfect in my book. I bet most of our ideas have been done by many a bride before us so don't worry. Stay with us x

Well done with the DIY, looks lovely!

And it would go well with my wedding! I am having butterflies and my colour is purple!

I have my centrepieces though, this is mine:

Oh come on, it WAS pretty funny.

Back peddling is fine if other people have missed the intended humor in a comment, and/or have been very sensitive about a comment. I did it myself a couple of days ago (major back peddling was needed).

Failing to elaborate once someone has taken offence (when that wasn't the original intention), is rude. Actually saying "well I meant xxxxx" helps redress the balance and should help everyone see the funny side of how the message may have been slightly ill-advised, or done in a rush, but didn't have any malice behind it.

Clearly by the latter response from the girl, no malice was intended, so give her a break. I laughed - and she was probably thinking that would be the only response originally, it just so happened that it wasn't. What's wrong with a bit of forgive and forget over such a trivial thing?

Trivial for whom?

It was one person and one word who them gave constructive opinion. Perhaps to hasty to comment in the first place as it seemed more like trolling than constructive feedback. I think the cages are beautiful however it's the shape of the birdcages I'm not a fan of. I like a simple rounded cage like the one shown in a previous comment. That's just my opinion and again I love a bit of greenage. I'm still not sure about mine and then I added some ivy and they look amazing exactly what was missing and easily wraps around the cage. Also you can buy foam flowers (big fan of foam flowers) like Ivory or cream coloured (£2.50 for 6!) and use the wire to wrap them around the cage to add some natural substance. It's great effect and will look lovely. But of course that's just my opinion go with your instinct of what you thinks is best xx

Thanks for the support everyone, I was generally shocked that someone was so rude to me as all I was asking for is an opinion! And by opinion I mean she could have said 'birdcages are very common these days maybe try something a little different' not yawn. Something CONSTRUCTIVE not just actually nasty. Oh well, I shall ignore them. thank you to all or those that did give constructive feedback, I will consider popping something a bit more into the bottom with maybe some greenery! And experiment with butterfly lay out and try something to raise them up a little.

Thanks I am genuinely grateful for the helpful feedback xx

WOOOOW!!! I love it!!!

i also have these for on by buffet table and sweet table... eeeeek getting majorly excited now 11 months!!! xxxx

Some constructive feeback: Are you having round tables? You need to consider how the centerpieces look from angles which they'll be viewed from. The butterflies in your picture only go up one part of the birdcage, so nice for those sitting directly in front of that part, but not for those looking at the 'back' of it - so butterflies placed all around would be better.