Reddit mentions: The best kitchen & table linen accessories

So - apologies for the length on this. My wedding is in December, about 150 people, with 7 bridesmaids and groomsmen.

I couldn't capture how truly wonderful these came out. One of my bridesmaids got started on the smaller bouquets and then did my big waterfall bouquet. My fiance helped with the corsages and boutonnieres. The grand total for everything - welcome sign, flowers, centerpieces, all came in under $450 and I'm super proud of finishing it up. I'll try to detail what I can and post links to places where I got flowers if someone asks!

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Bridal Bouquet

https://imgur.com/Oe1uzUJ

I cannot take any credit for this - one of my bridesmaids had the vision and rolled with it. We bought peonies ($36), eucalyptus ($40), calla lillies ($40), and roses ($60) on Amazon. The last little bit of wispy flower at the bottom was a last minute buy at Michael's using a 50% coupon for $2.50. The roses are incredibly realistic and the full stems helped fill out the holders.

A florist would have certainly charged more than $400 just for something this size with the peonies. Similarly sized arrangements on Etsy were about $300-$350. And the flowers I bought for this leftover made all of the bridesmaid bouquets and misc arrangements!

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Bridesmaids Bouquets

Detail: https://imgur.com/W74qjS0

Pre-Wrap: https://imgur.com/ofnivV4

Same flowers as the bridal bouquet! We also used a lot of floral tape ($3, coupon), ribbon ($5, after Christmas sale), and floral wire from the stems of roses that I used on the centerpieces.

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Corsages and Boutonnieres

https://imgur.com/15aTilR

These were so easy! I took leaves from the rose a peony bundles, then ordered some extra baby's breath ($13, Amazon). Wrapped with floral tape and some ribbon I got on a 50% sale at Hobby Lobby. My fiance did most of the boutonnieres and he was pretty proud of himself.

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Welcome Sign

https://imgur.com/QF7I3lr

Got the mirror at a garage sale ($5, what a steal), had Mod Podge and glitter from the centerpieces. Exploring options of getting a friend with nice handwriting to write the welcome message, or buy a decal off of Etsy (<$25). My cat was needy today and wanted to be in every picture :)

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Centerpieces

Top w/ Table Number: https://imgur.com/NpheC3j

Low Light: https://imgur.com/4MmfiIE

Detail: https://imgur.com/HygEhD7

This has a lot of details. I first bought the cheap 1-20 wood table numbers on Amazon ($20, I think), the Mod Podge ($8), Fine Glitter ($10, Michael's), and mod podged the crap out of the numbers and layered on the glitter. This took several hours between drying and doing.

We then stumbled upon a $40 deal on Facebook marketplace that included 20 8" vases, 200 Dinopure White Roses, 25 purple fairy lights, various glass stones and beads, and an LED candle set.

I built on this by buying 100 more roses ($40, Amazon), 24x 3" styrofoam balls ($30, Amazon), 2 packs water beads ($15, Amazon), and two colors of the vase mix of floating pearls (Etsy, $40).

I hot glues the roses to the styrofoam balls with enough room for it to still fit on top of the vase. I then wrapped the fairy lights around that, and hot glued the table number to the top.

The water beads and floating pearls are an easy set up. Let the beads swell for a couple hours, pour in the vase and in layers add the beads and stir. Topping off with water gives the floating effect.

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This was all enough to make ~18 centerpieces, 1 bridal bouquet, 7 bridesmaids bouquets, 12 boutonnieres, 5 corsages, 1 welcome sign, and we're using leftover flowers, vases, plus running medals (my and my fiance's hobby) to round out the decorations. I already have frames ($35, Micheals on 75% off plus extra 20% off super sale) and shimmer paper that I will DIY print any other signs needed.

Well, my initial idea was that you and your fiancée could find some way to make one of those wax hands (the kind that you can make at fairs and festivals by dipping your hand in wax) for each table with some white or off white wax, in this position. Then, nestle a tea light into the top of each one (maybe connect the tea light with some hot wax?), and surround it with some black rose petals and some purple and white calla lilies. You could also place the hands in these.


Another idea would be to get some of these face masks, cut off the little strings, cut each one a slightly bigger mouth hole, and paint them apricot. Then get some light bulbs, some super glue, and carefully glue a tea light to the top of each light bulb. Rim the inner edge of the mouth holes with super glue, then nestle a light bulb into each one. Place them face up on the tables, lit and surrounded by the aforementioned flower petals and some more tea lights! (you could also get these tea lights instead if you want to spend a little more to keep more with the purple theme)


I hope either of these ideas was at all helpful haha. I know they might be a pain in the butt to make, but I tried to keep with the theme.


And congratulations on the wedding! I hope that everything turns out amazing :)

When I had a pegboard rack set up I used tablecloth clamps to keep the equipment in place. They worked awesome and I was able to easily remove a piece of equipment.

I used zip ties to attach the clamps to the pegboard. The clamps we're able slip in and out of the zip ties so it made it easy to adjust to fit the device it was clamping.

This is pretty much what I had: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E2KDU7S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_xc8ZCb2W1WG12

But ai like these metal ones better: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E2KDU7S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_xc8ZCb2W1WG12

Maybe you could speak to the manager and put up cute little signs about such as:

Don't take my job away! Leave those plates on the table for me!

Thanks for your courtesy, but please leave dishes on the table. Our counter just doesn't have the space!

If you use pretty paper and font people should respond well to it. A small piece of paper on one of these should do it.

This is just my opinion, but I think it would look better without the napkin underneath. I would add some twine/string around the vases to visually tie the top in with the wood slice on the bottom, like this https://media.brides.com/photos/58a5c1444b4eda2a618dfacf/master/w_767/7.jpg.

