The other day someone asked if I’d given any thought to what I want in a dress. I kind of surprised myself by answering no. I’ve seen countless dresses on the blogs I troll, but they all sort of just whiz over my head. Details are background noise; I’m too focused on finding a venue right now. Somehow I feel like: if we just get the venue and date nailed down, that’s half of the work right there. I mean, as long as we had a predetermined place and time for people to congregate, we could show up in our pajamas with a few cases of Little Debbie snack cakes to pass around. And some two buck chuck. Right? *
Yet, I’m not made of stone. Sometimes I see things (details!) that give me little thrills, and I promptly File Away for Later.
Like these light bulb vases I spotted hanging in the windows of a custom frame shop:
The glass I photographed them through was a bit dirty and smudgy, but you get the drift.
I can totally imagine a few dozen of these strung up around our reception (or ceremony!) site, filled with bright and colorful wildflowers. Plus: how incredibly cheap are these? What we couldn’t collect from our own house and purge from our friends, we could make up for by buying at the dollar store. For (obviously) $24/per 24 pack.
What gets me excited are the possibilities. We could change up the shapes of the bulbs—using a mix of regular, chandelier, globe, outdoor, etc. (but ONLY with incandescent bulbs; fluorescent or halogen = danger, Will Robinson). We could hang the vases using ribbons or twine instead of wire. We could paint the outside of the bulbs, too—but I’m usually more of a fan of the simple clear glass look.
Here’s a pretty specific how-to that walks through the steps of making these, in case anyone else is interested.
Until later, vases…
* Someone needs to do this and release the pictures into weddingblogland.
oh wow, that is awesome. i am totally Filing Away For Later myself, and not even for a wedding. just for life.