You’ll need to be the best stand-in temporary wedding planner your guests have ever seen if you’re one of the many couples who are either decor-savvy or budget-friendly and prefer to tackle the planning process independently. We’ve compiled a list of simple and classy do-it-yourself wedding decoration ideas to help you and your partner plan the big day.
Those of you who aren’t particularly crafty shouldn’t worry; all of the ideas here are doable without a lot of special training or equipment. DIY wedding table decorations including inexpensive flower arrangements, table runners, and centrepieces, as well as string lights that can be hung by anybody, are all fair game.
FAQs About Wedding Venue
Can You Make Your Wedding Decorations?
Creating your decor can be a great way to destress while personalising your reception to match your dream vision. DIY wedding decorations are a great option for people who want to handle the wedding planning themselves or bring personality into the decor.
What Are The Things You Can Diy For Your Wedding?
- Ring Pillow.
- Flower Girl Basket.
- Wedding Signage.
- The Favours.
- The Welcome Bags.
- Ceremony Décor.
- Table Numbers.
- Ceremony Program.
How Can I Make My Wedding Look Expensive?
- Scour your decor home.
- Make double use of flowers.
- Borrow from friends and family.
- Make it metallic!
- Fancy up your linens.
- Brighten up the space.
- Forage the outdoors.
- Get fancy with writing.
How Can I Decorate My Wedding?
- Use Items From Your Home.
- DIY Wedding Décor.
- Repurpose Ceremony Décor.
- Think Outside The Box For Centrepieces.
- Drape Lights To Transform Your Reception Space.
- Add Florals And Greenery.
- Rent Items To Save Your Wedding Budget.
How Do You Make Your Centrepiece?
- Wine Bottles Sprayed Gold and Filled with Flowers.
- Wicker Baskets with Fresh or Dried Flowers.
- Wooden Crates Filled with Flowers.
- Potted Orchid Centrepieces.
- Painted Pumpkin Vases.
- Bright Flowers in Coloured Glass.
- Buckets Filled with Flowers.
- Decorated Branches.
Initiate a Visual Visitor Book
Take the place of a traditional guestbook with a keepsake book in which visitors can add polaroids they took of themselves during your wedding day. You might ask people to sign their photo with a special note or offer marriage tips.
Make A Canopy For The Reception Table
Who hasn’t gawked in awe at a garden setting with trellises meal arrangement? However, let’s say your outside site doesn’t have this option built-in, or you have your party indoors. In that situation, it’s not difficult to construct a canopy and decorate it with thriving plants and colourful flowers. In design, it resembles a miniature ceremonial arch.
Do Some Leaf Art
Nothing beats the price of leaves when it comes to saving money. They can serve as chargers, table numbers, escort cards, and exit tosses if they are large enough. A gold pen and neat handwriting can stand in for calligraphy skills.
Consider Your Table Settings in Visual Terms
Creating a beautiful tablescape is not rocket science. You won’t need much more than some plates, cutlery, a table napkin (for decency’s sake), and, if you choose, place cards for your dinner guests. Then, pick one component to serve as the visual focal point of each scene.
Brushed gold flatware, for instance, adds a touch of texture and coordinates beautifully with the woven blush-coloured tablecloths.
Alternatively, you could make the plates the focal point by selecting a set with a detailed print or by opting for a mismatched, edgy appearance.
Use a Range of Glassware Colors
If you want to add a pop of colour to your tablescape, try setting it with tinted glasses for a modern twist. Your table can have a uniform burst of colour if you use the same hues, or you can create a more collected look by mixing and matching colours in different tones, which is fantastic if you’re using vintage items or things you already own. We tend to favour the blue and amber hues.
Fresh Herbs for the Finishing Touch
Getting your wedding decorations from a local supermarket or farmer’s market is a great idea. Herbs add a pleasant perfume and a burst of freshness to a party and lend an air of natural elegance.
Place a sprig on each place setting, use them to garnish drinks, and place potted versions of them around the room. We like the concept of using just herbs already present in the menu items to create anticipation in the dining experience.
