Do-it-yourself wedding decoration offers many ways for you to be very creative. You can incorporate your ideas to the entire setting; from the stage, reception (gallery) table, centerpiece, wedding ceremony arch, aisle to the photo-booth backdrop. The cost of personalizing the decor might be manageable, the effort not so. It certainly requires a substantial amount of time designing, crafting and putting up the decorations.
One of the loveliest ornaments in creating a romantic mood is the pomanders. This tutorial on “How to make paper flower poms” would come in handy.
How to make paper pomanders
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| Different ways of using artificial or fresh flowers balls to spruce up your wedding venue |
Some of the arrangements are pretty simple. What you need is the right combination of colors and textures to make everything go together wonderfully.
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| Mixture of flowers in different sizes, types, colors to form a unique arch |
Tutorial on how to make some cute paper flowers which can be used to construct a flower garland, be part of the ceremonial arch or the stage decor.
DIY paper flowers
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| Flower garland |
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| Creative wedding backdrops. Left: Draw/ write the bride & groom’s names on a blackboard with chalks. Right: Simple ribbon or paper strips |
Here’s the step-by-step DIY paper wheel backdrop instructions: http://ruffledblog.com/diy-paper-wheels-backdrop/
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| Artistic backdrop made of paper wheels of assorted colors |
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| Cool idea: dangling flowers in bottles |
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| Easy way to display your wedding photos and be part of the decor at the same time |
To buy colored fabrics, materials for DIY decorations, try:
- Apple House Enterprise | Klang | Contacts – Jul 2013: “I bought a lot of fake flowers and different coloured fabrics from a shop called Apple House Enterprise in Klang. Almost the entire wedding decorations were made out of materials from this shop. I also bought ready-made corsages from the same place.”
Sources: holiday-crafts-and-creations, stylemepretty, greenweddingshoes, onefabday
