Something Borrowed: The Centerpieces

These are what I call the "H Bowls."  They have a full name, named after dear Bridesmaid H because they were originally purchased in 2008 for her wedding (really? almost 5 years ago? sheesh).  I could call them by their shape (short, giant martini glasses), but that's not nearly as fun as writing down "H Bowls" everywhere on my to-do and supply lists.

Needless to say, our friend circle has definitely gotten their money out of these babies.  These guys have been featured in H's wedding, the next year they were in L's wedding, the next year in L#2's wedding, before finally taking a year off.  This past summer, they were used at J's rehearsal dinner and will be making a fifth appearance at our wedding this June.  What is great about these bowls is not only that they are free glassware for the wedding, but they've become a tradition amongst our friends.  It's been neat to see how everyone has used them throughout the years and how we can tweak them to make them work for our own wedding.  

Here is a quick montage of how the wedding bowls have been used in the past:

   

Photos stolen from Facebook.  Thanks guys!

The first picture is from H's wedding, the second is from L's wedding and the third is from L#2's.  Sorry for the bad quality on the last one, I had to crop all most of our beer cups out of the picture!

So, as you can see, flowers and floating candles have been quite the theme with these bowls, and our wedding will really be no different.  The mirrors actually made their way home to Tennessee where H's in-laws live so I went ahead and bought some from Home Depot for $30 ($10 for 6 mirror tiles, in the bathroom section) and plan to use them like in the first two pictures.  

Here is my vision for the H Bowls:

They will be filled with our wedding flowers (white roses, carnations and hydrangeas) and have nice, new candles.  I have a heart shaped punch, so I am thinking of punching out hearts in paper that matches our colors and spread them out instead of flower petals (or dyeing the flower petals)...clearly I'm not quite sure yet!

We are actually going to have two types of centerpieces:  the H Bowls and then there will also be candle sets for the other half of the centerpieces...post coming soon (if I ever get the project completed)!  I will use the mirror tiles for those too and either flower petals or paper hearts around the main part.  

So, yes!  That is the great legend of the H Bowls.  So far, everyone is still married, so I'm going to say they are good luck charms too!  :)

Do you have any sorts of traditions among your friends that you will be including in your wedding?