Hanging Bubble Votives

I'll admit that I've been keeping a lot of the details about my own personal wedding a secret, because really I want much of it to be a surprise on my wedding day and many of my guests actually read this blog, but I thought I would share one small aspect with you today. PS I do plan to share everything with you after the wedding!

About a year-and-a-half ago, I came across the wonderful Karen Tran. She's a floral genius based in San Diego. When my mom decided to be married there, I looked to many of Karen's designs for inspiration (inspiration because well she was well out of our budget). One of my favorite, and one of her unique ideas, was to use these hanging bubble vases/candle holders in the ceremony structure.

I'm not planning on having one of those structures, as I'm getting married in a gorgeous Catholic church, but I am planning on using those same bubble vases somewhere at my reception (I can't tell you how or where). She typically places flowers inside of them (usually orchids or dahlias) and hangs them from clear filament/fishing line, sometimes attached to crystals. I plan to hang some with the flowers, but many others with votive candles to help keep the evening bright and to add something unique and more formal to the setting.

Luckily, I subscribe to the CB2 (like Crate & Barrel's younger sister) catalog, and just found out they're selling these hanging bubble vases for $3.95 each. Somewhat affordable if you ask me, just dependent on how many you want. Personally I'm thinking I need at least 20, which well isn't quite so cheap, especially after shipping.

I've attached some photos of Karen's work with these same hanging globes for you to look at. I hope they inspire you as well.