How to Reuse Wedding Memorabilia to Decorate Your Home

There's no reason to toss all your weddingthem out and make potpourri. Place the dried
memorabilia or put it away where you can't see it.flowers in a decorative basket or vase and add
Instead reuse all your wedding mementos toessential oils for a sentimental addition to any
decorate your new home with your spouse. Hereroom.
are some unique ways that you can put yourIf you had fake flowers at your wedding, you
wedding items to good use in your home.have a lot more decorating options. You can
Decorate with Your Wedding Picturessimply leave them the way that are and place
One of the easiest ways that you can decoratethem in a vase or basket as an instant decoration
your home with items from your wedding is tofor the home, or you can alter them a bit.
frame your favorite wedding pictures and useTake a number of different bouquets from the
them as decorations. They can be hung on thewedding and make one large flower arrangement,
walls or they can simply sit on a table or on aor split them up two slightly smaller ones. These
fireplace mantle.flowers can be placed in just about any room of
Consider blowing up your favorite portrait andthe house and will instantly add color and
hanging it above the fireplace or on a wall in yourbrightness to the room. Best of all you will
bedroom. You can even take a few differentremember your wonderful wedding day every
wedding shots as well as pictures from yourtime you walk by.
honeymoon and make a collage of them to hangMake a Decoration from the Wedding Dress
on an empty wall.If you are not going to reuse your wedding dress
Make a Shadow Box with Your Weddingthen consider making it into an easy home
Memorabiliadécor item. You can also do this with a
A shadow box is a great way to gather yourbridesmaid dress if you have a girl who is willing to
wedding items create a unique decoration forgive you the bridesmaid dress after the wedding.
your home. Some of the wedding mementos thatTake a nice piece of fabric from the dress and
you can use may include your invitation, program,wrap it tightly around a picture frame or a
favors, a piece of the wedding dress and driedcanvas. Secure it with a nail gun and you have a
flowers.nice fabric décor item to hang on the wall.
Arrange the items in the shadow box as youHang one or more of these pieces on a wall in
please and then hang the box on the wall or placethe bedroom to add some style.
it on a shelf. This decoration can be a great pieceWhen it comes to decorating your home on a
for your bedroom to remind you of your weddingnewlywed's budget you can work with what you
everyday.have, and reuse your wedding memorabilia
Decorate With Your Wedding Flowerscreating unique decorations that have a lot of
If you used real flowers for your wedding dryemotional impact.