Church Wedding Decorations

Create your own unique church wedding decorations, be different in a very easy way, you just need to follow some very easy tips. The church wedding decoration can look beautiful even if your budget allows just pew bows.  You have to be a little bit creative and everything will fit your wedding vision.


The first thing you should do is to speak with the church secretary or to the clergy about the decoration rules. Every church has its own rules regarding decorating. Because the church is a religious institution it will probably have some things that can and some things that cannot be done. Respecting this rules is a sign of respect and you won't have to pay any fines if something gets damaged. Some church wedding decoration rules that you can find in a church might be:

- clean-up instructions
- floral guidelines-natural or faux
- restrictions on candle use.
- rules regarding the balconies, altars and church pews.
- restriction on outdoor items


The outdoor church wedding decorations should be the first part. This type of decoration is useful as well, because it will help your guests to find the church easier. Use decorated directional signs, luminaries and vinyl wedding stickers. The luminaries can be really fantastic. Arrange them on the stairs and it will look like a place stolen from a fairy tale.

The traditional pew bows can be improved with special twists and can be dressed up really fancy. In this way your church wedding decorations won't look like all other church wedding decorations. If the ceremony it's in winter or ,it's close to Christmas time, than it's time to attach a red velvet bow. If your ceremony it's most a Western kind of event, you can put the floral decorations in some cowboys hats. Besides you can attach some faux butterflies for a summery felling. Try to keep the wedding in line and to organize the church wedding decorations in relation with the  whole wedding theme. If you don't want to stick to the traditional bows, here are some more modern   options:

- accordion fold fans
- horseshoes
- dried wreaths
- mistletoe, ivy and holly
- small umbrella hung upside down, filled with flowers petals or just flowers.

The most important place to be decorated in a church is the altar area.This is a vital part in church wedding decorations. Some tips for the altar church decorations will fallow:

- an arch it's great and should be placed at the end of the pews so the couple and the priest could stay under it or just to pass through.
- lights or green garland around the stairs and weave tulle can look amazing as well
- rent two candelabras is the church doesn't have some, and put them at the end of the altar after decorating them with silk flowers.

Important tip: Because the altar it's such an important religious place, double check before doing any too creative church wedding decorations.

Many churches have a balcony above the altar area. That its another great place to decorate. Ivy or tulle garland can be swagged across the whole balcony. The church can have banners or its own church wedding decoration that you may use for a little charge. Talk to the priest and ask him what can you use, haw can you use it and where can you use it. Try to use as many items from the church as you can so you will save money and time.

Church wedding decoration can take a lot of time. Follow these steps and it will be much easier for you to gain your time and money while doing your church wedding decoration.