3 Ideas for Your Wedding Table Decorations (3 Ideas para la Decoración de las Mesas de Boda)

In order to have a successful wedding every detail has to be taken into account. It is important to plan the wedding table decorations according to your chosen theme and/or wedding colors as well as adding a personal touch. Here you will find three practical ideas that will make your wedding reception tables stand out on the day of the big event...

En las listas de plan de bodas debe ponerse hasta el último detalle si queremos que nuestra boda salga perfecta y quede todo estupendamente bien. No es aconsejable dejar todo para última hora ni tampoco dedicar todo el tiempo de planeo en el traje de novia y poco más. También hay que pensar en el traje de la madre de la novia y novio, accesorios pertinentes, menú, lugar donde se va a celebrar, fotógrafos y videógrafos, iglesia, decoración en general y un sinfín más de detalles que llevarán mucho tiempo y dedicación.

 Image by Rene Erhardt 

La decoración para las mesas de boda es muy importante; no sólo debe tener una presentación romántica y agradable tanto para los novios, la familia y los invitados, sino que además debe ser pensada cuidadosamente ya que quedará en el recuerdo de todos tanto en las fotos como en la memoria. El centro de bodas es muy importante. Si has elegido un tema en particular (o color, diseño, estilo, etc), el centro debe reflejarlo sin lugar a dudas. Los centros deben ajustarse a determinados factores como el tamaño y forma de las mesas, originalidad que se les quiera dar y al mismo tiempo quizá añadir un toque único para así sean distintivos a la personalidad de la pareja.

Aquí tienes algunas ideas para hacer que las mesas de boda sean diferentes, agradables y al mismo tiempo románticas:

#1 – Elementos decorativos comestibles. Otros elementos que puedes incluir son los comestibles como el chocolate o las frutas. Puedes esparcir rosas de chocolate alrededor del centro. ¡Son altamente decorativas y también deliciosas al paladar! Puedes añadir rosas de chocolate para conseguir un efecto floral muy original. Si te decantas por las frutas, intenta escoger la fruta según la época del año. Si te casas en otoño, por ejemplo, los frutos secos como las almendras, avellanas y nueces quedarán muy bien alrededor o incluso dentro de tu centro de boda. Las manzanas y peras te darán un toque todavía más fresco. Si la boda tiene tema o un color particular, elige frutas con colores vivos que lo reflejen bien. Un color sólo queda muy bien, prueba a poner ramilletes de uva, kiwis o limones apelotonados en un jarrón transparente.

#2 – Dale vida a las mesas con plantas y flores. Elementos naturales como las frutas y flores exoticas o tropicales darán a tu mesa un toque decorativo muy fresco e innovador si no es algo que se ha puesto de moda todavía. Cualquier tipo de flor quedará muy bien, aunque las más comunes en las bodas son las calas y los lirios. Si tu boda es en primavera, puedes incluir flores de esa época como preciosos tulipanes. Una bonita planta quedará muy atractiva y original, además de servirte al mismo tiempo como centro de boda.

#3 – Sé creativo con elementos originales.  Si quieres que tu decoración llame la atención de tu familia e invitados, puedes utilizar elementos llamativos como velas, hojas secas y candelabros. Espárcelos alrededor de tu centro de bodas de manera que la mesa quede detallada. Otras ideas a tener en cuenta son globos, té, cintas, marcos de fotos, , etc. Además, los invitados se pueden llevar estos articulos gratis a casa como recuerdo de la boda.

Cualquiera que sea tu elección para la decoración de las mesas de boda, es importante ser creativo así como también añadir tu propio toque personal. 

Give the best of both worlds with chocolate roses

Trying to decide between giving some chocolate or giving roses?  Agonise no more; you can get beautiful chocolate roses for all occasions and give the best of both worlds at once!

