Confetti

If the venue allows cinfettibthen am sure you could, or it may be easier to have them in a basket for peopelto grab on the way in. Our venue (also a castle) is very specific on the type of confetti and colour so check with them as to what is allowed

View quoted message Thanks Charlotte. We're allowed to scatter outside, as long as it's biodegradable. I'm thinking flower petals

It depends on your venue layout but you would usually come out first and then everyone else would exit and mingle for a while but it depends on how much space there is it do that or if you really wanted to do the confetti first.

If you want it first I would suggest that you exit and then "disappear" whilst the best man ETC organise people onto the bridge with confetti then you can have your walk across, but then you could do with an area the other-side of the bridge for people to say hello - congratulate for a few mins.

Little bags of confetti on the chairs would work, anything else needs to be given out as they exit the ceremony. Trays of loose confetti are problematic as it gets dropped / held for longer / clumps together. So I think your best bet is confetti cones.

View quoted message Thank you, it's goot to hear from someone who has plenty of experience. With bags, I would say one per person. What about cones? Are people lielly to share a cone?

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Depends on how many people you have, if you only have 30 or so then yes one each otherwise it looks a bit rubbish. But if you have 100 guests then 50 should be enough and people do share. But I would go for cones, easy to make your own, as the bags that I mostly see are not really big enough to share.

These DIY cones are paper doilies and the ones on the bottom are brown paper cut with one of those fancy edge scissors. Or use artisanal paper and do a ripped edge.

View quoted message Brilliant, thank you. We will likely have around 45 guests. The place we would like to purchase from have options for packaging-bags or cones, for example this is 24 cones with confetti included https://flowerconfetti.uk/collections/confetti-products/products/24-kraft-confetti-cones-with-tray

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I would never want to discourage anyone from buying anything wedding industry related but would suggest that you buy bulk loose and make your own up. Its a 5 second event and the cones end up on the floor or in the bin. And if your photographer is inexperienced then you may not get the shot you envisaged anyway

View quoted message Okay, thank you. I'm no good at making anything unfortunately but can give it a go. Just wondering how to store them for people to collect as well without the holder.

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Did you see my pictures I posted. People use wicker baskets, old wooden creates, even a cardboard box will do and they all hold themselves up when packed together. If some is giving them out then as the box gets empty they just tilt it and keep them at one end.

As for making them - its a cone

View quoted message Haha thank you.

Another tip for you is to get the bigger sized confetti as it looks much better in the photos rather than the potpuri type looking versions. Bigger confetti like this.

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Rather than this which is much smaller and not so good in the pictures. AND the tiny bits may well go down your front and itch all day

View quoted message This https://flowerconfetti.uk/collections/confetti/products/purple-pink-blue-ivory-premium-confetti-1-litre over this https://flowerconfetti.uk/collections/confetti/products/classic-confetti-colourful-mix-1-litre-biodegradable-natural-petal-wedding-confetti then.

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They are not that different from each other actually and I would say they are both small. I perhaps can see that your are trying to keep to a colour scheme as there are bigger options on their site but not in those colours.

Go what's right for you as REMEMBER I am coming from a photographers point of view - bigger confetti looks better in the photos -- is easier to capture and so in turn makes me look better

I actually take a note of what confetti is being used and set my camera accordingly to get the best out of it.

View quoted message Thank you. Maybe I'll give our photographer a message before ordering and see what he thinks 😊

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I would hazard a guess they will think you are nuts and "what are you asking me for " .

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I would hazard a guess they will think you are nuts and think "what are you asking me for " .

View quoted message Haha oh well, I have asked now

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Interesting to here what they think.

View quoted message I will let you know haha.


What do you think of these? https://flowerconfetti.uk/collections/confetti/products/mixed-colour-rose-petals

View quoted message Or better to go for this? https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/693225989/biodegradable-confetti-bright-rainbow?variation0=1050950342

View quoted message Here is his reply:
"Colourful confetti definitely look the best for confetti and although petals are amazing I would say that Etsy one would look the best as you will get a lot more and they will float to the ground better so I’d say go for those and you can never have enough."

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If you have to have real petals then these would be my recommendation. Nice and big.

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As for these ones- some venues interpretation of biodegradable can be different to a suppliers. Some venues will insist on petals. Just about all confetti is biodegradable apart from the shiny stuff which is plastic.

No need to get them from Canada or wherever those are from - just google tissue paper confetti in the UK and its the same stuff.

If its windy then the tissue ones are not as effective.

Personal choice on colour but those bright rainbow ones are a little OTT in my opinion unless your wedding theme is circus . There are loads of "softer" colours in tissue paper.

A little heads up on those really bright intense colours is a danger of staining it they get wet. I know of car suppliers who wipe it straight off the bonnet if it lands.

View quoted message Thanks again for the advice. I didn't realise they were from Canada! I'll have a look and double check if they are allowed.

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Sounds a bit rude now "circus" but I can not edit it so will just have to live with it

View quoted message Haha that's okay. We are having a festival theme so... Anyway, I am guessing the CA$ is something to do with how etsy is on your device as it says dispatched from a small business in the UK.

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Ah I realise now it was because I was on a tablet in private window mode.