The Great Lantern Search continues...

So this past weekend, my fiance and I, yet again, stopped by Pier One to check out the lanterns we had spied a few weeks ago. We wanted to see if we still LOVED them. Well, again, we felt they were too tall. The woman at the Middletown, NY store was just wonderful though. She let us know that there were only 3 in stock at her store and then looked up all local stores and provided us with the phone numbers of each store and how many they had in stock should we choose to purchase. I just dont want to rush into it and buy them and worry about them being too tall...
So again, we looked online and I found these lanterns and they are just as gorgeous AND cheap! In my opinion they are the perfect height and have the right look. However, I am going to wait till after I go to the Country Folk Art Show at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. Because, if I can find lanterns there then why not!? But I am still thinking about those Pier One Import one's. Even the wrought iron ones there are beautiful.
Again, I dont know! I am waiting to find the one's that I LOVE!

The Great Lantern Search

So, yesterday my fiance and I spent time scouring stores for lanterns. There is not much out there. The first shop we went into was in Colonie Center Mall, a store called Candles & More. They had a few lanterns that were black and very pretty, but again, not exactly what we were looking for. We stopped by Michael's, JoAnn Fabric's, Kirkland's, Burlington Coat Factory, Yankee Candle, etc.

However, the great find was in Pier 1 Imports. They had a LOT of lanterns. The lantern I loved was too tall about 2 feet, but it was the right style. So now we have more of a vision.

It gave us a great direction. Here is a better link to the actual lanterns. We love this idea so much. I think the white one's are best because they can be roughed up to look more rustic. The store did not have the smaller 12 inch one's in stock. I think if those one's HAD been there. We might have bought them.

We have decided if we cannot find 10 of the same lantern's that it would look cool to have 10 different lanterns. One different one for each table. So the lantern search continues...

Just had to add this!

In my Bridezilla pyscho search for the perfect lantern's I emailed the photographer of the bride who had her lantern centerpiece featured on The Knot. Her website was pretty awesome and she took pretty awesome shots. Now only if I lived is Dallas, TX! Jenny Martell Photography was the photographer who featured this bride who had apparently various different lanterns at each table setting. Cool interesting idea. So not one is the same? Something to think about.

Then I stumbled upon this websiteWedding Bee! Apparently brides can sell and search for wedding decor/ dresses etc here! So I will now stalk this website for lanterns from another bride.

The search for lanterns begins! (well already began)

So, when I sat down and began envisioning my wedding, one of the first thing's I thought of a knew I had to have at my wedding was candles and twinkle lights. I love how everything looks in candle light. Romantic and just pretty. So in my search for candle centerpieces on The Knot I discovered lanterns! I was in love. I am not much of a girl who loves flowers, so for me these beautiful lantern's would make amazing centerpieces.
And so, the search began. I have found some black lanterns about 6 or so inches high at Michael's Craft Store and Mom Q (the fiance's mom) found some pretty ones at Ikea. While I love the black one's, there is one I saw on The Knot that really I cannot get out of my head:

I wish I could find something like it, somewhere! I would put a little pillar candle inside and have it lit all night long. So, I have spent countless, wasted hours searching for something just like what you see above. The closest I have come so far is this Country House Online Store.

If it comes down to it, I will end up with black lanterns, which look beautiful too! Either way, the limited number of flowers I use, the more I will save too! I love this simple lantern idea so much! Let's hope it works out!

Here are some other pretty idea's I am inspired/intrigued and interested in: