Butterfly Theme Wedding: Create Your Own Delicate, Magical Celebration

Butterflies symbolize transformation and rebirth, appropriate for a wedding theme. Butterfly wedding decorations also add a whimsical touch with little effort. Whether your wedding colors are jewel tones or pastels, you can find butterfly decor that will match. You can add butterflies to floral arrangements, centerpieces, and even cake decorations. The following ideas will hopefully provide you with some inspiration on how to best include butterflies in your wedding decorations.

Butterfly Theme Wedding Invitations

The type of wedding invitations you choose will set the mood for your guest. Fortunately, many wedding stationary companies have come out with several different styles of butterfly wedding invitations. If you want an elegant feel for your wedding, you may want to choose embossed butterflies on white paper. However, if your preference is for a more casual atmosphere, you can decide on colorfully printed butterfly stationary.

Butterfly Theme Wedding Decorations

Butterflies can show up anyplace in your wedding decorations. You may choose to tuck jeweled butterflies in your bridesmaids’ bouquet or give them a butterfly charm necklace to wear. You can ask your florist to attach one or two medium size butterflies in your larger floral arrangements. Butterfly napkin rings will be a conversation piece at your reception tables. Let your guest unexpectedly discover butterflies throughout your wedding day.

Butterfly Friendly Flowers

Instead of using traditional roses and orchids in your floral arrangements, use flowers that attract butterflies. Butterflies like bright, fragrant flowers, such as sweet peas and phlox. There are dozen of choices to pick from, but ask your florist which ones will work as cut flowers.

Send Butterfly Wishes

A whimsical wedding favor is to send flower seeds that attract butterflies with your guest. Some companies offer paper shaped butterflies that are embedded with wildflower seeds. You can also package butterfly attracting flower seeds, such as sweet pea, milkweed and lupine, in butterfly boxes with directions on how to plant. Instead of seeds, you may choose to fill the boxes with chocolates or candy. Another option is to send butterfly-shaped soaps or candles home with guest.

Butterfly Wedding Cake Decorations

There are several ways to include butterflies on your wedding cake. You can choose to have edible butterflies included in a couple of ways. The first way is to order edible paper butterflies. These are inexpensive and they look almost lifelike. The second possibility is to use candy butterflies made out of sugar, chocolate, or marzipan. If you have a skilled cake decorator, they can also create butterflies out of frosting. Plastic or beaded butterflies can also top your cake, especially if you choose to use cut flowers on your cake.

Releasing Live Butterflies

For a breathtaking ending to your day, have guests release live butterflies rather than throw the traditional rice. In order for the butterflies to take flight, the temperatures will need to be above 62 degrees and it will still need to be daylight. Choose a company that will ship indigenous butterflies, so future generations can survive in your area.

At the end of the day, a few additions of butterfly theme wedding decorations creates an aura of delicate and magical romance that will remind you and your guests of the new life you are starting together as a couple.