I know I’m 10000% overthinking this. We are doing lantern centerpieces with a few votive candles similar to the photo below. We bought real votives, but I’m really paranoid about using real pillar candles inside the lanterns. I guess because they’ll be burning for several hours and the metal could get very hot. I thought it would be easier to find decent quality flameless candles that would look okay with the real ones, but they all look so orange when lit. I guess I have two questions...
1.) Has anyone used metal lanterns with real candles without any catastrophic injuries like my paranoia is convincing me we will have?
2.) Does anyone have recommendations for real looking flameless candles that don’t cost an arm and a leg?