Wedding Decorations
If you are planning your wedding, or helping someone else plan theirs, you can really let your creativity shine through with wedding decorations. No wedding is complete without decorations, and wedding decorations are not limited to flowers and ribbons.
Start by visiting your local crafts store. If you know the wedding colors, you will easily be able to spot potential decorations. For example, you will of course use flowers and ribbons, but what about lengths of faux beads in the wedding colors? These are usually inexpensive, and you can do a great deal with them.
Balloons are standard for decorations at the reception, but should be avoided in the wedding ceremony venue. You can decorate the end of the rows of chairs with small flower arrangements, ribbon, or faux beads. You can use white clothe for the aisle where the bride will walk as well.
Candles make great decorations for weddings, and add a bit of romance to the entire thing. Try to select candles that have a pleasant scent or no scent at all. You can make wreaths to cover candle holders to make them even more beautiful.
If you can make or obtain a lattice archway, you can get really creative. Decorate it with ivy and real or artificial flowers to make it really shine. The bride, groom, and wedding official will stand either under the archway, or just slightly in front of it. This makes a beautiful, serene backdrop for the ceremony.
Cloth can be used in a variety of ways. Try to choose silks in the wedding colors, and create swags where they seem appropriate. You can also opt to use a lot of netting in the wedding colors to create certain effects. There is a great deal that you can do with strings of colored lights as well, using either soft yellow lights, or lights that go with the wedding colors.