Your wedding decor helps set the mood and bring your wedding theme to life. While event designers can create lavish floral arrangements, drapery, and candlescapes, those services also come with a hefty price tag. For budget-friendly brides, DIY wedding decor is a great option. You can create a gorgeous ambiance with inexpensive accents that reflect your personal style as a couple. Here are seven wedding decoration ideas that are as affordable as they are beautiful.
1. Floating Candles And Flowers
Transform any wedding venue into a romantic space using floating candles and flower petals. Purchase flameless LED candles and scatter them along with fresh flower petals in a fountain, pool, or clear vase. The flickering glow of the candles paired with the softness of the petals create a dreamy feel for a ceremony or reception. Best of all, you can customize the colors to match your wedding palette.
2. Crepe Paper Streamers
Add a pop of color and whimsy to your wedding decor with crepe paper streamers. Buy a pack of colored crepe paper and have fun with different patterns like zigzags, swirls, or ombre. Drape streamers from the ceiling, across walls, or behind your sweetheart’s table for a festive accent. They make a huge impact for very little cost and come in every color. For bohemian-inspired weddings, crepe paper pom poms also make a great alternative to fresh flowers.
3. Chalkboard Signs
Personalize your space with DIY chalkboard signs. Purchase plain wooden boards or repurpose old frames and paint them with chalkboard paint. Write out your welcome message, bar menu, table assignments, or whatever else in your own handwriting using chalk. Chalkboards are endlessly versatile, affordable, and a perfect rustic or vintage detail for indoor or outdoor weddings. They can also later be repurposed as home decor or for milestone anniversaries.
4. Fairy Lights
Fairy or string lights instantly create a warm, twinkly glow that lifts the ambiance of any wedding. Wrap them around trees, drape them from the ceiling, or use them to accent specific areas like behind your sweetheart’s table, over the dance floor, or at the bar. Battery-powered lights mean you have flexibility in where to place them without needing outlets. They bring an enchanting, whimsical touch that your guests are sure to love.
5. Greenery Garlands
For timeless wedding decor with an organic feel, make your own greenery garlands. Gather eucalyptus, lavender, rosemary and other fragrant herbs then string them together using twine, ribbon, or fishing line for lush garlands. Drape the garlands across tables, staircases, doorways, or walls. The fresh foliage adds life and a touch of natural, woodsy perfume that gives the perfect finishing touch to DIY farmhouses, vineyards, or garden weddings held at rustic wedding venues in Arizona and beyond.
6. Framed Table Numbers
Give standard table numbers an upgrade by framing vintage mirrors, postcards, or sheet music to display the number. Start by purchasing a mixed set of vintage mirrors, postcards, or sheet music as well as table number stands. Attach a table number to the center of each mirror or piece of ephemera and display it on the stands at each table. Your guests will appreciate the extra touch and framed pieces can have a second life as home decor after the wedding.
7. Washi Tape Aisle Runner
Guide guests to their seats in a colorful, craft-inspired way by using washi tape to create your aisle runner. Purchase patterned washi tape that matches your wedding colors and use it to make stripes down a bare floor aisle. The stripes will lead guests to their seats while also highlighting your walk down the aisle during the ceremony. Remove the tape easily after the wedding without leaving behind residue. This inexpensive DIY aisle runner packs a punch and works for casual, rustic, or boho weddings.
