To celebrate your wedding in an eco-style, check out master classes that will teach you how to make accessories, decorate places for celebration, help you choose clothes for the newlyweds, and assemble a delicious cake.
If you love nature, do not want the celebration to be too pretentious, want to celebrate a wedding in the open air, then an eco-style wedding is for you. Most of the attributes for registration can be done without the help of specialists, with your own hands.
How to make original eco-style wedding invitations?
We need to think about this issue, because the gathering of guests for the wedding will begin with the receipt of the postcard.
To create such masterpieces, natural materials are used, namely:
- cardboard;
- paper;
- twine;
- pieces of wood;
- bark;
- fern leaves and other plants.
Since paper is a natural material, see how to make original wedding invitations out of it. The top left photo shows just such a message.
- Fold A4 paper in half, from the front using a stencil, draw a floral ornament with dark colors.
- Cut a circle out of the cardboard to act as a wax seal. Write on it or type the names of the newlyweds. Glue this blank to the sheet and rewind it with twine. But first write the text of the message inside.
- Making an envelope with your own hands is also easy. To do this, you need to roll up the paper in a certain way, glue the sidewalls. All that remains is to put a message there.
The next invitation to the wedding is made in such a way that the saw cut of a tree plays the role of a wax seal. You will need to make a hole in it with a drill and tie it to a string that ties up the postcard.
Pyrography will help you, because it is with the help of burning that you can write the initials of the newlyweds and put a plus sign between them.
An even more original postcard is on the top right. After all, it is made from the bark of a tree. Also, a saw cut of a tree acts as a wax seal, but you can not burn it out on it, but stick cardboard of the same shape and size and write the names of the newlyweds and the date of the celebration on this paper base. Place this card in an envelope made from untreated cardboard.
The original invitation cards, located in the photo at the bottom right, are even easier to do. On a white sheet of cardboard, you need to glue a darker paper on which a congratulation is pre-printed, decorated with an image of succulents.
You can do even more original, write an invitation with chalk on dark slate boards and hand them to the guests.
While they have not yet arrived, you need to arrange the place of the festival in advance. Of course, a cozy natural corner would be the ideal solution.
Eco-style wedding: hall decoration, photo
Why not place tables in the clearing? Tables covered with a white tablecloth look beautiful against the background of mown green grass. Seat covers can be of this color, and the chairs themselves are ordinary wooden ones.
Make alcoholic and non-alcoholic herbal drinks, you can flavor them with lemon juice for a natural citrus scent. So that each guest knows where to sit, put the previously washed and dried leaves on the plates, on which the names of the invitees are written in crayons. You can put pieces of bamboo stalks in glass containers and put in each leaf cut out of cardboard. On these you will write the names of the invitees.
You can lay out menus on the tables so that guests know how they will rest. Write it on large leaves like in the bottom right photo.
The bottom left photo shows what type of small cakes or snack foods for an eco-style wedding can be. As you can see, white and green colors prevail here. To make guests sit comfortably during the wedding procedure, put folding chairs for them, and place a carpet runner between the two rows. It is along it that the newlyweds will go to the arch. Its role can be played by a picket fence, located between two neatly trimmed hedges.
It would be nice to put rings for young people in a glass box with moss and a few small daisies in it.
At such a wedding, wooden dishes will be appropriate. In advance, put burlap and forks and spoons made of wood in boxes made of such material. Hydrangeas in pots can be placed on tables. Also, compositions from succulents will be appropriate here. Put this unpretentious plant in a bowl with wet moss. In this form, succulents will stay for a long time and will not wither.
And then you put the bags with spices in wooden boxes.
If you are celebrating in the spring, then place small bouquets of lilies of the valley on the tables. You shouldn't pick a lot, because you shouldn't forget that these plants are included in the Red Book. You can limit yourself to compositions of moss and succulents. Let the photographer catch good moments and take great photos. As you can see, the flowing contents of a champagne bottle look very impressive in the following photo.
In the evening, you can light tall candles to continue the merry feast.
Make them in a natural style too. To do this, you need to drill holes in a small log with round drill nozzles and put candles here. Place this composition on a moss carpet with flowers, petals, and cones.
