For decorating our wedding & reception, what is considered a “covered candle”?
Hi, I'm getting married in a historic home, and I was wondering: what does a "covered candle" look like? The executive director said I ca...
Hi,
I’m getting married in a historic home, and I was wondering: what does a "covered candle" look like? The executive director said I can use candles as long as they’re covered, but I’m not sure I exactly know what that means….
Can I use votive candle holders? clear glass bowls for floating candles and blossoms? candles in glass jars?
I desperately need pictures so I know what to buy. I’d hate to buy a lot of candles and then not be able to use them.
Also, for anyone who has been married inside a historic home/museum: are you allowed to have a unity candle service? I know I’ll need to ask the executive director to be sure, but I’d just like to be educated about this before I ask.
And any pictures/links you could post from your wedding of covered candles WOULD BE AWESOME!!
Thank you a whole bunch for your help. 
You really need to ask the director at the venue. They may have very specific rules, and you don’t want to get all set up the day before the wedding (or worse, day of) and have them tell you no.
There are some homes that we looked at when we were searching for a venue, that have very different rules.
Check with the specific place to avoid an issue
It means that the flame isn’t open, that there’s something preventing them from catching stuff on fire. Like, candles on a birthday cake are not covered. It’s fine to use votive holders, but you’ll have to put tea lights in them.
I have about 50 plain glass votive holders that I used for my wedding. Contact me if you’re interested and I can send you pictures of them and we can work something out.
I’m getting married in a historic mansion that has similar rules. Candles must be covered. Votives are fine. Hurricane globes are ideal (see link http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=kHW&pwst=1&resnum=0&q=candle+hurricane&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi ). Unity candles are fine for my venue, but they must have the hurricane cover.
My only guess is that it’s a candle in a container. You can find candles that are battery operated and look like tealights to avoid the whole issue.
It just means the thing the candle is in, must be taller than the candle itself. You should be able to do a unity candle as long as you cover the flame….My venue requires no open flames as well.
here are some photos, just to see what a covered candle is. These arent really very fancy or anything.
http://www.ddc.dk/images/pressebilleder/moma_pressebilleder/candleholders.jpg
http://www.franscandles.com/unity%20candle%20images/unityamberreverts.jpg
Just make sure the holder/container coveres the flame by at least a few inches.
Good Luck.
pretty much you should be able to put your arm over it and not catch on fire. The container of the candle has to be taller that the candle itself
Any candle where the flame is lower than the height of the glass or metal surrounding it. I have planned a couple of weddings under very strict conditions in historical buildings and homes…..in one instance we actually had to use small floating candles in the votive holders to keep the building director from having a fit. If you are looking for some pretty and unusual glass and candle combinations, go to Wiggyflowers.com and look at their designs and their affiliated designers sites….I’m sure you’ll find something to inspire you.
Luminous Mini Lanterns would work out great for this and can also be used for wedding favors if you needed to. I recently found for a client the new illuminating candles they are battery operated and even flicker like real flames. Depending on your room lighting these could also be used for the tables. And no worry about flames. I even found them at one of the craft stores and they look like real wax with a melted side and all. Michaels or any good craft store have them due to this very issue more and more locations are carrying this type of candle.
They make them small and they will float also.
Inside most historical homes museums etc they do not allow a flame. I have used the ones found below. I know you might have your heart set on the Unity Candle but check out the Unity Sand. Same concept it Unites and you have a beautiful centerpiece for you home with your wedding colors. No two are ever alike. They are very unique and something that you can view dailey to remind you of your ceremony. You can also create small containers of sand decorations for table centerpieces for your guests.
Good Luck