Table Decoration Opinions Please

To me it looks a bit too dark, but it could just be the lighting, and once you've a light in it might brighten it up. Not sure on the attached butterflies either, but then again I'm not a butterfly person!

I love birdcage centrepieces. I think what you're describing sounds like it would be pretty - I would be tempted to have maybe one butterfly perched on top of the birdcage as opposed to two but you can experiment with that. The birdcage would really stand out on a white tablecloth as well. Don't know how far into the details you are at the moment but you could have black wine glasses (not to everyone's taste, I realise!) which means place cards in white would really stand out too.

Ooh - just found this on Pinterest (try to imagine with butterflies and without flowers!)

Thanks for your comments, and the inspiration also Nicola - that table looks fab and much more opulent than I imagine ours looking but it's still along similar lines.

It's so hard to imagine how it will all come together on the day isn't it. I've had this birdcage-no-flowers idea in my head for ages so wanted opinions from a fresh perspective.

I like birdcages but I'm not sure about the butterflies on it. It might look better with just having the one as they're quite big compared to the cage. Also, the butterflies on the cage will tie through to the place cards anyway.

True, one might look better. I just wanted to make sure it was sparkly and not dull. But they are quite large, you're right.

Thanks.

The birdcage is a very heavy, dark, almost gothic piece - and will look even more so with a candle in it. I think it will need a lot of softening (a white birdcage suffers less from this problem). I'd be tempted to go with something like the picture posted ^^^^ and stuff it full of white things (flowers, butterflies, maybe little LED lights mixed in). With white in the middle, the butterflies on the outside will look less "alone".

Purely subjective, but I'm not keen on the butterflies. But that's because I'm not a butterfly fan.

I love love love the one posted above though.

Ooh, I'm having doubts now. I definitely don't want gothic! Originally I was going to get white but thought they'd get lost in the table cloth. I wanted to avoid having to buy lots of flowers etc to put inside it and hoped I wouldn't need to but I can see exactly where you're coming from.

Hmmmmm. Tricky one.

This is the venue, with a black and white theme, if it helps to visualise!

I don't think you'd need to spend a lot of money to pad out the stuffing. You could make white paper flowers cheaply.

True. I guess the quality of the insides isn't really an issue as they'll be partly obscured anyway.

Footlong's come out with a cracker there.

Hi there

I think they're nice hun. The butterflies make it look pretty. My only concern is whether they're big enough as they look quite small on the pic.

Thanks Sarah. They are quite small, smaller than they looked on ebay too.

Love those paper flowers but origami is defo not my forte ? Am sure I know a man who can though.....

Do you think they'll get lost on the table or are they big enough hun? x

They are a bit small. But then I look at them and think that if I was to have a dinner party or a normal table they'd look cute and my ethos was always to avoid a big fuss and expense. So am trying to look at them from a non-wedding point of view and judge them on their own "merit" ?

Still unsure though....?

You sound like you know what you want to me hun. If you're happy with them, go with it! x