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At last! I am nearing the half-way point of the Great Tissue Paper Pom Project, so now seems a suitable time for an update on this, my biggest DIY. Thanks to fabulous Bridesmaid, C, and various other friends and helper-elves, Friday evenings are now known as “Flower Ball Fridays” and we WILL complete this monster project in time for the wedding… somehow! Please excuse the use of mirrors in the following pictures – it makes me feel though I’ve made twice as many (it’s good for morale) 
Just a few of the tissue poms and their glass candle-stick holders
When we first started talking about details for our wedding, flowers weren’t high on my list of priorities. I’ve mentioned before that I’m DIY-ing all our reception decor using tissue paper flowers (update on that project coming soon I promise!), so the only actual florals we’ll need on the day are my bouquet, a bouquet for MOH-Bridesmaid J, and some boutonnières (or “buttonholes” as we Brits call them) for the menfolk, and maybe a couple of corsages for our mommas.
So, to cut a somewhat and embarassing long story short it, we’ll just say it turns out that although I may be a crafty-wench and a dab hand on the computer or with a paintbrush, I SUCK at flower arranging…
I was inspired by pictures like this of other brides DIY bouquets:
Geddit? Centrepiece-inspiration! Although I am worried the title of this post sounds somehow, um, ‘sweaty’ but nevermind! On with the pictureliciousness!
Remember waaaay back when we found our blank canvas venue, and how I mentioned my idea for table-decor? Well, the great bargain vintage candlestick hunt of 2010 is officially OVER! Back when I was first searching for inspiration, I fell in love with this:
source – why yes, you’ve seen this before!
Talls ones, short ones, simple ones, extravagant ones. Nope, I’m not talking about men (heh) but centrepieces! Our venue comes with 18 6x2ft trestle tables which we will be using for our wedding breakfast. The question is, how to lay out and decorate these tables to turn a plain old village hall into a fantastic reception space? The answer? Approx 60 feet of polka-dot cotton, 24 cut-glass candlesticks and the mother of all tissue paper pom-pom projects!
Let’s rewind…
Shortly after we booked our reception venue, and while I was searching for inspiration to help me ‘let go’ of my visions for a rustic barn-styled event, I came across this image:
