There are two instances wherein you would need to plan an outside wedding decoration. First, if you are holding the wedding ceremony in a church and the reception will be held in an outdoors setting. Second, if you are holding a garden wedding wherein both the ceremony and the reception will be held on an outdoors setting – like in a garden, a beautiful lawn or backyard. If you’re on a budget, having an outdoor wedding where both the ceremony and the reception will be held is a great idea. Not only will you be saving on location rental costs, but you will also give your guests the convenience of not having to travel from one location to another.
Before You Plan: Some Quick Tips for an Outside Wedding Decoration
Whether it is only the reception or both the ceremony and the reception which will be held outdoors, there are a few ‘golden’ rules that you should live by when it comes to your outside wedding decoration:
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- Use the natural beauty of the outdoors as a ‘base’ for your outside wedding decoration: Since you already have the beauty of nature to your advantage, what you can do is highlight the beauty of the setting that you are working with. For example, if there are lush trees or bushes surrounding the area where you will arrange the tables and chairs for your guests, use a string of white lights to accentuate all that green. You can use flowers or candles as centerpieces for the tables.
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- Blend in, don’t overpower: Another key tip when doing the outside wedding decoration is that you shouldn’t overpower the beauty of the outdoor setting. Instead, blend in your decors with the existing colors.
Sure, you can use one particular accent color that you like but make sure that it won’t clash with the earth tones which are already present on the location. Also take into consideration the colors of the season. One example is for a summer wedding, where you can fill a lovely bowl with water and use colorful fruit-shaped floating candles as the centerpiece on the tables. Spring is a great time to take your wedding decoration outdoors because of all the lovely colors that you can work with. A fall wedding can have a color scheme which centers around the shades of orange, yellow or red, while at a winter wedding you can go all blue and white and romantic.
Additional Outside Wedding Decoration Ideas
Now that you have an idea about the color schemes that you can use for your outside wedding decoration, here are a few more tips to keep in mind when planning an outdoor wedding reception or ceremony:
– Even if you’re holding a summer wedding where there is very little chance of rain, always keep a rented tent handy. There’s no sense in worrying about the weather – which is something that you can’t control – when there’s a perfectly sensible solution.
– It may not rain, but even the slightest wind may blow away those delicate tea light candles that you prepared. If you would like to have that romantic glow on the guests’ tables, make sure that the candles are covered and they are heavy enough to stand against wind gusts.
– Always go for flowers which are in season – not only will they save you on costs, but the colors of the blooms can easily blend with the setting. To sum it all up, the key to having lovely outside wedding decorations is to allow Mother Nature to reign by highlighting the beauty that’s already there in the location – and just adding special touches to complement the color scheme or theme of your wedding.