Decoration Ideas for a Summer Outdoor Wedding
The date is set and the planning for a summer wedding has begun. When planning an outdoor wedding, couples must pay attention to a multitude of details, including decorations for the ceremony and the reception. An outdoor venue has the benefit of creating a naturally beautiful backdrop for the special day. With some other decorations that highlight the stage set by the great outdoors, couples will make their wedding more memorable for everyone involved.
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Flowers
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Tulips can be part of a simple floral arrangement. Flowers are an important part of any wedding, regardless of the time of the year. Couples can pick flowers that are especially fitting for an outdoor summer event. Gold, orange and tangerine long-stemmed tulips and calla lilies make a simple floral arrangement. Place the flowers in a clear or white vase, or bind together the stems with gold ribbon, then stand them on their own.
Lanterns
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Lanterns add a magical feel to an outdoor summer wedding. While candles lend a luminous glow to the tables below, lanterns can dress up nearby trees and provide a romantic ambiance to an outdoor reception area. Star-shaped lanterns add bursts of color to a tropical or brightly colored reception. Red and gold spherical lanterns add a hip feeling to the reception. For a more subtle effect, use simple white rectangular lanterns.
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Food and Beverage Display
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A pitcher filled with lemonade and freshly sliced lemons makes a beautiful display. When decorating for a wedding, it is easy to undervalue the appearance of the food and drinks. The presentation of these important parts of any reception can truly be a work of art. For instance, in an outdoor fiesta-themed wedding, a curvaceous pitcher filled with ruby colored sangria and slices of fruit can be a stunning decoration. For a charming, sugary sweet reception, placing different flavors of lemonades in large glass dispensers, or setting up a candy table with plates of petit fours, trees of lollipops and towers of cupcakes is sure to impress the guests.
Flower Petal Pathway
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Lead the way to the reception with a path of flower petals. A pathway paved in flower creates a dramatic entrance to an outdoor reception. The people decorating the venue can spread a lush trail of flower petals on the grass, making a path that will lead guests to the reception site. To adapt this decoration to any wedding's color scheme, use petals in a color that will best match the rest of the decor. To help light the way, place clear containers with water and floating candles or torches along the path.
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References
- Photo Credit tulip 2 image by Nikita Mironov from Fotolia.com chinese lanterns image by Karin Lau from Fotolia.com homemade lemonade image by Steve Lovegrove from Fotolia.com Petals on road image by Aliaksandr Zabudzko from Fotolia.com
