How to hang Flowers from a Church Pew or Aisle Chair
September 22, 2009
When I learned my niece Erin was getting married, I offered to help with her wedding flowers. As the wedding approached, I wondered what I’d gotten myself into, but it turned out just fine. We used my Vases with Doey’s Pew Clips to decorate the aisles allowing Erin to reuse the wedding flowers as reception centerpieces. Here’s how we did it.
Katy Breen, a local florist and owner of Katy’s Daisies helped us choose the flowers. I ordered the flowers from a local wholesale market, made fresh cuts to the stems and refrigerated them overnight. Katy felt it would be best if we arranged the flowers closer to the wedding date, so I placed the flowers in buckets of water and drove 4 hours to her parents where they were refrigerated overnight. The day before the wedding, her aunties, mother and grandmother gathered to make the arrangements. Did I mention none of us has any formal floral training?
Each one is just a bit different and each was made with love.
The finished floral arrangements were refrigerated overnight and transferred to the church the next morning where I added the wraps and Pew Clips while my dear husband hung them on the church pews.
Post Ceremony, these little helpers and I transferred the wedding aisle flowers to the reception and repurposed the wedding aisle décor as reception table centerpieces, decorating the bar area, the powder rooms, the entry way and the cake tables.
It was a Beautiful Day and a very classy wedding. I’ll post the recipe soon explaining how to recreate this ‘just picked’ look for your wedding flowers or special event.
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Monique Wilber | September 25, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Cathy, the repurposed aisle vases to reception centerpieces are beautiful! And with the green “eco” trend, you don’t have to be an expert designer to make some lovely vases, in fact, I like the “just picked” look rather than a perfect “dome.” What a beautiful day and a lovely way for a bride and her relatives to spend a day, arranging flowers!
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cathyswraps | September 25, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Thank you Monique. I’ll post the Recipe soon so other can recreate the “just picked” look.
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Toronto Florist | October 20, 2009 at 5:12 pm
I really like your ideas! The flowers are beautifull!
The repurposed aisle vases to reception centerpieces are lovely (and I doubt people noticed that you reused them)!
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Kathy Picht | October 20, 2009 at 7:41 pm
I was one of the lucky aunts that got to help arrange the flowers for Erin’s wedding. Cathy was right on when she said none of us had experience arranging flowers. It was fun being creative in our individual way even if we were all working with the same ingredients! I was quite pleased with the ones I designed, if I say so myself. If I can do it – anyone can. I would recommend Cathy’s wraps for all brides – those who want to save money and use them for both the wedding and reception or for those who just want something beautiful for either the church or reception. Cathy’s vases and wraps are very creative and a unique idea! Erin’s wedding was beautiful and Cathy’s wraps and vases made it all the more!