Try New Things With Old Wine Bottles
In between sips, find new uses for your wine bottles. Use them as flower vases for centrepieces or water cold drinks for the tables in stead of usual signage. They work especially well in a vineyard setting. In the end, not even the corks will be wasted.
Add a Fruit Accent
Yet another triumph for inexpensive wedding decorations found in the grocery store. Mixed fruit and floral centrepieces are a favourite of ours. Choose seasonal fare like citrous fruits in season for splashes of vivid hues or fall’s bounty of apples, pomegranates, persimmons, and pears. But don’t forget about the vegetables; artichokes, in particular, have been put to some ingenious uses.
Cluster Floral Centrepieces
Grouping vases together is an easy and inexpensive method to make a show-stopping centrepiece. Use a variety of small vases, glass bottles, and miscellaneous household items of varying sizes, colours, and forms to create a unique display. Then, break them down into individual stems and arrange them in small vases to make those inexpensive. Flowers picked out of the produce section look more like stylish floral arrangements.
Distribute Taper Candles of Various Colors
Because of their low cost, taper candles can illuminate a tabletop without breaking the bank. While ivory is always a safe bet, don’t discount the eye-catching potential of coloured taper candles. Gorgeously fanciful are pastel blue and pink candles in gilded candlesticks; pleasantly rustic are light wood and beige candlesticks; and stunningly opulent and dramatic are navy blue and black candles in ornate, brass candlesticks.
Repurpose Your Napkins As Placemats
If you already have all you need, there’s no use in spending money on unnecessary props. Those linen napkins are like the Swiss Army knives of table settings. Folding your napkin into a pocket reveals a concealed compartment, perfect for concealing your place card and silverware.
Candlesticks as Ornaments
Candleholders are a great way to give your reception centrepieces some more height. Try a more interesting, diverse look by combining different colours and sizes. Experiment with materials like polished metals, natural wood, and cylindrical votives to create a multidimensional effect.
Showcase Flower Arrangements in a Window Box
Compared to traditional floral arrangements, potted plants feel more natural and refreshing. Make use of the plants as table runners, centrepieces, and stairway decorations.
Fresh daisies and basil repotted in whimsical, vintage canisters for an added boost of colour are highly suggested despite the fact that simple terra cotta is typically the definition of picturesque elegance.
Play Around With Runners for Your Tables
There is an abundance of inexpensive yet visually arresting table runner alternatives, from trailing fabrics to stalks of eucalyptus, surges of olive twigs, and strewn flower petals. Select the most appropriate media to complement your wedding’s aesthetic, and skilfully slink it over tables.
Always Remember The Table Legs.
It’s easy to get carried away with arranging table décor and centrepieces and overlook the table ends, which serve as the structural backbone of your arrangement. Use table ends with the same flowers, foliage, and colour scheme as the rest of your tablescape to maintain cohesion. Keep things stacked together for a full, multi-level appearance. Candles to light the tables should also be included.
Don’t Let Drapery Intimidate You.
Putting up drapes can look daunting and intricate; on the other hand, all you truly need is a ladder and an understanding of the room’s dimensions. A few well-placed fabric panels can do wonders for a space, whether you’re looking to make it cosier, make a larger room feel cosier, inject some airiness into a room full of dark wood, or make the most of the decorative potential of a vaulted ceiling.
Customise Labels
Personalised wine labels are a simple way to add a touch of elegance and sophistication to your wedding celebration. Personalise everything from water bottles to favours by ordering pre-made templates, using a label, and printing off your own labels on paper.
Design the Dance Floor
When you want your visitors to start moving, point them in the direction of the dance floor. Since minimisation of mess is of paramount importance, look no farther than the roof for your blank slate. Decorating the ceiling above the dance floor with disco balls, garlands, paper lanterns, balloons, light fixtures, or flowers always sends the right message.
Embellish the Trees
Putting on a party outside is a great chance to decorate with imagination. Lanterns, hanging lights, and paper cutouts from tree branches create the atmosphere of a fairy tale.
