Now, this far along into the wedding planning. I knew that our church was already gorgeous and they were kindly going to put up the tall candles that go down the aisle for special occasions. We still wanted something extra so I made little floral decorations to hang from the pews. I made 16 of these, the same amount of candles we have, and they were SUPER fast. YOU WILL NEED:
We started by buying a bunch of kissing balls. I went to Pat Catan's and got 16 rose kissing balls. They're really cheap there, especially if you sign up for their Catan's Membership. (It costs you nothing but gets you all sorts of discounts and coupons... sooo why the heck not?!) Then we decide what color ribbon we wanted hanging down the pews. AND MAKE SURE YOU BUY PLENTY OF RIBBON! If you've got the crucial supplies, you're going to start with the kissing balls and the string that comes pre-attached to them. I strung this around a water bottle to make sure that I had it hanging the same way it would be attached to the pews. Now you're going to take your ribbon of choice and decide how long you want it hanging down. If you want it hanging to the ground YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO NEED A LOT OF RIBBON. I unfortunately couldn't get any more of the ribbon I bought so I had to keep them shorter. But they still looked gorgeous lining the aisle. I took three strands of the ribbon per kissing ball. You're simply going to find the center of the bottom of the ball and using your hot glue gun, you're going to attach your ribbon. The beauty of the kissing ball is that as you are gluing the ribbon, you're also tucking the ribbon behind rose heads. This way no one is going to see where you attached them or any glue residue. I added some mini strands of gold ribbon as an extra accent, but this is totally up to you. Now, those pipe cleaners are really for convenience when attaching these to the pews. The way our church is set up, these were being attached to little brass knobs that hold the TALL candles. If I had left the pre-attached ribbon (the one I used to hold it to the water bottle) I would have had to try and slide these OVER the tall candles and hope they sat properly. Since that is just a ridiculous thing to have to worry about, I replaced the ribbon with pipe cleaners. This way, come the day of set up, you're just lightly tying them around the brass knobs and everything is good to go.
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