Confetti recommendations?

Do you have any family members with rose bushes or similar? We MIL has one and she collected and dried enough to give to somewhere around 100 guests. We thought it would be a massive job but it didn't really take too long in the end. We made little cones out of paper doilies and they looked lovely

I'm wondering this myself, as I saw the Shropshire Petals at a fair and they were all really lovely (and the colour schemes are beautiful), but it is expensive to get enough for my guests. Also my Fiance is from Shropshire but we're getting married elsewhere so it'd be nice to have a bit of his 'home' at the wedding.

My sister had some synthetic petals from a craft shop (they were thrown indoors so could be swept up and not a hazard to wildlife), they looked a bit naff in person, but on the photos they looked quite good. They were also pretty cheap and she asked the venue to collect them and resold them.

I did read somewhere suggesting bird seed (as opposed to traditional rice which is bad for them), but tbh that sounds like it'd end in a recreation of Hitchcock's the Birds

I find the main reason people use petals is because the venue have said that they have to use tehm, if the venue doesn't mind then there is nothing wrong with the normal paper confetti, some even looks like petals and by the time its flying through the air - some blurred some against the sky you would never know what it is in the photo.

I would however say that the very small rice and lavender bitty type do not look as good on the photo, also when it goes down your top it will itch !

Have a look here for some confetti advice the one at the bottom can be the itchy stuff.

Thanks for the suggestions so far!

Love the idea of using home-grown but sadly am unlikely to get enough petals picked and dried between now and early May- should have thought of this BEFORE the end of summer! Doh!

Thanks for the tips re: Lavender Bill- One thing I can't bear is being itchy and I was thinking lavender would smell nice- I'll strike lavender off my list! ?

We have got ours from Adam Apple Confetti. It was quite a lot cheaper than Shropshire Petals. We don't have a photo of it being thrown yet, but it looks lovely in the bags!x

Thank You Katie! That is exactly what I was looking for! That's significantly cheaper than I've found elsewhere and they have the exact mix I want!! Thank You! Thank You!

No probs. Follow them on facebook, they were running competitions a while back to win some cones x

Thanks- have liked them on FB as they seem to do various offers- just missed a 20% off one which would have been great! Won't need comes from them as I'm making my own and have already bought the card- wish I'd found them before I bought it as their cones are very reasonable and wouldn't have cost much more!! ?

I have just bought these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daisy-Gifts-Ltd-Burgundy-petals/dp/B003EAOKPY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475244125&sr=8-1&keywords=Burgundy+rose+petals+-+1Kg

I could not justify the price of place such as Shropshire Petals for some dried petals that will be thrown once and then will blow away etc so I hunted around and found these - there's enough for 100 people.

They really are a bargain Galbear!! Sadly they only do them in burgundy which will clash with our colour scheme! Typical! ?