Organise the Sweets
If you ask any wedding guest, they will tell you that edible decorations make the nicest centrepieces, and we won’t be surprised. Decorate a dessert table by placing a variety of little candies, chocolates, and biscuits in decorative glass jars. In addition to displaying the delicious contents within, the jars will provide additional depth and shape to the display.
DIY Favours
DIYing some wedding favours is a fun project. Naturally, we gravitate towards culinary varieties and enjoy sharing our culture through this endeavour. So, make some cookies, fill some glass vials with olive oil from the area, and fill some jars with honey and jam to give to your guests.
Picture-Perfect Lanterns
Chic and trendy lanterns are a must-have for any wedding, but they can quickly become a major financial burden. That’s no longer the case! You can make one of these stunningly fashionable accessories for only ten dollars. To accomplish the look,
- First, take the frames apart by taking out the glass and backing them.
- Hot glue the four frames together after spray painting them gold.
- Put in new glass and have fun decorating!
Stylish DIY Send-Off
Simple doesn’t even begin to describe the difficulty level of this do-it-yourself endeavour. Construct your wedding send-off cones from patterned cardstock in the wedding colours. For a photo-worthy and unforgettable send-off, fill the cones with birdseed, fresh flower petals, or hand-cut (eco-friendly) confetti.
Vintage Charm
Place settings made from mismatched vintage plates found at thrift stores will add a touch of retro chic to your tablescape. Then, for a splash of colour, fill a plain white teacup with a plethora of freshly cut, colourful seasonal flowers. This method is great for informal spring outdoor parties or small family get-togethers.
Cool + Custom Touch
Create attractive, functional fans for each chair to keep visitors cool throughout the outdoor event. You can buy plain white paper fans online and then decorate them with paint to match your wedding’s theme and colour scheme. A vibrant fuchsia floral border frames the hand-lettered names in this playful design. The fan base is tied with a pale pink tassel, giving it a chic, boho appearance that your guests will love.
Conclusion
In order to aid you and your future spouse in the wedding preparations, we have created a list of easy and elegant wedding decoration ideas that you may make yourselves. Cheap flower arrangements, table runners, and centrepieces, as well as string lights that anybody can hang, are all acceptable DIY wedding table decorations. You can skip the guestbook and have guests sign a keepsake book with photos they took during the wedding instead. Tinted glasses are a great way to give your tablescape a dash of colour while still maintaining a sleek, contemporary feel. A party enhanced with herbs has a nice aroma, a burst of freshness, and a touch of natural sophistication.
Instead of conventional tableware, you can use empty wine bottles to hold flowers or cool drinks. Add some height to your reception centrepieces with candleholders. Taper candles are a cost-effective way to add ambience to a table without going overboard. Use a variety of colours and sizes to create a more eye-catching, eclectic ensemble. Use different textures and shapes, such as cylinder votives, raw wood, and polished metals, to make a statement.
Outdoor parties are perfect for showcasing creative decorating ideas. Fairy-tale ambience is achieved by stringing paper cutouts and lanterns from tree branches. Since keeping clutter to a minimum is of the utmost importance, the ceiling is the ideal place to start. To spruce up a dessert table, fill pretty jars with sweet treats like chocolates, cookies, and sweets. Do-it-yourself. Throwing birdseed, flower petals, or hand-cut (environmentally safe) confetti out of cones makes for a photo-worthy send-off.
Content Summary
- Suppose you’re one of the numerous couples who are either decor-savvy or budget-friendly and prefer to approach the planning process independently. In that case, you’ll need to be the best stand-in temporary wedding planner your guests have ever seen.
- In order to aid you and your future spouse in the wedding preparations, we have created a list of easy and elegant wedding decoration ideas that you may make yourselves.
- Even if you don’t consider yourself to be particularly creative, you won’t need a lot of experience or specific tools to implement the ideas presented here.
- Cheap flower arrangements, table runners, and centrepieces, as well as string lights that anybody can hang, are all acceptable DIY wedding table decorations.
- Substitute a memento book for the standard guestbook, and have guests add polaroids they took of themselves to it.