The symbol of the birth of a new family can be a task given by the host to the newlyweds. Have them plant a Christmas tree or other plant. But only they will do it together.
See what other eco-style wedding decoration can be. Decorate the candlesticks with leaves, rewind with ribbons. You can not sew stools on chairs, but decorate them with garlands of branches with leaves.
If you make an invitation for guests in the form of scrolls tied with twine, then these will also be made in this style. Miniature succulents in small containers will decorate the festive table with dignity. If you prefer flowering plants, then take violets, pansies.
If there is a fence or wall nearby, decorate it with a garland of plants. Those need to be gathered in bunches and tied with a long rope. The two ends are attached to the fence.
For cakes this evening, words like charming negligence are appropriate.
After all, you can even make such yourself. To do this, it is enough to layer the cakes with light cream or whipped cream. And you can decorate such a sweetness with leaves of ferns or trees. Twigs wrapped in burlap will become the subject of decor, as in the next photo.
You can cover such a cake with white sugar icing and decorate with small branches with green leaves and flowers of this color. Each guest will be pleased to receive a small eco-style souvenir. Put honey in small buckets along with the wooden stick with which it is applied. Place an apple next to it, and you can put natural spices in a piece of paper, roll it up and rewind this souvenir with a string.
Do not throw away small glass jars for some time before your wedding. Then you can make the following compositions out of them to seat the guests in their places. Take:
- small glass jars;
- black soil;
- ate seeds or small plants;
- signboards;
- twine;
- scissors.
If you are into gardening, then you can try growing small conifers from seeds. You put them in pots or in such glass jars with soil.
You can go to the coniferous forest. Here you will find many small Christmas trees. Not all of them will be able to make their way to the light, and having dug up these plants, plant them in jars with soil, and you will give everyone a chance to grow. Purchase plastic signs in advance, on which they usually write what exactly the gardener planted. You will write the name and surname of each guest on these signs. We then decorate the jars with simple ropes.
Place them near the appliances, and when it comes time to go home, guests will take these wedding gifts.
You can present those who came and other souvenirs. These same ideas will help you decorate your wedding in an eco-style.
- If you collect succulents in a single bouquet, rewind them with a string, you get beautiful bouquets for decorating tables or for presenting to guests. There is a little trick. Since succulents do not have such long stems, use a special baguette holder.
- Put a floral sponge soaked in water in the upper part, attach succulents here using toothpicks or wooden sticks.
- Cut the stems of any flowers, use double-sided tape to glue them to the outside of the bouquette holder and rewind with twine.
Glass flasks are suitable for the following compositions. You fill each of them with a little earth, or it is better to place and wet moss. Put a sprinkling tape on top, attach cardboard plates with the name of a specific person on top. This idea is shown in the top right photo, and on the bottom right there are tips on how to make another gift for guests.
Put a sprig of lavender or another tasty-smelling flower in a short box and tie it with a string. You can make a panel out of cardboard and frame it with a veneer frame. Cut out many hearts from cardboard, write kind words on them and glue at the bottom of this composition. The names of the newlyweds will be in the center. To make such inscriptions, cut out a thin strip of cardboard and, giving it the shape of letters, glue it to the center of the panel.
Since carrots are a natural material, you can use them when creating a composition for decoration. To create such a potted bouquet, take:
- 2 carrots;
- dried twigs and flowers;
- sponge;
- moss;
- wooden skewers.
Wash the carrots and pierce the back with a wooden skewer. Do the same with the second one. If the flowers are on soft stems, then also tie a wooden skewer to them beforehand. Place a sponge in a planter and stick the prepared plants and carrots here.
If you want to have an eco-style wedding in nature at the same time, and you love the nautical style, then you can use the boat as a bridal table. But you need to fix it in such a position that it holds tight. Also, such an attribute can become an impromptu table for a buffet table or simply decorate the place of celebration.
If you think you don't have the right attributes to decorate your ceiling, you are wrong. After all, so little is needed. Take:
- wooden box;
- wire;
- flowers;
- secateurs or scissors;
- succulents;
- metal chains and carabiners for them.
If you don't have garden flowers, use wildflowers or make them out of cloth or paper.
- If you took fresh flowers, then you need to cut off the stems from them and string the blossoming buds on a wire. If using flowers made of fabric or paper, then just tie them to it.
