Decorating Pews for a Spring Wedding
Pew decorations welcome your wedding guests to their seats, brighten dark church interiors and provide stylish backdrops for photographs. The pastel colors and natural motifs of spring adorn bare pews with warmth and elegance. If you get married during the Easter season, you may be able to use your church's holiday decorations for your ceremony. Traditional Easter symbols such as lilies and doves blend easily into spring decorating schemes.
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Spring Colors
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Spring's delicate hues complement white and ivory wedding gowns and add a fresh touch to your wedding. Pew decorations in pale colors provide a striking contrast to the dark tones of polished wood. Celebrate spring with soft shades of robin's egg blue, blush pink, buttercup yellow, peach and lilac. For a coordinated look, decorate with the colors worn by your bridesmaids. Add leaf green accents to pastel color schemes for a lively splash of spring color.
Spring Flowers
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Fresh flowers add beauty and fragrance to your pew decorations. Take advantage of the abundance of spring-blooming bulbs such as daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. Purchase seasonal flowers from local florists or gather a bouquet from your garden. For a modern twist, create arrangements of flowering branches cut from forsythia shrubs and cherry trees. White Easter lilies and pastel roses are traditional choices for formal ceremonies. Display cut flowers in pew holders, or place pots of flowering bulbs on the floor next to the aisle pews.
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Bows, Swags and Wreaths
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Accentuate the airy feeling of spring with pew decorations in light, sheer fabrics. Avoid dark shades and heavy materials such as velvet. Dress up your pews with tissue paper wreaths in classic white or in colors matching the bridal party. Drape swags of organza, tulle or crepe paper across the ends of the pews to frame the center aisle. Connect all of the rows with swags or only the front rows reserved for family. Add bows made from the same material or in a contrasting shade.
Natural Motifs
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Seasonal symbols such as birds and butterflies enhance the natural theme of a spring wedding. Robin, bluebird and dove motifs add cheerful notes to pew bows. Use papier-mache craft birds for a casual wedding, or birds decorated with glitter and beads for more sparkle. Attach fabric or paper butterflies in spring colors to pew swags and flower arrangements. Clip butterfly hair ornaments to pew bookracks. Include a butterfly decoration for each guest to take home as a memento of your special day.
Considerations
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Before you start, determine whether your church permits pew decorations, or restricts using craft materials such as tacks, tape and wire on the pews. Attach your decorations with elastic bands and ribbons to avoid damaging the wood. Special holders designed for pew decorations are available from florists. If your church doesn't allow fresh flowers, substitute silk flowers and ivy garlands.
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