- Under those conditions, erecting a canopy and adorning it with flourishing plants and vibrant flowers is a simple task.
- When looking for ways to save money, nothing surpasses the price of leaves.
- You can get away with setting the table with just plates, silverware, napkins (for decorum’s sake), and place cards (but it’s not required).
- The next step is to determine what element will act as the scene’s primary visual interest.
- Choose a set with a detailed print, or go for a mismatched, edgy look, and the plates will become the showpiece of the table.
- Tinted glasses are a great way to give your tablescape a dash of colour while still maintaining a sleek, contemporary feel.
- It’s a good idea to get the decorations for your wedding from a grocery store or a farmer’s market close to where you live.
- Repurpose your empty wine bottles as you wait for your next glass.
- Make do with them as flower vases for centre pieces or water cold drinks for the tables in place of the regular signage.
- Another successful use of grocery store wedding décor on a budget.
- The use of a collection of vases as a centrepiece is a simple and inexpensive way to generate a dramatic display.
- Create a one-of-a-kind arrangement by using containers of varied heights, widths, and colours.
- Candles of various hues should be passed around.
- Taper candles are a cost-effective way to add ambience to a table without going overboard.
- Although it’s hard to go wrong with classic ivory, don’t overlook the eye-catching potential of coloured taper candles.
- You can use your napkins as placemats.
- It would be wasteful to buy extra props if all the necessities were already at hand.
- Those linen napkins serve as multi-tool placemats.
- Add some height to your reception centrepieces with candleholders.
- The potted plants are a much more natural and energising alternative to the typical flower arrangements.
- Use the plants as decor on the stairs, in the centre of tables, or as table runners.
- Carefully drape the media you’ve chosen over the tables so that it complements the overall theme of your event.
- It’s easy to get caught up in placing the tablecloth and centrepieces and forget about the table ends, which provide the framework for your display.
- Make sure your table ends to match the rest of your tablescape in terms of flowers, greenery, and colour scheme.
- Do not separate items; instead, keep them stacked to create the impression of depth and depths.
- Drapery installation may appear complex and difficult, but in reality, all you need is a ladder and some familiarity with the room’s size.
- If you want to soften the look of a room, make a larger one feel cosier, add some brightness to a space that’s otherwise dominated by dark wood, or make the most of the artistic potential of a vaulted ceiling, a few strategically placed fabric panels may do wonders.
- You can easily add a touch of class and sophistication to your wedding with personalised wine labels.
- Create custom labels for anything from water bottles to party favours with a little help from a label maker, some paper, and a few pre-made patterns.
- Inviting your guests to get up and get moving might be as simple as directing them to the dance floor that you’ve meticulously prepared for them.
- Decorations hung from the ceiling above the dance floor, such as disco balls, garlands, paper lanterns, balloons, light fixtures, or flowers, always set the mood.
- Outdoor parties are perfect for showcasing creative decorating ideas.
- We wouldn’t be shocked if a poll of all wedding guests revealed that everyone agrees that edible decorations make the best table centrepieces.
- Place an assortment of little sweets, chocolates, and biscuits in pretty jars to spruce up a dessert table.
- Making your own wedding favours may be a lot of fun.
- In that case, whip up some biscuits, fill some glass vials with local olive oil, and stock some jars with honey and jam to offer to your guests.
- Elegant and fashionable lanterns are a requirement for every wedding, but they can add up quickly.
- One of these stunning fashion accessories costs less than 10 bucks to produce.
- To achieve this effect, first remove the glass and backing from the frames.
- Get some new panes and have some fun with the interior design.
- The word “simple” does not do justice to the complexity of this DIY project.
- Make your own wedding send-off cones using patterned cardstock in the wedding colours.
- Fill the cones with birdseed, fresh flower petals, or hand-cut (environmentally friendly) confetti for a photo-worthy and memorable send-off.
- Make fans that are both aesthetically pleasing and practical for each chair during the outdoor event.
- Paper fans in a plain white colour can be purchased online and then painted to match the wedding’s design and colour scheme.
