Do-It-Yourself Christmas Wedding Decoration Ideas: FamilyCircle Big Book of Christmas

Christmas craft decorations can offer many terrific do-it-yourself Christmas wedding decoration ideas that are quick, easy, and inexpensive. There are a lot of books out there filled with projects for creating cheap Christmas decorations for just about any Christmas wedding theme one can imagine.

If you want to delve into do-it-yourself Christmas wedding decorating without creating items from scratch, you can use the ideas found in the books to create a look using ready-made store-bought items. This is the first of a series of articles where I will select one book and highlight a few of the possible do-it-yourself Christmas wedding decoration ideas found inside.

The first book containing projects for Christmas craft decorations that I will review is FamilyCircle Big Book of Christmas: Great Holiday Recipes, Gifts and Decorating Ideas (Leisure Arts, 2002). If you are stuck on what kind of Christmas wedding theme you want, this book presents several themes that worth considering. The very first section of the book, starting on page six, presents a theme of “casual elegance” using “a traditional color scheme.”

Among the table decoration pictures in this section, there is one appealing table top wedding decoration idea in the form of personalized napkin rings. They combine velvet ribbons wrapped around small ready-made grapevine rings to which is attached a real evergreen leaf upon which the guest’s name is written with a gold paint pen plus a sheet-music ornament for added appeal.

The next Christmas wedding theme possibility, as illustrated starting on page 14, is to pick a “jeweled hues” wedding color theme that creates an “air of majesty.” Table decoration pictures in this section showcase a number of good wedding reception table decoration ideas. These include square harlequin charges in gold and purple, gold satiny dinner napkins wrapped in beaded napkin rings, jewel candies in various shapes and jewel-toned colors arranged in martini glasses, and bell and star cookies in jewel-toned colors.

One other do it yourself wedding decorating idea found in the table decoration pictures that is not specifically mentioned in the text is that of arranging gold pebbles in a martini glass. One variation on that idea is to use gold sprayed unshelled hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts, and Brazil nuts. Guests will likely find such edible table top wedding decorations more appealing.

Another Christmas wedding theme idea found within the pages of FamilyCircle Big Book of Christmas: Great Holiday Recipes, Gifts and Decorating Ideas - on page 20 – is that of a Christmasy winter wonderland themed wedding where the wedding reception site is “a magical ice palace.” Several pages of gorgeous photos provide plenty of examples of what to look for in winter wonderland decorations. Start with a color scheme that uses white, icy blue, purple, and silver.

Among the winter wonderland wedding decorations you could do is a tabletop tree for the seating-card table and gift table similar to the one shown in the photo on page 21, in which “cosmic adornments – glass globes in translucent hues, swirling snowflakes and puffs of ‘stardust’ – are coupled with more earthy trims like silver-sprayed butterflies, shiny dragonflies and birds of a feather.”

A second take on a Christmas wedding theme focused on a winter wonderland themed wedding is found on page 28, which also fits well for those who want a white wedding theme. Table decoration pictures in this section show what to look for in winter wonderland decoration for this type of motif. Table top wedding decoration ideas include covering tables with “a sheer, starry cloth” and combining small “store-bought frosted trees” with tall white altar candles mounted atop clear candle holders to create reception table centerpieces. These ideas are also great winter wedding decorating ideas for buffet tables. Add a few pomanders crafted of faux white blossoms as chair back decorations.

As we have seen after investigating only one of the books on Christmas craft decorations, they are useful resources for tips on inexpensive ways to decorate a wedding reception as well as for coming up with a thematic framework for a Christmas wedding. Using the ideas presented in FamilyCircle Big Book of Christmas: Great Holiday Recipes, Gifts and Decorating Ideas, do-it-yourself wedding decorations that are actually hand-made or fashioned from store-bought materials and items can allow the bride and groom to add a stylish, distinctive character to their wedding affair that has the ability to make a lasting impression.