ribbon, tulle, floating candles,stones for wedding.

we went to michael's arts + crafts last weekend and got a few things, i wanted to write about what we got for the decor and floating candle bowls. we havent gotten everything necessary yet but got most things and its a start. jimmy wanted to come back later in the month when he gets paid and has more money to spend.

i will share a few pix of items we got:

this pretty ribbon jimmy picked out in the color amethyst which is gorgeous, they didnt have anything that was identical to 'victorian lilac' and jimmy felt this shade of purple was closest. i feel the two can complement each other as wedding reception colors so we bought one spool to see if its the right thing. we put it next to the davids bridal victorian lilac satin fabric swatch to see if it would look fine together. we both think it looks really good. even if not an exact match. we are planning to use this ribbon to tie bows for the little bubble blowers you and i looked at over at michaels months back. we think it would look pretty. we havent bought the bubble sets yet only cos of lack of money + uncertain of how many we need til we sent the invites out and get replies back. they had enough of these bubble sets that we feel we can wait til next month to buy these wedding favors.



after getting help with a michael's saleslady and being told she was a wedding coordinator and her marriage anniversary was one day after our soon-to be wedding date- we had adequate help and advice from someone with knowledge as we were like two little lost children in the store, not having a clue what to buy for the fabric/bows to be put along each aisle in center of chapel where i will walk down the aisle and flowers will be pinned to that fabric.

she showed us this, below, which we bought one roll of, for now so we could bring and show to our floral appt this coming wkend as we have to provide what the flowers will go on, for publix florist.

the lady advised we get this ivory wired tulle to tie bows which will be attached to some unwired regular ivory tulle [we will buy this closer to the wedding date as we didnt have the money to do it now]. she also suggested we use floral wire to attach florals to the tulle and fabric etc she advised us to use this gold colored wire which would go nicely with the ivory and since there is some gold in my tiara etc.

the tulle is pictured below + then the floral golden wire to go with it:





gold wire-




we then picked up a few things for the floating candle holders idea for the reception tables:

jimmy tried out a sample of this in one of the glass holders and it looked rather nice and with some pretty colored orchid petals on top, we think it will be rather striking. at least we hope so!

here are these simple ivory floating candles. jimmy got these that were linen scented, cos it was the only one and we didnt realize it had a scent. we are possibly going to not use these candles only because the scent is too strong for me, without it lit, it was bothering my nose, allergies and asthma and he was thinking of putting two floating candles to every bowl and that would be approx eight tables. i think it would highly affect my ability to breathe and would make me sneeze so we have to find another store to buy the ivory floating candles where they might carry UNscented ones rather than scented.




we loved these stones which i personally chose to put in the floating candle holder. i found this stone "style" very charming and pretty in color. i liked the earthiness and it has a feel that goes well with all the asian accents our decor seems to be gravitating towards.








and, last, we got this floral ivory paper confetti to maybe use on tables for decoration which i saw the first time going to michael's and really liked. i think its pretty if we can find some way to use it at the reception :)