| If you love wedding shows like I do, you have | | | | way over the top with the homemade |
| probably seen "My Fair Wedding", the one where | | | | decorations. Here is the key: if your efforts look |
| a famous wedding planner comes in and totally | | | | like you made them at home with a hot glue gun, |
| remakes weddings at the last second. The results | | | | they are not elegant enough for a wedding. One |
| are crystal clear: the "afters" are always way | | | | of the worst examples I saw of this on television |
| more fabulous, elegant, and chic than the | | | | was a bride who hot glued fake flowers (two |
| "befores". Now, most brides are not going to get | | | | strikes!) to everything in sight, including the bridal |
| any last minute guidance from a celebrity wedding | | | | hair jewelry for her bridesmaids. Flowers can be a |
| designer, but every bride can make her own | | | | pretty theme for bridal jewelry to wear in the |
| wedding more beautiful with the right tools. Read | | | | hair, but only if they are delicately handcrafted - |
| this article to figure out if your wedding needs a | | | | never humongous and stuck to a stretchy |
| makeover. | | | | headband. Remember that your bridesmaids are |
| Your wedding might need a makeover if...fake | | | | supposed to be your closest friends and relations. |
| flowers are the main form of decoration. In fact, | | | | If they all cringe or hide their faces in |
| this has been a common theme on the episodes | | | | embarrassment every time that they put on their |
| of "My Fair Wedding" that I have seen: rather | | | | bridesmaid dresses and accessories, it is probably |
| than investing in fresh flowers, brides hope to get | | | | time to rethink that selection! |
| by with the fake ones. Most of the fakes are not | | | | Your wedding might need a makeover if...you do |
| at all natural looking, either, generally coming in | | | | not have a good plan for the flow of the |
| too-bright colors or not resembling the shape of | | | | reception, including the cocktail hour, dinner, and |
| genuine flowers at all. | | | | dancing. Is it ever okay to rent a tent which will |
| Just don't do it! It is far better to create smaller | | | | accommodate only some of your guests for |
| floral displays using gorgeous real flowers than | | | | dinner and ask the rest to picnic on the ground |
| massive centerpieces and bouquets made from | | | | outside of the main tent? Uh, no - think about |
| the not-so-fabulous fakes. One very chic idea that | | | | how insulting that could be to those who did not |
| actually requires a minimal number of flowers is to | | | | make the cut to get a seat at a table for dinner. |
| create submerged flower centerpieces. One or | | | | You also want to make sure that you have a |
| two long stems of an orchid or berries are placed | | | | good way to separate the cocktail and dinner |
| into tall clear vessels filled to the top with water. | | | | areas, especially if the ceremony seating will be |
| Submerged flower centerpieces will give you | | | | removed and changed over into the dinner table |
| maximum style and effect with a minimal flower | | | | arrangement. |
| budget. Another option is to decorate the wedding | | | | A wedding should always feel magical, which |
| reception tables with fresh fruit like limes, green | | | | means that your guests never see the |
| apples, or oranges displayed in pretty footed | | | | behind-the-scenes stuff taking place. The good |
| vases. Surround with a few votive candles, and | | | | news is that it is never too late to make the |
| you will have table arrangements that are fresh, | | | | small changes which will yield big improvements in |
| modern, and affordable. Definitely a wedding "do"! | | | | the style and beauty of your wedding day. From |
| Your wedding might need a makeover if...you | | | | decorations, to attire, to the reception, you have |
| spend most of your waking hours with a hot glue | | | | the power to make everything absolutely |
| gun in hand. While there are certainly any number | | | | gorgeous so that you will be able to enjoy the |
| of lovely diy wedding projects which a crafty | | | | dream wedding you deserve. |
| bride can undertake, it is also all too easy to go | | | | |