You may have seen something like this complements of Martha Stewart. Her site was a great inspiration when I first starting thinking about how to consolidate things in this particular manner. She has a plethora of ideas for using favors as centerpieces or having living arrangements. I just found another one that's very similar to what I'm hoping to accomplish.
We’ve purchased several cases of glass votive holders from Michael’s that look like tiny pots, see:
My mom is really amazing. She's pretty much turned this project into her baby. She has the greenest thumb I’ve ever seen and thrives on this kind of stuff. I talked to her last night and she told me that many, many flowers would be in season at the end of July. The ones I can remember off the top of my head are:
Snapdragons
Alyssum
and Dusty Miller
(in real life it has a frosty, silvery look)
We’re going to wait until the week of the wedding to purchase flat of flowers. I understand that no one is going to have the time or energy to take care of tons of flowers for more than a week, but cutting it that close makes me nervous. However, my mom’s a regular at almost every nursery in town and feels that this won’t be a problem.
Let’s take a moment to realize how big it is that she’s NOT WORRIED!!
The idea is that a day or so before the wedding my mom’s posse (i.e. the church ladies) will cut the flats apart and place one section into each votive holder. The idea is to wrap the bottom in a plastic of some kind (a baggie or Saran wrap?) and camouflage the bottom of the flower with tulle or tissue. We’re going to practice this a lot before hand, just to make sure it works.
I’m a big fan of this idea. It reduces costs, fuss and waste. And I love the fact that no flowers have to die… unless, of course, we kill them.
I’ll make sure to include photos of a “dry run” as soon as I have them. Also, any ideas for how to mask the bottom of the flower would be appreciated!