Choose Elegant Wedding Decor

If you want something elegant for your big day, you have plenty of choices. For an elegant wedding, choose a color scheme and theme that allows for classy decorations. Use elegant decor in your ceremony with things like flowers and ribbons. Keep up the elegant theme later in the wedding by having classic decorations up at the reception.

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Choosing an Elegant Theme and Colors

1. Go vintage. A vintage theme allows for a lot of grace and elegance in a wedding. A vintage theme incorporates decorations like lace, chandeliers, candles, flowers, and a neutral color scheme.
   • Think about whether other aspects of your wedding could fit in with a vintage theme. For example, what kind of outfits do you and your partner plan to wear walking down the aisle? If your chosen wardrobe gives off a classic vibe anyway, a vintage theme may be right for you.
2. Think about ethereal colors. Ethereal colors can provide your wedding with a delicate touch that can give off an elegant vibe. If you haven't settled on wedding colors, think about going for dainty colors like light pinks, greens, and purples for your big day.
   • Make sure this color scheme fits in with your other visions for your wedding day. If you've already chosen bridal gowns that clash with ethereal wedding colors, opt for a different color scheme that allows elegance.
3. Opt for a neutral theme and color scheme. A neutral theme and color scheme allows for a lot of creativity. You can incorporate any decorations that you want that seem to match with the theme of elegance. If you want something neutral, go without a specific theme beyond elegance and opt for colors like whites, grays, and blacks.
4. Try an urbane theme. An urbane theme involves silvers, violets, blacks, and whites and decorations that give off a downtown party vibe. You can go with things like bow-ties and and strings of twinkly lights to give off a jazzy feel and create an elegant wedding.
   • Keep in mind, the urbane theme is a bit more casual than other options. Casual can still be elegant, but if you wanted something fancier, an urbane theme may not be a great choice for you.

Adding Elegant Decor to the Ceremony

1. Set escort cards near a flower arrangement. Escort cards let guests where to sit at the wedding and during the reception. As guests enter your venue, they'll grab their escort cards. To give off an elegant feel right away, have a flower arrangement placed near the escort card display. Have escort cards circling an elegant flower arrangement.
   • Use elegant colors for the flowers. Shades like light blues, pinks, and whites give off an elegant, graceful feel.
2. Use plants and greenery. Plants and other greenery can help your wedding day feel elegant. Make use of plants during the wedding reception. You can have a florist or designer set up plants indoors or, for an outdoor wedding, make use of the natural scenery.
   • Have flowers or plants tied around chairs or pews.
   • If you're using an alter, try stringing ivy around the alter.
   • For an outdoor wedding, chose a spot near natural trees and greenery.
   • Have the flower girl or bridesmaids wear ivy crowns in their hair.
3. Add ribbons to chairs. Ribbons give off a wonderful, elegant vibe. If you're having guests sit on chairs, tie a ribbon around the backs of each chairs. This adds a little extra to the ceremony decorations and can give a wedding a great, elegant feel.
   • Make use of your color scheme. If you're going with ethereal colors, have the ribbons be in varying shades of light pink, for example.
4. Carry a bouquet. If you're the one walking down the aisle, carry an elegant bouquet. Give the bouquet an extra touch of class by using pale flowers, like light blues and pinks, and having it secured with a long, elegant ribbon.
   • Try going for something with slightly more elegance than the average wedding bouquet. For example, opt for a cascading bouquet, where flowers spill out of the arrangement like a waterfall. This can give off a particularly elegant feel.
5. Add flowers to the wedding party's hair. Flowers give off a wonderful, elegant feel. If you want to add elegance to the attire, have members of the wedding party wear flowers in their hair. You can tie back long hair with floral crowns or simply have members of the wedding party tuck flowers behind their ears.

Using Elegant Decor at the Reception

1. Use floral centerpieces matching your colors. Floral centerpieces give off a sense of elegance. At each table during the reception, have a floral centerpiece set out that matches your wedding colors. Elegant colored flowers dotting each table will create a classic, graceful vibe for the reception.
   • You can have one big centerpiece on each table or have a series of smaller centerpieces congregated throughout longer tables.
2. Decorate with candles. Candles give off a nice elegant vibe. Try placing candles on tables or near the food buffet. Use elegant colors, like ivories, whites, and light shades of pink, purple, and blue.
   • For extra elegance, use intricate, attractive candle holders, like crystal candle holders.
3. Add an elegant top to the wedding cake. Instead of going for the traditional bride and groom wedding topper, pick something with an extra touch of elegance. For example, you could have a word like "Love" spelled out in sparkly, gold lettering or have a topper in the shape of something like a heart on your cake.
4. Use umbrellas for an outdoor wedding. Umbrellas can give off a classic, graceful feel and work particularly well for a vintage wedding. If you want to add some elegance, invest in umbrellas. Have umbrellas hovering over tables at the reception. This will both provide guests with shade and add a touch of elegance.
   • Incorporate your wedding colors. If your colors are ice blue and light pink, for example, choose umbrellas in these colors.
5. Create lighting with lanterns. Lanterns can add a lot of elegance to a wedding reception. This can help especially if your reception falls near nighttime. Instead of using lamps, have lanterns set up around the room to provide light. You can also place a small lantern on each table at the reception area.

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