- Now fix the ends of the wire on one of the tiers of the wooden box. These garlands will be located vertically, and horizontally, on the same tier, there will be succulents, which you glue to wooden slats.
- Attach carabiners and chains to the drawer and hang this makeshift chandelier from the ceiling. And if you want it to really turn into a lamp, then screw a light bulb in here, make a power supply for it.
Eco-style wedding arch decor
The answer to this question will also be prompted by nature itself. After all, you can find a tree that does not grow vertically, but bent over to the other side. Or it fell from the wind, but it holds firmly. Decorate such a tree with a garland of greenery and flowers, lay a silk cloth next to it, on which you put vases of flowers. Such an impromptu arch will remain in memory for a long time, as it will also become a place for photographing.
An eco-style wedding is a great opportunity to spend time in nature and not spend money on renting a hall for the ceremony. If you are in a pine forest, pull a rope between two trees, which you will first put on two light white curtains. At the bottom, open them and tie them with pickups from flexible branches with leaves. Guests can sit on folding wooden chairs and candles decorate the honeymoon aisle. But for safety reasons and for better decoration, place the candles in such adorable closed candlesticks.
For the next eco-style arch you will need:
- white canvas;
- scissors;
- black marker or thin tape;
- fishing line or strong rope;
- straight wooden stick;
- scissors.
Eco wedding will be wonderful even in autumn. The proof of this is the following photo. Such an impromptu arch against the background of fallen leaves looks great. To make this attribute, you first need to cut out the canvas at the bottom so that it looks like an inverted flag. You can give it the shape of an arch. Bend the fabric from above and sew it up to leave a gap. To do this, step back from the edge so that the prepared wooden stick can easily enter here.
Pass it through this hole, and tie ropes to the ends. On the other hand, fix these threads on trees growing nearby. On the arch, you can write the names of the newlyweds or bend a dark braid in the form of letters and sew it here, also create the desired inscription.
If there is a river nearby, place the arch so that the reservoir is located behind it. You can buy a metal arch and decorate it with leaves and tree branches, as well as weave some flowers here so that there is no color excess. Make a round area of white sand or small stones of such a color that the newlyweds stand here and say the words of their oath.
The wooden support will also be a wonderful base for the arch. Natural materials such as greenery and flowers will decorate this base.
You can simply hang two light-colored curtains on such a wooden frame, and the symbolic object is ready.
And if there are no suitable materials, but there are wooden pallets, then place 2 side by side, and hoist the other two on these. Secure this quartet with strong wire. Also secure it against a wall to prevent it from falling. Make some arrangements of fern and ranunculus leaves and clip them here.
How to seat guests at an eco-friendly wedding?
It is better to dwell on this issue in a little more detail, because if there are many present, confusion may arise as to where they want to sit.
Think in advance how you will organize this process. It is better that the signs or other accessories are made in the same style.
To do these, take:
- burlap;
- scissors;
- succulents;
- clothespins;
- cardboard;
- printer or felt-tip pen;
- silk braid.
Cut rectangles out of burlap, then make envelopes from them. Place the succulents inside, and on the cardboard rectangles, make holes with a hole punch through which to thread the ribbons. Tie these ribbons on these envelopes and secure with the plates with clothespins. Each plate will have the name of the person written so that he knows where to sit.
Such impromptu signs will also perfectly decorate tables. Take:
- flower pots;
- pebble stone;
- wooden skewers;
- acrylic paint with a brush;
- cardboard;
- scissors;
- succulents.
Put some earth in the pots, but not to the top. Plant succulents here, cover the soil with beautiful pebbles. Paint the wooden skewers, glue flags on the tops, on which the names of the guests will be written.
At the entrance of the invitees, such a construction can be expected.
To do this, you need to put together a wooden frame, nail nails on the right and left vertical sides at the same distance. Now, on each pair of nails, tie twine and on each such string, attach as many plates with the names of guests as there will be at each table. Use clothespins to secure these labels to the ropes. And near each rope, fasten a round piece of cardboard on which the table number will be written.
