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To me, there’s nothing like a spring or summer wedding on a beautiful warm day with new blooming flowers and romance in the air. In fact, many other couples agree and want to have their weddings in the spring and summer months. There’s just something about the newness of spring and the beauty of the wild life coming back after a cold winter that makes spring that much more enjoyable. As I’ve mentioned before, there are so many different ways for you to decorate your wedding in the spring or summer that can not only be decorations, but a celebration of the season. One of those decorations that I’ve mentioned is fruit. Now you’re thinking, Sarah you’re crazy, what can you do with fruit? The answer is plenty! Here are some great examples of wedding decorations with fruit.

Submerged Fruit in Water

What a fresh and trendy potential wedding centerpiece! Just grab a bunch of lemons and limes, cut them in half and submerge them in water in a big beautiful vase. The lemons and limes will keep their vibrant color and will make a beautiful centerpiece. Any size or shape of vase will work wonderfully.

Submerged Fruit with Candles or Flowers

Another twist that you can add to the option above is to place some floating candles in the water above the fruit to add a romantic glow to your wedding reception tables. If you are not able to use candles in your wedding reception, then consider filling the vases only half full of fruit and water, and then placing a small bouquet of colorful flowers in the vase as well. I’ve seen this done before and the effect is beautiful. If you are on a tight budget, then use a vase with a wider mouth, with just a few blooms on top of the water to float. This is a truly elegant and beautiful centerpiece.

Fruit Tower Centerpieces

Another fun idea for using fruit in your wedding decorations are some fruit towers. I’m not sure of the specific name of them, but they are basically a tower of stacked fruit which sits on a flower pot vase of some kind. From what I understand, they are pretty easy to make, and you can find lots of great instructions for making them on the internet.

These are a great way to add some color and height to your reception centerpieces as well. Fruit is a beautiful and inexpensive choice for wedding centerpieces. I’ve only mentioned using lemons and limes, but you can also use oranges, grapes and whole pineapples to help create the beautiful wedding look that you are going for. If you’ve used fruit before in decorating, or have seen a particular wedding centerpiece done with fruit that you loved, then please comment and let me know about it!

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I understand that when you are doing your wedding planning, one of the hardest decisions you will have to make (and you’ll have to make a lot of hard decisions) is what kind of wedding reception decorations you are going to use to create the wedding reception of your dreams. If you’ve been to any number of weddings, then I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of the same small flower arrangement on each table, or candles. Those are two of the most popular wedding reception decorations that you can use without really breaking the bank. But what if you aren’t having a themed wedding per se, and you still want your wedding reception decorations to pop? I’ve been looking around on the Internet, and seeing what other people have done, and have been thinking about it myself to try and come up with some more totally unique wedding reception decorations, and I’ve got a few that I really think are great.

Wedding Reception Decorations Celebrating Couples

One thing a friend of mine is working on for her wedding reception decorations is to celebrate love through the use of pictures. She is requesting that her married guests send in a wedding picture of themselves that they are going to blow up and hang around their reception hall. Pictures of the bride and groom will of course be hanging up as well. This is a great set of wedding reception decorations that are fun to look at, remember, guess who each couple is, or laugh at the styles during that time period. Print off the pictures in black in white so that they will all “match” somewhat, and pair it off with some flowers to help set the room off. Trust me though, not many people will be looking away from the pictures.

Wedding Reception Decorations with Fabric

One great wedding reception decoration that you can use that won’t really break the bank is colored fabric. I’ve seen some beautiful creations of different colored fabric draped from the ceiling, or draped and looped around the room that really adds a lot of color and depth to the room. Any colors will work, perhaps the colors of your wedding, or just a plain white can really look elegant as well. Depending on the height of your reception hall, you may need ladders and lots of people to help to make it really give off the look you want. So play around with it until you find the look you are going for.

Your wedding reception decorations should help you to create the look you have always dreamed of for your wedding. If you are going for simple and classic, or elaborate and elegant, there are plenty of ideas for every kind of look you want to go for. For more wedding reception ideas and advice, check out my previous article on the subject, called Wedding Reception Decorations. And, if always, if you have any other questions or need any other help, then be sure to write in and ask. Also, if you have some ideas of something that you have seen and loved and want to share, please write in and let us know. Until then, happy wedding planning. Don’t get too stressed out.

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Wedding reception decorations can help to set the mood for your special day, whether you’re planning a large elaborate wedding or a smaller, more intimate gathering. No matter what kind of wedding reception you are planning, at some point you are going to need to decide what kind of wedding reception decorations you’re going to use at your reception. This can be difficult to decide, as there are many different ways to decorate a reception hall to complete the dream wedding that you have in your head. Granted, there are lots of different ideas for wedding reception decorations that you can use that will work wonderfully and create the look you’ve always dreamed of. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that any kind of wedding reception decorations will work best for your situation. There are several things you need to consider when determining what kind of wedding reception decorations you are going to use.

Have a Budget for Your Wedding Reception Decorations

If you’re not careful, your wedding reception decorations can take up a huge chunk of your budget, but this doesn’t have to be the case. At a minimum, wedding reception decorations should include table linens and a centerpiece. Your wedding reception decorations are important because your guests typically will be spending more time in at reception than they will be at your wedding ceremony. One great way to save costs is to enlist friends and family to transport some of your wedding ceremony decorations to the wedding reception site. This way your flower arrangements and other decorations can do double duty and you’ll get more use out of them. I had two large white flower arrangements on the altar of our church, and once they were brought over to our reception, they made excellent arrangements for our cake table and signing table. Look for great ways to stay within your budget for your wedding reception decorations.

Decide if You Need Wedding Reception Decorations

I know, this seems to contradict some of the other points I’ve already said about how they are important, but let me explain. Depending on the location of your wedding reception, you may not need as many wedding reception decorations as you would normally. For example, our wedding reception venue was located on the edge of a lake, with big beautiful bay windows and lots of beautiful landscaping. With the windows open, our guests got a beautiful view of the landscaping, and then of a beautiful sunset on the lake. Because most of our guests were focused on the beauty out the windows, we didn’t need as many wedding reception decorations than if we had rented a windowless room somewhere else. If your reception will be in a hotel lobby or another location that’s already nicely decorated, you might not need many wedding reception decorations after all, which will also help with your budget I was talking about before.

Another fun aspect of wedding reception decorations to consider is that decorations that can be used after the reception will more than pay for themselves. For our reception, I used artificial flower arrangements, and today these flower arrangements add beauty and memories to our home. Regardless of what kind of wedding reception decorations you use, you will want to make your wedding reception your very own. The right combination of wedding reception decorations will help to create the atmosphere you have been looking for, whether they be romantic, elegant or playful. Wedding decorations may not make up a huge part of the budget, but they play an important role in setting the stage for the mood of the ceremony and reception. For more great wedding reception decoration ideas, check out my other article, More Wedding Reception Decorations.

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