Category — Decorations

^ Origami Wedding Decor

^ Charlotte NC Wedding of Ashley and Mark

^ Origami Crane Themed Wedding: 2 Ways

^ Julie & Sam

^ A Beautiful Washington D. C. Fusion Wedding from Offbeat Bride

^ Origami Table Setting

^ The DIY Origami Heart Invitations are in the mail

^ Orange Park Wedding by Browne Photography

^ Origami roses for my wedding

^ Marissa + Brandon at Nestldown

^ DIY vintage chic wedding

^ Romantic wedding centrepiece

^ DIY Picnic Wedding: 500 Paper Cranes Under The Willow Tree 2

This is The Little Canopy’s signature handmade paper flower wedding backdrop!  It’s 9 feet wide by 18 feet tall, and it has about 600 handmade paper flowers on a fabric.  The variety of flower shapes and sizes gives it much depth and texture, and the lighting that’s shooting from below and above give its dramatic finish.  It took about 4-6 weeks to make since I only had after 5pm and the weekend to work on, and probably about 20 bags of hot glue sticks.  You can find it in my etsy shop.  Unfortunately since it’s so big I don’t have a shipping method for this, so it’ll have to be picked up in Atlanta, or you can buy the DIY listing where I ship out the flowers + fabric and you have to glue them yourself.  Anyways I thought I’d dedicate this post to brides who would like to make themselves a handmade paper flower backdrop and find some useful tutorials.  A lot of it is improvising, cutting petals in different shapes using the tutorials below, and just lots and lots of gluing!  If you have paper scrap left over, cut it into a leaf shape and glue it at the bottom too.

Tutorials for DIY Handmade Paper Flowers:

^ How to make recylced paper flowers via How About Orange

^ Video: How to make a paper rose

^ Simple Paper Flowers

^ Kusudama Tutorial Part 1

^ Tissue Paper & Paper flowers Tutorial

^ Let me make you some giant flowers

^ Tutorial for Newspaper Flowers

^ Paper Flower Tutorial

^Paper Flower Centerpieces Tutorial

^ Fairy Tale Paper Flower Tutorial

^ Two methods to craft paper flowers

I LOVE circus carnival theme weddings!  I wasn’t the biggest fan of circus since I kind of have a phobia for clowns, but circus weddings I’d go any day!  I found all these etsy circus goodies via different artists.  Just to start you off with what you would need to create a circus wedding.  Wedding invitations and stationery will do a big part, since you can put in so many colors into such a small space.  I love the popping red against the cyan blues, so keeping those theme colors will help you create a big visual.  Of course you can keep it neutral or pastel colors with just a hint of redness here and there to keep it muted down, vintage circus wedding.

Engagement Party Invitations – Circus Theme by PlatypodeAlamode

Party Personalized Carnival Popcorn Boxes by 6elmdesigns

Photo Booth Prop Signs Vintage by akapertyfultings

Circus Poodle Candy Bags by PaperFever

Mini Top Hat Bride Garden Wedding  by HikariDesign

Circus marquee metal letters 18″ lighted custom finish included by WestVintageTradingCo

Circus/Carnival Party Favor Box PRINTABLE/DIY Decorations by lavenderlimedesigns

Candy Colored Circus Fabric Bunting by AFeteBeckons

For inspiration checkout these blogs

• Circus Wedding by 2 Days in the Rain
• Pierre & Christine’s Circus Themed, French Wedding
• Vintage circus wedding featured in wedluxe magazine! by This Little Bloom
• Vintage Circus Wedding Stacey + Josh by Weddings in Barcelona
• A Handmade Vintage Circus Wedding: Ashley + Ricky by Green Wedding Shoes
• And old world circus wedding: Erin + Brent by 100 Layer Cake

>>> Click here for “Carnival Wedding Theme” Pinterest Page <<<

One Girl Cookies

Manolo Brides

Merryl Brown Events

Canvas & Canopy Events

Dessert tables at weddings and events are so much fun.  Not only is it filled with goodies, it’s fun to look at!  One of the easiest way to decorate an empty space in your wedding venue is a dessert table.  And the best part is, it’s so easy to make it look nice.  A few plates of dessert of your choice, that you can even purchase at regular supermarkets, a few puffy flower decorations or some kind of vertical centerpiece and voila!  Dessert table is a great place to have your guests mingle as well.

Sarah Lee Welch Photography

One Love Photo

Green Wedding Shoes

One of a very popping wedding theme trend is barn wedding.  A few reasons why barn weddings are so popular is because of its natural lighting, high ceiling, and the fact that it’s such a contemporary idea.  Using the rustic feel of the venue, you can incorporate its natural wood and rust look to your wedding.  Just using Christmas lights, you can make the space come to life.  Barn weddings are perfect for outdoor settings too.  A lot of color for your photography, fresh air and lots of space to decorate.

Image from: Save the Date for Cupcakes

Altmix Photography

Katherine O’Brien

Fun DIY handmade paper wedding backdrops from creative artists!  definitely gives enough texture and color for great photos and focal point