Creative Ways to use Rose Petals for Wedding Decor
At the Flower Lab, we love providing you with budget-friendly ways to add beautiful fresh flowers to your wedding day without sacrificing your vision or your wallet. One great way to add color and fill your tables on a budget is with rose petals!
There’s a million different ways they can be used on the wedding day so we thought we’d show you a few of our favorite uses and looks. Don’t forget that rose petals are also the easiest DIY wedding flower option, as it’s just “sprinkle and go.”
Decorating with Rose Petal Ideas…
Candle Centerpieces (aka candle gardens)
Gathered greenery around candles has been very popular the last few years (and yes, you can order candle kits with greenery from the Flower Lab), but flower petal candle gardens are also beautiful and create a romantic look on any tablescape. It’s also a great way to add some color to your tables, unifying all your wedding colors together. Whether you’re using taper candles, pillar candles or even floating candles, rose petals help make your tables feel full and inviting.
If you’re using long banquet tables in your reception floor plan, rose petal runners with candles are a super easy DIY tablescape that really makes a lot of impact in the room. Using taller pillar candles, floating candles, or adding bud vases will help add some height to the table.
Floating Rose Petal Centerpieces
Adding rose petals to cylinder vases with floating candles is another cost-effective centerpiece that has several benefits. Not only does it add color and height to your tables, but it also adds the lovely glow of candlelight to your reception room. Photographers will tell you that a room filled with candles always films better than a room without.
Rose Petals for Cocktail Hour
Rose petals are also a great addition to your cocktail tables used in conjunction with votive candles, pillar candles or bud vases. This is an effective and inexpensive way to add some floral decor to your cocktail hour.
Other creative ways to include flower petals in your cocktail hour are by adding rose petals sprinkled around your champagne glass display to welcome guests or adding them to your escort card display. It adds a lot of color and beautifully fills the space.
Rose Petal Ceremony Ideas
Traditionally, this is where flower petals are most often used, but we have added a few fun twists to including rose petals in your ceremony.
There are several ways you can use rose petals down your ceremony aisle and we’ve shown you four great ideas here.
Rose Petals with Candles
This look is so romantic and adds a lot of impact to your ceremony aisle, especially if you are having a winter wedding or going for a candlelit ceremony.
Rose Petal Lined Aisle
Lining both sides of your ceremony aisle with flower petals in another great way to add your wedding colors to the ceremony. For outdoor weddings rose petals don’t fly away on windy days like a traditional runner will.
Rose petal full Aisle
Move over aisle runners, we have something prettier! This look is timeless and makes an immediate statement. Plus, it looks great in photos!
Rose Petal Patterned Aisle
This is a striking look that adds a lot of visual interest to your ceremony. It is a little tricker to make, but it’s worth it!
Toss Rose Petals
There’s several things we love about toss petals! First, they make for awesome wedding recessional photos It makes images feel so festive and dreamy; like you’re in a movie! Second, it’s a great way to have your guests interact with your wedding ceremony.
There are several ways you can use rose petals in your ceremony, including having a rose petal experience at the start of the ceremony by having guests make their own toss flower cones.
DIY Rose Petal Cones
This simple approach to having guests make their own toss cones saves effort and expense for you, while still giving your guests an experience.
Rose Petal Toss Bar
This is a fun way to include several different rose petal colors and make for a really fun and memorable experience for your guests.
Rose Petal Cone Chair Decor
Prefilled cones of rose petals tied to your ceremony chairs adds a little extra ceremony decor to the entire space. Add a rose petal aisle for added impact.
Tips for working with rose petals
First and foremost, make sure that your ceremony venue allows you to use rose petals, especially for ceremony aisles and toss flowers. Some venues have rules preventing the use of flower petals because of cleanup.
Ordering rose petals with Flower Lab means that we prep the roses for several days before your wedding so that the roses fully open and then remove them from the stem for you. This saves you a lot of work compared to trying to DIY this on your own.
There is a certain math to determining how many dozens of roses need to be ordered to achieve the look you want, especially for ceremony aisles. Be sure to tell us how you plan to use your rose petals when you submit your Wishlist so we can help you order the correct amount.