HELP...married ladies who have used votive placecards

How did you girls pull this off?

I figured they would be on a table outside the reception room and 5 minutes before the guests are invited from coctail hour into reception they would be lit.

The planning guy at my hall seems to think this will create a delay of the start of the reception. That asking 250 people to go to the table at once to get their candle will take forever.

But I feel like people don't all leave the coctail hour at the same exact time.

He thinks they should pick up the candle before going into the coctail.

I am not thrilled with that idea. The whole beauty of the votive placecards is when they are all lit on the table together and then brought into the reception room to create a glow in there. (by the way, they don't have candles for the tables and didn't get any because I figured the VP would light up the whole room)

Please HELP......tell me how you girls set this up. Where and when did they light them? when did your guests pick them up? Did things go off without a hitch????

TIA

Re: HELP...married ladies who have used votive placecards

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Posted by oct1stbride05

How did you girls pull this off?

I figured they would be on a table outside the reception room and 5 minutes before the guests are invited from coctail hour into reception they would be lit.

The planning guy at my hall seems to think this will create a delay of the start of the reception. That asking 250 people to go to the table at once to get their candle will take forever.

But I feel like people don't all leave the coctail hour at the same exact time.

He thinks they should pick up the candle before going into the coctail.

I am not thrilled with that idea. The whole beauty of the votive placecards is when they are all lit on the table together and then brought into the reception room to create a glow in there. (by the way, they don't have candles for the tables and didn't get any because I figured the VP would light up the whole room)

Please HELP......tell me how you girls set this up. Where and when did they light them? when did your guests pick them up? Did things go off without a hitch????

TIA

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TIA!!!

Put your foot down!!! My hall (due to my own misdirection) had put the votives unlit outside the hall, where my family members proceed to pick them up on the way in...

Make sure that the votives are put out LIT during the cocktail hour, even the last 20 min will be fine as long as it's by where they will be walking in.

This is one word of advice I have.

Good luck!

Re: HELP...married ladies who have used votive placecards

We told our Maitre D to have them lit 5-10 min before the reception and to make sure that no one takes them before they were lit and she did. She had someone stand by the table to make sure this happened. It is entirely possible and will not cause the reception to be delayed. I agree with Azad, put your foot down and stand up for what you want.

Re: HELP...married ladies who have used votive placecards

They were lit twords the end of the CH and 150 people had no problem getting them and finding their seats without delaying the start of the reception!

Re: HELP...married ladies who have used votive placecards

Thank you so much ladies.....i feel sooo much better. He had me thinking that it would be impossible and that you all must have done it another way. You girls are the best.

Debbie