Blue Wedding Decorations

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Have the Blue Wedding of Your Dreams

You'll want to have a variety of blue wedding decorations if you decide to go with a blue color theme for your wedding, like my sister did at her nuptials.

As you can see from the picture, a bridal bouquet with blue and white flowers can be very striking! It's another reason why you should choose blue as your wedding color. In addition, there are tons of blue decorating items available, from candles to tulle to ribbons to tablecloths and more. The world is your oyster when you decide to go blue!

Hooray For Blue Tulle

Tulle Is a Great Way to Add Color In a Hurry

Volume and Sparkle

We purchased ten yards each of tulle in white, light blue, and dark blue. (The white tulle was actually 50 inches in width, so we cut it in half before using).

The main thing we wanted the tulle for was to create a decorative swag pattern on the vine trellis that was to be the backdrop for the actual ceremony. We had tulle left over after that, so we used the extra to drape over the arbor that the bride entered the garden through. Tulle is great for making your venue look ready for a wedding.

Tulle Is Also Inexpensive!

Decorate on a Budget

54'' Wide Tulle Soft Blue Fabric By The Yard

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It doesn't cost a lot to decorate with tulle, and it really gives your wedding a special feel. For a special effect, purchase tulle in several shades of one color, or in complimentary colors such as blue and orange. Make sure that you get a long enough piece, because it takes more fabric than you think to create swags; also, if purchasing in a store, make sure you get one continuous piece of yardage if that's what you need.

Here Are the Table Settings For the Blue Wedding

Shades of White and Blue

The place we rented this marquee from also provided the tablecloths (pictured here, in blue) which provided the perfect backdrop for the rest of the blue decorations. We laid out the table with some inexpensive place mats, flower vases, plates, wrapped silverware, gift ribbon, and a few other things. As you can see, we used the complimentary color of orange to really make the decorations pop.

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There's way to much information for just one page. The following page describes how to create the centerpiece pictured.
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Blue Stuff For Your Wedding

You Can Never Get Enough Blue

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Blue Crepe Streamers Made an Appearance Around the Marquee 

Decorate With Useful Items

Make Your Silverware Part of the Decor

When you're setting up a wedding table, you want every part to do it's job as part of the decorations. Luckily, it's not hard to use a simple restaurant trick to make your cutlery add simple and elegant flair.

For my sister's wedding decorations, we used paper napkins, but if you prefer, you can use cloth. We laid the square napkins diagonally on the table, then placed a knife and a fork on one corner. We then rolled until the fork and knife were contained in the napkin. To keep it all together, we cut a length of ribbon and tied it.

Wrapped Wedding Silverware

Materials For Making Wrapped Silverware

A Great Decorating Technique

One tip: don't cheap out on the silverware part! If you have to, borrow decent silverware or cutlery from friends or family, or rent. Cheap silverware can be sharp and unpleasant to eat with.
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A Selection of Blue Wedding Decorations

Tips For a Color Theme Wedding

Keep it Simple

Having a color theme can be a great way to simplify the decorations for your wedding, and to really make the whole decorating scheme pop.
  • 1Have some contrasting colors. A complimentary color will create a really striking color palette. For example, if you have a mostly blue theme, so red and orange flowers are a good compliment.
  • 2Don't obsess over matching. It's difficult to perfectly match the blues on all of your decorations (especially when it comes to flowers), and it will potentially end up looking a bit boring. Experiment with different combinations of shades.
  • 3Spread your decorating purchases out over time. You may be tempted to buy all of your blue decorations at once, but spreading out your purchases will give you time to really think about what you want your decorations to look like.
  • 4Overbuy. You never want to worry about running out of decorations on W-Day. On the other hand, you don't want to stress out about using every last bauble and trinket. Make sure you have extras on hand in case of emergency.

Blue Wedding Decorations Look Spectacular At Night

Especially As the Sun Goes Down

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This site details how to make candleholders (in blue) out of glass jars and glass gems.
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  • lekha Mar 30, 2012 @ 8:29 am | delete
    very nice, thnx.

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My sister's favorite color is blue, so she decided to have mostly blue wedding decorations. The results were spectacular!

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Blue Candles for your Blue Wedding 

Hand Poured 3" x 3" Pillar Candle, Navy Blue

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