I love the idea for the comics but I think your frames are too big for the wood size. It would look more cohesive if you had something shorter/smaller there. I would do small traditional table numbers on the wood slab (like index card size) on short metal stands and place the frame on the back side of the roses. Print the numbers in navy to tie into your color scheme. If you go with just the comics, you could print them in dark blue ink as well. https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Bunny-GB-6792C-Cardholder-Restaurants/dp/B073SFBC1J/ref=sr_1_12?keywords=short+table+number+stands&qid=1564175381&s=gateway&sr=8-12

I don't know what your budget is, but these come out to less than $1 apiece: https://www.amazon.com/Shappy-Number-Holders-Holder-Stands/dp/B07BWLN38L/ref=asc_df_B073W7NFRM/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=216518332985&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14067117815643457597&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1019672&hvtargid=aud-799728744414%3Apla-351162459721&th=1

I'm sure you could get them for pennies if you went through AliExpress or something, provided you have the time. Then you could just get basic stock cards and write the names on them.

Particularly if you go through AliExpress, I'm pretty sure this would end up being cheaper than acrylic or agate.

Alright, so the going strategy in these cases is to put a normal sized hard pad ON TOP of your existing cloth pad like this (that black part is my glorious xxl pad, and the shiny part is my hard pad). So maybe consider that since it's kind of hard to find a hard mousepad, sold as a mousepad, in that size.

And if you go that route, just any 'ol hard pad from a popular manufacturer will do. Logitech, corsair, ... lots of companies make them.

But if you insist on an ultra-wide hard pad, you might use one of these options below (or something similar) as your mousepad and either deal with the length not being exactly as you wanted (36x11) or by getting one of the HDPE pads and cutting it down to the size you want:

• pvc mat
  
• leather pad
  
• HDPE sheet (smooth)
  
• HDPE sheet (textured)
  
  Note: a lot of times the edges on the HDPE sheets are sharp enough to annoy if you lay your arm on it for a long time so you'll have to sand those down or whatever if you care about that. I can use my HDPE pad without issue though, the edges don't bother me enough to fix them lol.

just for reference. these are the table numbers we ordered.

https://www.amazon.com/Furniture-Life-Wedding-Catering-Decoration-20PC/dp/B077BWDB7C/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=table+numbers+wedding&qid=1572649369&sr=8-16

We spray painted 1-16 in silver. 17-20 I will need to look for, but I'm pretty sure its buried under all my wedding stuff.

I’d say put a folded place card on top of each item saying “Please don’t place ANY items on this surface”. Until you can get the cones/ spikes in place. Something like these Pack of 100 Place Cards - Small Tent Cards with Gold Foil Border - Perfect for Weddings, Banquets, Events, 2 x 3.5 Inches https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073VG41D6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_rcDnDbHEVQSJR

How big are your tables? I wasn't planning on having a seating chart for my 60-70-person wedding reception when we thought we could just run long banquet-style tables down each side of the hall, but now that we know the venue has switched to round tables, we'll probably make a seating chart. My plan is to get tented table numbers like these and then have a table with place cards with each person's name and table number on them, like these. That's an outlay of about $10 to handle seating assignment.

https://www.amazon.com/Sheets-Craft-Cosplay-Thickness-1-10mm/dp/B07BL296HK


or


https://www.amazon.com/AiXiAng-Crystal-Protector-Multi-Size-Rectangular/dp/B074195BHX

(In both of these cases, I think you may find them cheaper elsewhere, havn't found yet though.)

Comes in varying thickness, I think it'll have a certain amount of 'grip' to it. And will be cleanly cut-able.

I was thinking a sheet of acrylic for it's hardness might be nice, and if I was nifty enough could sneak LED somehow into the design.

Cork is expensive, so I tried to find alternatives.

They fit perfect on our 1x1 inch grid mat

We would be getting them in a slate blue shade (like our invites in my earlier post) with copper foil. We have low-sitting holders for the table numbers.

Our only other centerpiece decor is the garland, which will be seeded eucalyptus and some coppery-colored magnolia leaves. The tables are short 8-person rectangular tables, so the garland is only a few feet long. Our style is pretty simple, and I'm not sure if I should go for a simpler table number. Probably something like these.

Thoughts?

Amazon has some of the pvc ones for fairly cheap, and a lot of furniture stores carry or can order glass ones for standard-sized tables. Love your work, btw!

Oh oh I did this! Here's what I got: [acrylic](10 Sheets 5x7 .040 PETG, Clear Styrene/Plexiglass https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K88GQ8Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_kkY6K4aEPhSEb) and [wooden blocks](10 piece Rustic Natural Wood Rectangular Table Place Card Holders, Beige https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MT1SCDE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_P4t64VZb6nqvK)

YG Entertainment Idol Goods Fan Products YG Select BLACKPINK SQUAREUP GRIP HOLDER https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HDZ8FSL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_aAd3Bb27D19XM

It might be pretty pricey to have one custom cut. I DID find this however, and it is cheap!

LovePads 1.5mm Thick 24 x 36 Inches Clear Desk Protector, Rectangular Water Resistant Plastic Table Cover, Non-Slip Desk Mat for Home & Office Desk https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073Z6W9Q7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_b6DpDbGF37GRR

I found a few cheaper options on amazon, similar to what you posted or a little different. :)

I ordered these off amazon New Star 12 Pc Table Number Holder Table Card Holder Table Number Stand Place Card Holder 12" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009LQWAUW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_qbE1xbD0WMCX5. They seem sturdy to me! Not flimsy at all, not easy to bend and come to 2.16 a piece. It was a little difficult prying them open to get our table number on there, but I like the way they look. Reception hasn't happened yet.

$27 USD shipped on Amazon