Easy Country-Western Theme Wedding Reception Decorations

A bride doesn't have to reside in Texas to have a western style wedding reception. Whether you are having a barbeque or hoe down, you can create western theme wedding reception decorations as unique as you are. Example of a simple western wedding theme wedding reception decorations are hay bales around the dance floor, strings of chili pepper mini lights, and terra cotta pots filled with cactus plants. And western wedding decoration doesn't have to be expensive to have a big impact at your reception.

The wedding cake can incorporate the western theme easily. The cake can be simple or as elaborate as the bride chooses. Popular western wedding decorations for the cake include figurines of the groom roping the bride, covered wagons drawn by a line of horses, cowboy hats and boots and wild horses racing across the top of the cake.

Nothing else seems to exemplify what the idea of western is than a cowboy boot. Western boot designs can be found on tablecloths, napkins and on wedding invitations. They are most often seen at western weddings on the bride and groom. The cowboy boot is also a popular design on mugs, cups, plates and cutlery. Recently mini lights have been made with the cowboy boot theme. It is up to the bride how much of this motif she wants at her western themed wedding reception.

Choosing the flowers you want at your wedding reception can be difficult, but the western wedding theme makes this easy. Popular flower choices include roses, sunflowers, straw flowers, zinnias, geraniums and pails of herbs. The flowers can be displayed on the guest tables in small tin pails, terra cotta pots or in straw hats. Be sure to use plastic wrap or liners in the planters that you put on the guest tables in case they are wet and leak onto the table. Flowers can also be used around archways or backdrops where photos are taken. The planters can be hung from shepherds hooks or in large galvanized tubs.

Guests will have fun if you choose to have a real square dance or feature line dancing at your western themed wedding reception. You can't have a western style dance without green hay bales around the dance floor. They are as western as the cowboy boots. Be sure to drape a few of the hay bales with denim or checkered tablecloths so that they dont poke your guests legs. They also make an interesting addition to any backdrop or archway where photos will be taken. You can also choose straw bales if you want golden colored bales.

The bride will have fun selecting from the many western theme wedding favors available. Popular items include mini straw hats filled with chocolates, small porcelain boxes with a boot and cowboy hat painted on the top, small glass cowboy boots filled with candy and trinkets, small plastic greenhouses filled with mini cactus plants and for the wedding party, real cowboy boots and belt buckles.

Be sure to include your friends, family and bridesmaids in selection the perfect western themed wedding reception decorations. There are so many to choose from that it should be doggone fun to select them.