Lots of you gals may be looking at historic/ landmark venues: be it a historic mansion, home or something like Grand Central. It’s not uncommon for these locations to require that you not have any “open flame” or, more specifically, you have “enclosed flame”. And, can you blame them? If a place has survived a hundred years of weddings, who wants it to be your Uncle Jimmy knocking over a candelabra that puts an end to that?
A lot of the time, gals get depressed thinking that their dreams of thousands and thousands of candles will need to be tossed to the side. Fret not, ladies! Just because they don’t want fire willy nilly, doesn’t mean that there aren’t GORGEOUS ways to capture candle light on your table tops.
Here are amazingly elegant (and lavish) centerpieces with pillar candles enclosed in elevated hurricane vases, which would definitely meet the standard of “enclosed” candlelight by most locations. (via Get Married)
In fact, hurricanes alone are a great look if you are aiming for something a bit more clean and simple. Here’s an outdoor look that utilizes only hurricanes and pebbles… remember, sometimes, even when you are outside at a historic location or state part, etc, you may need to enclose your flame! It’s a great thing to ask about. This via Wedding Bee.
If you are a creative genius or have hired one 
, you can create your own UNIQUE way to capture flame. Here, for a celebration of typography, David Stark created these unique candle stands that illuminated images of type. (via Bliss Tree)
Of course, there are always lanterns! They are beyond chic, as exemplified with this STUNNING event by Exceptional Events via Style Me Pretty.
Finally, what if your venue says ABSOLUTELY NO FIRE? Well, you can always utilize LED lights. Recently, at Tiffany and Pedro’s wedding, Vanessa at Verde Flowers did just that. Their location allowed NO pen flame, and so Vanessa did amazing things with tea lights and candelabras to enclose the fire AND LED pillar candles around the rest of the area. The bottom line? Don’t let restrictions get you down, there are tons of creative ways to work around them!
