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Weird. I have never been to a wedding where the guests took the centerpieces home. My cousin donated her centerpieces to a nursing home, which I thought was really nice.
But since your stuff all sounds like solid goods, I would sell them on the Weddingbee Classifieds.
I am doing the mason jars and antique vases thing, so I am keeping mine for around the house.
I have about 40 mason jars that I definitely want to sell. I never understood why people would want to take centerpieces home. Especially if they are floral ones, that just seems like a mess. I guess I will just tell my mom to try and spread the word. I assume they would ask her or someone in the wedding party first?
It just seems so rude to go and take something from the centerpiece and walk out with it.
Haha, definitely as long as my guests don't take them home! I know I will not have any need for 40 blue mason jars after June!
I think it depends on your crowd. I don't know if I have ever been to a wedding that the guests didn't take the centerpieces. So if you guests are used to taking centerpieces then I think you will have to give them away, but if not I would save them and sell them after.
i didn't even think about this issue before our wedding and then everyone wanted to take centerpieces home, some people were actually fighting over them. for me, i think it would be too much work to package them all (because everything is breakable) and deal with the shipping if i sold them, so i just let everyone have them.
I've been to weddings where guests took home the centerpieces. My centerpieces will be on rental from my florist so I need to make sure NO ONE takes mine home! haha! I'm having the servers remove the centerpieces while they serve dinner and put them in a box so that no one will walk out with them! Not sure if it'll work, but we'll see!
I hope people don't take mine! I want to keep a few for myself, and 10 are promised to another bride. I've spent MONTHS scouring thrift stores for vases and I want someone to appreciate them. I worry if they get taken home, they'll go in the garbage with the favors.
Yeah I think people usually assume it's up for grabs. Maybe it's a Mexican thing? Because my co-workers said at the majority of weddings they have been to people take the centerpiece.
LOL, KIKI82, it really must be a Mexican thing, bc my family wanted to take the centerpeices home too! :)
In reality, they take them home and the flowers die and then they have a random free vase. I say sell them like I did. My mom made the annoucement asking that nobody please take the centerpeices and nobody had a problem with that :)
Sell them or lend/rent them to others in need. I have a daughter and two nieces who will be using whatever I purchase on this go-round. I have a big garage though:-)
Thanks bees, I think I'm leaning towards keeping them and selling them to a bride after.
I hope people WILL take them. Ours is a christmas theme so each table is going to have a mini christmas tree! I really dont need 15 real mini trees around the house!
Here in Canada I think the expectation is that the guests get the centerpiece. Usually there is some game involved in giving them out (The DJ does that).
we had one guest take one. if it had been any other guest i would have said something but she deserved one (made all my boleros)
I have manzanita tree centerpieces too! And I'm sure you all know how expensive they can be...I was planning on trying to sell mine afterwards. They cost WAY too much money for someone to just take home!
Most weddings I've gone to allow guests to take the centrepieces as an additional favour. I don't want to have to worry about packing them up and taking them home, unless I decide on renting them!
im definately reselling my vases and what not....flowers will be real, so those cant be sold, but the fillers and the vases will be!
In my very large family -we had it announced that a certain person (one with the closest birthday . . .etc.) would get to take the centerpiece home as a favor- However, they weren't something so big and expensive as what you are describing--so if is the case in your circle that people are used to taking a centerpiece home, it would be best if you have it announced to the crowd, and perhaps have something else on hand for small favors. You could also have your mom pass the word too!
i think this is regional. in puerto rico everybody takes the centerpieces. all the aunts fight for them. so yes, my centerpieces are to give.
lol i hope that no one starts taking ours! half of them are only rental vases from the florist and the other half are vases we purchased... so here's to hoping no one snatches up a rental :)
I would never consider taking the centerpieces unless specifically directed to. I have been to weddings where the DJ made an announcement or somenoe went around to tables to tell you to take them, but otherwise I would assume hands off!
We kept ours, and have been selling them. (We're down to the last five at this point.) I've heard of having guests take them--like an additional favor or something. However, I think that may mostly apply if a florist delivers flowers in their vases, and doesn't deman them back. In our case, we bought the centerpieces ourselves.
I have huge floral centerpieces that obviously the guests will NOT be taking home, but in addition: I've collected about 100 pieces of small crystal glassware (think, small vases, sugar bowls, etcetc...) I'm giving them to our florist to fill with small arrangemetns and I WANT my guests to take them home!!!! I cannot keep storing them all in my house! No room!
Most of the weddings that I have attended have sent home the centerpieces with specific chosen guests.( Who typically have stayed to the end of the wedding, and may have helped with wedding plans etc.) Normally the relatives of the bride and groom, close family friends and bridesmaids each get to take one home the night of the event, and normally the mother of the bride takes a few home to decorate for a morning after brunch at her home. That being said, most of the weddings don't send the little candleholders etc home... and so those it would be completely normal for the bride to collect and resell.
we rent centerpieces all the time to the clients. Haven't had much issues of guests taking them home. If your event is in the MA, RI, CT, VT, ME, NJ, PA, DE area and are interested in renting centerpieces, let us know.
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Hey bees!
At all of the weddings I’ve been to, except for maybe 1, guests have always been able to take home the centerpiece. Now, I’m debating whether to allow guests to take our centerpieces home or keep them and sell the on wedding bee classifieds after and recoup some money! For my wedding we are doing 8 manzanita trees with roses, orchids, and hanging votives. The second is 7 candle centerpieces with a large cylinder vase with an orchid inside and floating candle plus, lots of surrounding small candles. So I would be able to sell the trees already in the base, the vases, and candle votives. Does this sound like I’m being stingy by keeping the centerpieces and selling them after? If I do decide to sell, how do I politely tell my guests hands off??
What are you guys doing?