Outside Wedding Decoration: Let Nature Be Your Guide
If you’ve decided to hold your wedding outside, you’re probably
thinking about how you are going to decorate. Outside wedding
decoration is as easy as using what’s already there and bringing
in details to complement the most beautiful decoration of all:
nature.
Spring Wedding
No wonder you want to have your
wedding in the Spring!
It is the time for growth and rebirth and even better, your garden
will be brimming with gorgeous colors. A good idea for a
decorative favor to mirror a flower theme spring wedding is to give guests
individually wrapped homemade flower cookies.
You can prepare them ahead of time and when wrapped in clear
cellophane, they make for excellent table decorations as well. You
can also purchase small silk flowers at the craft store and use
them as place card holders. Among the ideas for decorating outside wedding arches
for a spring wedding, you can use faux birds. You can also use faux birds in trees,
on tables, or on arbors.
Summer Wedding
During the summer, the weather is lovely and the daylight seems
endless. People are relaxed and an eager to attend an outdoor
wedding. Outside decorations for a
summer wedding can
incorporate a holiday such as the Fourth of July. You can decorate
trees and tables with red, white and blue ribbons.
Tables can be decorated with sparkly confetti and curly ribbons.
There are a variety of wedding decorations that evoke that
summertime feeling such a flip flop candles or sand-filled
centerpieces. At the end of the evening, give your guests
sparklers and watch the fun happen.
Fall Wedding
The orange, yellow and red leaves are a beautiful backdrop for a
fall wedding. Mimic
the colors in the leaves with colored and scented candles on the
tables. Try incorporating the colorful vegetables and nuts of the
season such as squash, pumpkin, and corn, into your decorations.
They can be placed in baskets around the grounds in clusters to
define entranceways and aisles.
Another option for the baskets is to plant groupings of flowers in
them so you can set them around the grounds in areas that seem a
little bit bare. You may also want to have a few bales of hay
brought in to continue the theme and to create a ready-made place
for great pictures.
Winter Wedding
Outside wedding decoration for
winter weddings
should focus around lights. Use tea lights on the tables in
abundance to create a warm, romantic feeling. Another idea for
outside wedding decoration is small holiday lights. They can be
used to decorate tree trunks or arches.
Your guests will be chilly outside in the winter, so make sure
they are comfortable by providing heaters near every table. You
may also want to consider building a bonfire and having your
guests tell stories around the fire. Use green foliage and red
berries to decorate tables and archways. Use ribbons and bows from
previous holidays to ‘wrap’ tables like presents.
In every season, there is an abundance of outside wedding
decorations that you can tailor to your wedding. Have fun with
nature and let your imagination flow with the seasons.