If you want an Old West theme for your wedding, then you have to match it with Western wedding decoration. Western wedding decoration provides a realistic look and feel for your themed wedding. Here are some practical tips on how to create a Western wedding decoration:
How to Create Artificial Leather Cloth for the Reception Tables
Leather-looking table cloth can emphasize the Old Western ambiance of your wedding. Here are the steps on how to create these stylized “leather” table clothing.
- Buy cheap fabric or drop clothes from the department store. Cut them according to the sizes of tables in your wedding reception. You may have to stitch the cloth endings of your raw fabric.
- Choose the appropriate leather coloring for your fabric. Essentially, you will have three choices of colors for your fabric paint: dark shade, mocha, or light colored leather. If you want, you can mix two colors to create a new hue for your leather fabric.
- Soak your fabric in a mixture of fabric paint and water. Soak them for at least 24 hours so the paint will integrate well with fabric.
- On a separate tub, mix fabric paint, glaze and water. Again, soak your table clothing in the tub and leave them for another 24 hours
- Air-dry your fake leather fabric and iron them. Make sure that they are thoroughly dry before ironing. You now have leather table clothing as primary Western wedding decoration for the reception tables.
Decorating the Reception Area with Ropes
To really accentuate the Old West atmosphere in your wedding reception area, you can use ropes instead of banners or ribbons. Creating ropes as decorative items is quite easy. Ropes are good materials for your Western wedding decoration.
- The first step you have to do is to choose what type of rope you will use as Western wedding decoration. For best results, you can use thick hemp ropes.
- Make your ropes look older. You can spray paint them with natural colors to make them look battered. On the other hand you can also use silver or gold paint so the ropes can accentuate the reception area.
- After drying the ropes, you can now place them on walkways, windows, and columns. You can also use ropes as Western wedding decoration for the chief presidential table.
Flower Arrangements for a Western Wedding
In every wedding, there should always be flowers to beautify the place. But because you have a Western wedding theme, traditional flower arrangements and styles will not be suitable. For your Western wedding, you can use wild flowers as Western wedding decoration. Here are some tips how to carry out this project.
- Wild roses and lilies are best for the bridal bouquet. You can create a bunch of wild roses and accentuate it with green foliage.
- For the aisle decoration, you also use these wild roses as chairs and pew decorations. If you can attach these flowers to the rope design you have just created, then you have a perfect mix of masculine and feminine touch on your wedding decorations.
- If you can find cactuses and bales of hay, you can use these materials on the wedding reception area. Small cactuses can be placed at the center of the tables while you can place bales of hay around the area. These design accents will surely give the place a very Western look.
- There are still other Western wedding decoration ideas you can use to create a perfect theme wedding. It is very easy to create a Western wedding decoration. You will just need to apply your creativity on the designs of the decorations to have a truly Western wedding.
