Another little inspiration for all the coffee bean centerpiece seekers. A gorgeous pumpkiny candle, and great ribbon wrap adds a personal touch.
From The Knot:
or a more Fall themed option
Coffee bean centerpiece resources March 19, 2008
We at Farfalla have not used any of these sites for coffee beans, so can’t vouch for their service, but their pricing seems fair, and some even offer free shipping. So where do you get the beans?
http://www.wholesalecoffeebeans.com/
http://www.coffeebeandirect.com/
The best bulk deal: http://www.ccmcoffee.com/index.php you can get 25-40lb boxes, instead of 5lb bags.
More Coffee bean centerpiece ideas March 18, 2008
We’ve been getting emails about our coffee bean centerpiece post, requesting picture ideas, so we went hunting and pulled a few of our favorites. We’ll keep an eye out for some more, but these should get you started.
The best part of waking up… March 5, 2008
is Folgers in your cup. Well maybe not really, I can’t imagine grinds mixed with water would be delightful, but you get the idea. I digress…
There is a trend of using coffee beans as decorations. While a little unique, I say go for it. They smell delicious, have a gorgeous espresso brown color, now I can’t say I’m sure how the pricing would fall, but they must be less expensive than a huge flower arrangement if you are watching your pennies. Remember, quality of the bean doesn’t matter in this case, just bulk. You don’t need to spend extra for organic, or some artisan blend. Just the good old cheapest stuff would work well, just skip the Folgers and you’ll be fine.
Some design ideas would be to have a layer of the beans in a beautiful wooden box, and line up your tablecards in the beans. Gorgeous. Use a hurricane vase and fill it with beans, put a candle in the top, or use the beans to support a beautiful tall flower centerpiece. If you want to cut back on the number of beans, without sacrificing the “look”… sneak a tall pillar candle into the center of your hurricane vase, and surround it with beans. The candle with take up the space of at least two pounds of beans and no one will even notice.
If you want to round out the theme, give chocolate covered beans as favors, or a pound of coffee and some great unique mugs to each guest as a thank you.
