A Fresh Look At Bridal Shower Florals: How To Make A Hanging Floral Chandelier

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In honor of Valentine’s Day and the celebration of love this week, I wanted to share a fun fresh look at celebratory florals. My mom and I recently had the opportunity to host a bridal shower for my cousin’s fiancé and as we were planning for the shower, I began to think of ways we could mix up our floral designs. We have been so excited to welcome her into the family and wanted to make it a special occasion to celebrate their upcoming marriage. While I absolutely love a beautiful compote styled arrangement, I knew from past experiences of hosting bridal showers that once the table is filled with food, it can be challenging to find a spot for the floral arrangements. This, combined with a few Pinterest searches, led me to dream of attempting a floral chandelier and flower pin frog arrangements. Now…I have never seen a floral chandelier integrated outside of a wedding or created with an ordinary dining room light as the base, but figured that surely it could be done. To my happy surprise, both my mom and I were so excited with how everything turned out and felt you all might enjoy knowing how to make one as well. So, if you are looking for a fresh look at floral arrangements in a way that is organic, fun and free flowing, then here are all my favorite steps to transform your dining room light fixture into a hanging floral chandelier and adorn your table with whimsical blooms.  

A Fresh Look At Florals: Part 1 – Hanging Floral Chandelier 

Inspiration

Before starting this venture, I began gathering inspiration for what I was drawn to. There were so many beautiful floral creations, but I found that even when looking at them in the wedding environment, most were not created on an actual light fixture but instead were just hanging floral creations they were calling “chandeliers”. Most wedding hanging floral “chandeliers” are created with long rolls of chicken wire suspended from the ceiling by wire on each end for a linear install or by attaching chicken wire to an existing hoop suspended from the ceiling to create a round install. Seeing this, I gathered a few supplies and went to work to best adapt these gorgeous models to the light fixture and living space we had available. 

Supplies

• Chicken wire
• Floral snips
• Zip ties
• Flowers – dried or fresh 
• Greenery 
• Water picks

Steps

Creating The Structure

Step 1 – To begin your floral creation, you must decide how large it should be. I wanted mine to encompass the chandelier through its large existing loops so I measured approximately what that circumference was of the chandelier. Next, I cut a long rectangle portion of chicken wire the length of that circumference (or you can attach several short rectangle pieces together to make one long piece) and rolled it into a tube shape. 

Step 2 – Once your chicken wire tube is rolled, weave it through the loops of your chandelier OR shape it into a circle around your chandelier wherever you are attaching it. After you have it placed, use your zip ties to secure the chicken wire tub ring to the light fixture. 

Adding The Interest

Step 3 – After your chicken wire is secure, you can start to place your greenery to hide the structure. Simply weave it throughout the chicken wire and ensure a strong hold. It may look a little haphazard at first, but the more you add, the better it will look. If you want more of just a bulk floral look, then you certainly don’t have to add greenery, and instead can use dried material or baby’s breath to hide your chicken wire cage. 

Step 4 – Once your chicken wire cage is mostly hidden, add in your remaining flowers. If you are making this chandelier several days in advance of your event I would recommend using dried flowers or flowers that can tolerate less hydration (carnations, thistle, roses, baby’s breath etc.) and then adding your fresher ingredients closer towards your event time. 

Finishing Touches

Step 5 – Continue to add greenery and flowers until you reach your desired fullness and all of the chicken wire is totally hidden! 

My mom and I absolutely loved the final result, as did our guests. This hanging floral chandelier was fun, unique and freed up our table for all the delicious food options! Honestly, I was enjoying our company so much I totally forgot to take a picture once all the food was laid out below it, but having it ABOVE the food instead of beside was such a fun twist. 

A Fresh Look At Florals: Part 2 – Hanging Floral Chandelier Pairings

Now, you might be wondering… if you emphasize your hanging arrangement so much what else do you place around your space?

I am so glad you asked! To prevent any competition, we decided to make the remaining floral integrations on the dessert table super easy. 

Simply place a floral pin frog into the base of a shallow bowl with floral putty and then press a few stems onto the prongs. Since we had a rectangular dessert table separate from the other food, I made three flower pin frog arrangements. Place two on one corner, one on the other and sprinkle flower petals throughout to pull in the same colors as what is used in the hanging floral chandelier!

For the single corner arrangement, I integrated several of the same flowers as what was used in the chandelier to create a fuller piece. In contrast, on the dessert table corner with two arrangements, I simply placed three tulips into each shallow dish to create a simple yet free flowing design. This pop is just enough to pull each piece together while highlighting the dramatic beauty of a single stem. 

Final Thoughts

While the hanging floral chandelier and free flowing flower pin frog arrangements were both new ventures for my mom and I, I loved the final result and how they created such a lovely environment to welcome our new cousin-in-law to the family! It was such a blast to create something beautiful to celebrate their upcoming wedding and I am thrilled we found these new tricks as well. So, would you attempt a floral chandelier or pin frog display? Despite my reservations at the beginning, the hanging floral chandelier process actually was much simpler than I had anticipated and I believe it could be taken in a variety of ways: just greenery, only florals, all dried or a mix of all three like I had here! While it certainly calls for a special celebration, I most definitely will be looking forward to trying another version down the road.

Happy designing!

Chloe

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