Pink, red, white, milk or dark chocolate roses, chocolate flowers such as tulips and lilies, long stemmed chocolate roses, foil wrapped chocolate roses, chocolate clay roses, wholesale and gift boxed chocolate roses, there is a type for every occasion - you will not be stuck for a gift again when you combine the two timeless presents of the rose and the chocolate.

Pink and red chocolate roses are always a surprise.  Made from varying ingredients ranging from chocolate fondue, coloured white chocolate or a mixture called “chocolate plastic” - definitely no actual plastic in them, so don’t worry! - they are coloured the desired shade of blushing pink or red and then carefully moulded, usually by hand, into fine-shaped roses and other flowers.  Some chocolate roses are instead poured into moulds and set, these may come packaged in a box a little like the chocolate seashells that are so popular today also.  The rose delicacies are then either wrapped carefully in foil, inserted onto long elegant stems to be used in a chocolate rose arrangement, or presented in a beautiful box.

Just imagine surprising a loved one with a tasteful arrangement of both chocolate roses and real roses.  The scent is heavenly and makes for a slightly different gift to the everyday normal box of chocolates, or a regular bunch of flowers.  The delight of being able to actually eat some of the flowers will make it a memorable and fun present.

Some chocolate roses are so unbelievably lifelike that you will have difficulty telling the actual flowers from the chocolate flowers.  The will have subtlety of colour in the petals and bud and they will be attached to lifelike stems with very convincing leaves with real-looking veins.

Some chocolate rose makers even go so far as to imbue the chocolate itself with edible essential oils of rose (a very highly prized essential oil) to make a true connoiseur’s chocolate!  Others will include chocolate cream in the centre of the rose that is flavoured with rose essence or sometimes violet essence, a delicate flavour that adds a floral note to chocolate.

Chocolate roses often come as a dozen in a presentation vase, so that the receiver of your lovely gift will not need to find a vase to put them in.  They might even say, “Oh, thank you - a bunch of roses, how delightful!” and when they go to sniff the roses, they will be greeted with the surprise of a chocolate scent instead!  Perfect for a birthday or Christmas treat.

Thanks to Sister72 for the image.

Sell wholesale chocolate roses in mens’ hobby stores

The first kind of store you might imagine to be selling chocolate roses would probably be a gift store, cards or specialty items, but why not think about having a stand of chocolate roses if you run a store than men are most likely to visit?  Fishing, tools, hardware, golf, knives, DIY, all stores that men are more likely to go to than women.  What if you had a small stand of chocolate roses near the counter, to encourage men to think of the special lady in their life when they’re picking something up for the weekend fishing trip, etc, on the way home?

You are likely to sell more chocolate roses to men than to women; women are more likely to see them in shops that they frequent and muse, “How will my boyfriend/husband ever see these?  Mmmm, how nice if he got me one!” so you will probably find your store gets invisible brownie points from the women too (even though it’s about fishing, or golf, etc) because when the huz gets home from his trip to this store, he brings her a rose, too.  Bingo!  Put a smile on everyone’s face, and this is good for business if - wink wink - the missus is more likely to encourage her man to go and get himself something for his hobby, if she knows that he is thinking of her, too, and not just about the next trout.  Or hole-in-one.

Wholesale chocolate roses can be bought in several ways.  First, you may want to buy the ones that come with a cardboard fold-out stand that you can put together quickly so that you get them up and running fast on your store’s front counter.  These can look very nice and shiny en masse and it draws the eye to them in an effective and simple way, which is important when selling things like this to guys because they are less likely to notice stuff like roses when they are thinking about other things!

Make it really obvious where you sell them and that they are for sale.  This is especially true if you are presenting single long-stemmed roses in a large vase.  Chocolate roses can sometimes be so convincing that the casual observer may think that they are real roses.  So put a big sign next to them or sticking out of the vase saying something clear and easy to read such as, “Why not take one of these chocolate roses home to your honey? Only $5 each” or something like this.

I hope you have fun ordering and selling wholesale chocolate roses to the guys who shop at your store!

Thanks to Anyaka for the image.