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@MrsRuby: suggestions? I am out of money so I can't buy anything just change what I have.
Do you have an inspiration photo? Maybe we can give some tips on how to better achieve the look you want.
@msfahrenheit: no I never found any online I liked with willow branches.
okay. I'm not too artsy, but it looks like the branches are too long and they are too dark overall.
@msfahrenheit: our ceilings are really tall so they suggested tall centerpieces and our colors are dark lol... green, brown and hints of gold.
what if you just filled the vases with the river rock and put a candle in them.... leave out the branches and artifical flowers. I think it makes it look really cheap.
I honestly kind of like it. I think if you took away the crystals and added a few more branches to make it a bit more full it would look awesome. I like the butterflies :) I think with more branches one or two would be a nice touch.
i actually really liked them how they were before.. fuller, and without the crystals...
I think making them thinner has made them look less magical, they were so unique before..
@MrsRuby: I think my grandmother would have a fit if I didn't use the flowers... since they are already paid for. I don't like plain at all... I actually feel like mine are still too plain.
@totheislnds: It was only supposed to have 3 branches and I just bumped it up to 5. lol
I wish I would have just eloped.
We used manzanita trees which look a bit like willow branches. We had real white flowers and crystals on the branches as well as candles hanging. If you liked this look, you could break up your flower stems and attach them individually. I think you have the parts to do something like:
@mrsbacon: I tried to tell people with the pictures I had before that they wouldn't be that full, 1/3rd of that size... =( I liked them too but it wasn't in the budget
If you can't add anything, only change then I would take off the crystals. they look out of place and just kind of sad looking. I think i'll be better without them. If you have any more of those white flowers I would glue a few flowers in random placement on the branches.
I don't like the crystals, they don't go with the centerpiece. What if you put hanging amaranthus in place of the crystals instead? And put a rounder arrangement of flowers at the base of the branches. Hydrangeas are an inexpensive "filler" type flower used by most florists.
Also, I think a more cylindrical vase that was taller would match a bit better.
@HappilyEverAfter54: If you took the flower heads off, and put one of each of the white flowers scattered on the branches, take the moss that's wrapped around them off , and maybe used that inside, and positioned the other greens crawling up, it would give more height and draw the eye up the branches.
You're losing height by having things drooping down and growing up. It would looke fuller in the base and make more sense to the eye.
Can you use floral wire and make those votives hang on the branches too instead of the crystals?
Personally I think it is just a little too much. Maybe try alternating the amaranthus and the orchids instead of both. Maybe without the green leaves sticking up out of it, it just makes it seem so busy. Try a few different variations and see how it looks without different items.
I agree, try it without the crystals and with the butterflies, I think it is trying to incorporate sparkel theme with woodsy theme and it might be better to pick just one.
It seems to me that the branches might actually be to big for the vases, Is there I way that you could cut it from the bottom to bring the other branches closer togther and make it appear more full?
Do other bees agree with that?
I wouldn't have the stones and leaves on the table. I think maybe the scale of the vase to the branches is part what is throwing it off?
Do you have a photo of your first try so I can see to compare?
HappilyEverAfter54: "I wish I would have just eloped." Lol!
I haven't seen your "before" pictures but I just wanted to say that I like the butterflies.
@Juliepants: I have wasted so much money and time... eloping would have been so simple. Why didn't anyone tell me that sooner? lol
Girl, don't give up! You also still have plenty of time until your wedding to get this figured out!
@HappilyEverAfter54: No, no no we can make this work!!! I just finished my last task and was going to think about what to suggest and alas your photo is gone.
I think you had the start of something amazing and with a few edits it will be amazing.
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thanks for the suggestions bees I'm thinking about just skipping centerpieces and putting salad in the middle of the table.