Homemade Wedding Decorations

by Stacy Fox

Buying tulle from the fabric store is a great way to create DIY wedding decorations.. (Tulle is a fine, often starched net of silk, rayon, or nylon, used especially for veils, tutus, or gowns.) The most popular tulle wedding color is white, but brides are using many different colors to match their themes.

White tulle decorations go especially well with white flowers for the church ceremony.

It is easy to make pew bows with tulle. Just tie tulle into a bow and make sure that the ends are long enough to reach the floor.

To make it extra fancy, you can get a bow maker from a craft store or add some gold or other colored decorations. Adding fresh flowers to the bow is an elegant wedding decoration touch.

Brides also use tulle decorations on wedding gazebos. Another wedding decorating idea is to entwine a length of tulle with a string of lights in a doorway, gazebo, or wherever. Tulle can also enhance the look of a winter wedding theme.

Using Tulle Wedding Decorations is just one of Stacy Fox's Favorite Wedding Ideas. See what other great ideas she has at Decorating with Tulle

Balloons can have a real wedding feel in pale or pastel colors or they can match your wedding colors – even down to the bridesmaid dresses.

Just because you have balloons, doesn’t mean you can’t have fresh flowers also. At the reception, you can have a large balloon arch and then groups of five or six balloons for the table decorations.

Another idea is to decorate the wedding reception tables with framed pictures of the bride and groom as well as friends and family members.

Did you know that there are companies that rent out plants? If you are doing to have potted plants on the reception tables, it’s best to buy them because people will take them home.

But how about renting some small trees for the entrance to the reception hall, around the buffet table, or near the wedding cake?

For example, at one company, you can rent palm trees for anywhere from $35 to $350 – depending on the size of course. http://www.treeandpalmrentals.com/prices.

Another idea is to buy inexpensive silk trees from Michaels. Some of them are really realistic.

Homemade Wedding Wand Decorations Can Double as a centerpiece

by Erica Tevis

Wedding wands are the fun alternative to tossing rice at the bride and groom.

1. Buy dowels (small round wooden spindles) from the hardware store.

2. Saw them into smaller lengths or have the store do it.

3. Sand each cut end.

4. Spray paint the dowels.

5. Glue ribbon to the end of the dowels with a hot glue gun.

6. Top the dowel off by hot gluing a heart, a feather, or another object that reflects the wedding theme.

7. Place wants in vases on guest tables. Vases can be filled with sand, stones, marbles, etc.

Erica Tevis is the owner of Little Things Wedding Favors. Visit them on the web and check out their large supply of wedding favors, themed favors, invitations, and wedding accessories.

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