How to Make Your Own Wedding Car Decorations

Decorating a wedding car is a tradition and part of the ambiance the decorators provide the newly married couple. Give the just married ‘get away car’ a personal touch by making your own window clings. It is easy to do and the just married signs will be personal, can cling to the inside or outside of the car, and will send the bride and groom off in style.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Window Cling Paper
• Colored Printer

1. Wedding Car Decorations
   
   Use a graphic software on your computer. Depending on your artistic ability and how fancy you want the window clings to be use Photoshop, Quark, Microsoft Office Picture Manager, Paint, Illustrator, etc.

2. 
    
   Just Married Car Decorating

   Decorating Car with Pictures of the Couple
   
   Upload or scan in pictures of the couple in a variety of settings. Use their baby pictures, graduation from high school picture, when they are making a funny face, their engagement picture, a picture from the bachelorette or bachelor party, or any other picture you have that reflects the happy couple.

3. Ideas for Decorating the Bridal Car
   
   Find free wedding theme clip art on the Internet that you can use to make additional window clings. Some free wedding clip art websites include:
   • www.hellasmultimedia.com
   • www.webweaver.nu/clipart/wedding
   • www.bridalassociationofamerica.com/clipart
   • weddings.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Free_Wedding_Clipart

4. 
    
   Ideas For Decorating 'Get-Away' Car

   Just Married Signs
   
   Take the images you have gathered and create just married signs that are 8 ½” x 11”. Know what color car you will be decorating. If it is dark you will want to put a light background and a dark background or images if the car color is light. Read the directions for the window cling paper since some will require you to reverse your image on your graphic program before printing.
   
   When you are happy with your window cling wedding car decorations print them and have them ready for the big day.

Tips & Warnings

• Making your own wedding car decorations will make the Just Married couple smile and they can even take them off and keep them. This car decorating idea can be combined with others such as balloons, wedding flags, streamers, and window paint.

Resources

• How to Change Your Name After the Wedding
• How to Make Your Own Wedding Card
• How to Make a Wedding Toast Memorable

[veryirie]

on 5/12/2009 Never thought about doing this. Good ideas and fun for the newlyweds. Thanks!

[Mitestarossa]

on 5/8/2009 Great money saving ideas for weddings.

[geekmommy4]

on 5/8/2009 These are some really fun suggestions for car wedding decorations! Thanks!

[twincapes]

on 5/8/2009 Good ideas for wedding car decorations, thanks.

[JeanneGrunert]

on 5/8/2009 Great and fun ideas.