Wedding Ideas for a Black & White Theme With Red Roses

Make red roses central to your wedding.

Brides and grooms seeking a wedding with a clean and classic feel may be well-served by adopting a black and white color scheme and incorporate the reflective-of-love red roses. If you elect to utilize this crisp, clean color palette, there are many accents that you can use to reflect this theme. By integrating as many of these accents as possible into your overall wedding design, you can make your event cohesive and unified.

Newsprint Decoupage Red Rose Vessel

When many people hear black and white, their minds may turn to newsprint. Use this naturally black-and-white material in your wedding decor as a whimsical and uncommon accent. Add this material to pre-made pieces through the use of decoupage. For example, to craft a card box for your gift table, purchase an unfinished wooden box and paint it with a mixture of two parts school glue and one part water. Press strips or squares of newsprint onto the surface, then add more glue and water mixture and repeat. After covering your box as you like, and allowing it to dry, shellac your creation to make it more lasting and give it the ability to stand up to use. Finish the creation by placing red rose petals in the vessel as an accent and to tie in the rose portion of your theme. Use this same process to cover anything you wish, from wooden candle holders around which you can scatter red rose petals, to a bowl into which you intend to place a mixture of red rose petals and wedding favors. Using this uncommon decorating idea is particularly appropriate if the couple in question shares a passion for reading.

Floating Candles and Flower Centerpieces

Create an attention-getting centerpiece reflective of your chosen color palette by crafting a floating candles and flower centerpiece. To create this centerpiece, gather a large transparent glass bowl and a tall transparent glass vase. Fill your vase with clear and black glass pebbles, water, and a dozen or so red roses, and set it into the center of your bowl. Fill the bowl with water, and set floating black and white candles in this liquid. Light the candles right before guests arrive to allow the flickering candlelight to make the glass receptacles shimmer and shine.

Zebra Print Accents

Zebras are known for their natural beauty and their distinctive pattern. Integrate this black and white pattern into your black and white wedding. Purchase zebra print ribbons, and wrap them around the red rose bouquets that the members of the bridal party will carry. Use zebra print fabric to create chair covers to decorate potentially unsightly chairs, or craft tablecloths and napkins with zebra prints to give your wedding the feel of a wild and exotic adventure, while still keeping the affair a refined one.

Thematic Hair Designs

Don't save all the red roses for the bouquets, but instead integrate some into your hair designs. If the members of the bridal party are all having their hair done by the same person, arm this individual with several dozen red roses, and ask him to integrate them into the hair design he plans as much as possible. Also consider asking him to place black and white ribbons or barrettes in each head of hair to ensure that, even from the back, the members of the bridal party reflect the desired theme.

References

• WeddingThemeIdeas: Black and White Wedding Theme
• Beyond the Bride: Black and White Theme