A good friend of mine at our church got married a few years ago in January, and she chose to use a winter wonderland theme for her wedding. Now, while I was not able to attend the ceremony due to a prior engagement, I have heard a lot about it, and have even seen numerous pictures of how they transformed our tiny country church into a beautiful winter wonderland. The wedding reception was absolutely beautiful, and I know that it was done on a budget. Winter wonderland themes for weddings are really very popular, and can be totally different from weddings with a Christmas theme. In fact, I have decided to start a whole series on winter weddings, since there really isn’t that much information that you can find about it. See my previous article, Winter Wedding Ideas Part 1, or just check out everything in my winter weddings articles by looking at the Winter Weddings category. But, to get on with the article, this is just to help give you an idea of what to use for winter wedding ideas for church decorations, here are some great ideas to help you get started with the creativity.
Winter Wedding Ideas with Fake Snow
You just can’t have a winter wedding without some kind of fake snow. Even if you are like us here in Texas and almost never see snow, a winter wonderland wedding just isn’t the same without snow. So, a great idea for church decorations in a winter wedding is to use fake snow, which comes several different ways. One way that you can find fake snow is to buy the packages of white cloth sheets which are made to look like snow. Lay it out around the platform and in window sills. Then sprinkle snowflake confetti or other shiny confetti over the fake snow to help it glow. Another great idea for using fake snow in a winter wonderland wedding is to get the spray and spray at the corners and edges of windows (might want to get permission for this before spraying). This will help give the feel of a beautiful outdoor winter wonderland wedding.
Winter Wedding Ideas with Christmas Lights
Despite popular belief that Christmas lights can only be used in Christmas weddings, its wrong. I happen to think that beautiful white twinkly Christmas lights can help give off a beautiful glow and romantic feel to a winter wonderland wedding. Wrap some trees with lights and sprinkle fake snow on some trees, or drape the lights around the room and you’ll find that the effects are beautiful.
Winter Wedding Ideas with Characters
One thing that my friend did in her winter wonderland wedding was to add some characters. For example, some wooden reindeer and other animals up on the platform really helped make the church platform look like a winter wonderland. Then, she had several flower girls (6 or more I believe) , and the dresses that they wore dressed them up like beautiful little sugar plum fairies complete with the wings. Also, snowmen and other fun characters can be added into your winter wonderland theme to help complete the look.
There are so many different winter wedding ideas that you can use to decorate your church with. If anyone has any other questions, or need some more ideas to help them get started, don’t hesitate to write and ask, I’ve seen lots of winter weddings and can help with ideas. Also, if you had a winter wonderland wedding and would like to share something special that you did and really loved, please let us know!
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