It was said above that for an eco-style wedding, you can present guests with young Christmas trees. But if you do not have suitable containers, then place a clod of earth in cellophane and hide it in a burlap rectangle. Tie with a thread on which a cardboard tag is attached. Each one will have the names of the guests written on it.
After a while, you can find out from them who managed to grow a tree from a donated seedling, which will become a vivid reminder of the event.
You can cut a fallen tree into small stumps, make a cut in the center. Placards with the names of guests are also inserted here so that they know where everyone's table is.
You can also indicate in the invitation which number is assigned to each guest. When a person comes to the wedding, he will find the same number on the composition, which is placed near the cutlery intended for him.
You can make these numbers out of wire and wrap them with moss or green threads interspersed with red. As if it were a twig with small flowers.
And if you want to do everything faster, then print the serial number of each invitee on the cardboard rectangles and put such plates on the tables.
Slate boards or wood veneers will help the same purpose. You will write the numbers with a white marker or with a stencil using light acrylic paint.
If you wish, place fern branches, small flowers and sticks in glass bottles, at the end of which there will be plaques with the names of people attached. You can print an image of animals for an eco-themed wedding.
Eco-style wedding cake
To show the simplicity and charm of the style, you can order a cake with open layers.
But you can make a wedding cake for such a themed evening with your own hands. The cakes need to be sandwiched with a cream that has a thick consistency or gelatin or agar-agar is added here. You can also use curd cream. Blackberries and raspberries are placed on top of this layer, thus collecting the whole cake. In this case, it consists of 4 tiers. Garnish the top with berries as well.
The next eco-style cake is also made with open cakes. Look how tall he is.
To prevent such a dessert from falling, you need to collect the cake using a special device in the form of a dish. In the center it has a vertical pin on which the cakes are put on. Each is glorified with cream, then the sides are sprinkled with powdered sugar using a small strainer. And it's okay if she wakes up on a box with a cake on it. After all, eco style is a charming negligence.
Also, decorate the dessert with fresh berries, and you can take it out to the applause of the guests.
If the cake is not very tall, then use a saw cut from a tree as a stand.
The dessert itself consists of 4 tiers, the assembled cake is coated with butter cream or whipped cream using a wide knife. In the cut of the tree, make small holes with a thin drill bit and insert twigs here.
You can keep the intrigue so that the guests do not know where the cut of the tree ends, and the cake itself begins. After all, the sides of the next dessert are made in such a way that they resemble a tree.
And place a few bunches of grapes, figs, roses on the block. Place the stand on the hay spread out there and then. Place a heart on top of the cake so that you can immediately see it is a wedding.
Perhaps the newlyweds would like to have a dessert that will resemble a mysterious mountain.
Since the wedding takes place in nature, select one of the tables for a sweet bar. Put here baskets with cookies, bagels, straws, marshmallows and other sweets.
Then each guest at any time will be able to come here and take some kind of delicacy.
And fruits will become an integral part of the photo zone. Place apples and grapes directly on the grass and on inverted crates. Place the fruit on top of the stacked suitcases. If you have a large wooden spool, you can put it on its side and make numbers with a dial.
Eco-style wedding clothing - groom suit and bridesmaid outfit
As for the outfits of the newlyweds, they should be simple and comfortable.
Let the bride look like a forest nymph, and the groom's suit will be elegant and free.
In a dress made of natural fabric, the bride will feel comfortable. Moreover, her body is not squeezed by a narrow corset.
A small light veil or a wreath on the head will complement the romantic image of the newlywed in eco style.
The girl has a bouquet in her hands. When compiling it, give preference to forest flowers, because this is an eco-style wedding, so its design should be closer to nature.
Even if the bouquet contains garden flowers, let it also contain forest and succulents.
Field plants will be the basis for the groom's boutonniere. You need to cut off small forest flowers, you can supplement them with gypsophila and rewind with twine. A pin is fastened on the reverse side, with the help of which the boutonniere is attached to suspenders or to the pocket of a jacket or vest.
It's that easy to organize an eco-style wedding. Those who have already held a celebration on this topic will be happy to share with you the ideas of such a holiday.
The second plot is made in the form of a clip. Looking through it, you will see how to decorate a natural area for a photo shoot, how newlyweds can dress, and what accessories and a wedding cake are appropriate for such a celebration.
