Incorporate Natural Details to Create a Winter Wonderland
From ceremony arches to centerpieces, see how you can add a wintry element to décor.
Incorporate Natural Details to Create a Winter Wonderland
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When couples think of winter wedding décor, they often imagine a white color palette, shimmering crystals, and frosty décor. However, one of the best ways to invoke a wintry feel during your wedding ceremony or reception is to use branches or birch bark as a design element. Natural birch has a beautiful ivory color with accents of grey and light brown, which beautifully tie into a rustic wedding theme. Manzanita branches, curly willow, and other varieties of branches can add an even more nature-inspired design to aisle decorations or reception centerpieces.
Create a ceremony structure with birch tree trunks and adorn the corners – or bases – with your desired wedding flowers, or embellish aisle markers with birch bark for a subtle rustic style. Arrange branches into a tunnel for guests to walk through before finding their table numbers suspended from a striking tree branch arrangement. During the reception, swap towering crystal-cut vases filled with wintry blooms for centerpieces composed of branches decorated with candle votives or enveloped in wedding flowers.
Winter wedding décor can also be achieved by using sparkling crystals, metallic details, and flickering candlelight – all of which can be added to birch or branch details in order to provide additional embellishment. Take a look at the images from real weddings, below, and be inspired to incorporate natural elements of birch and bark into your wedding décor to create a winter wonderland.
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Photo by Braedon Photography; Consulting by Mindy Weiss Party Consultants
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Photo by Mi Belle Photographers
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Photo by Christian Oth Studio
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Photo by Cooper Carras Photography; Consulting by Levine Fox Events
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Photo by Aaron Delesie Photographer
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Photo by Jay Lawrence Goldman Photography; Aisle Runner by The Original Runner Company; Consulting by Mindy Weiss Party Consultants; Rentals by Revelry Event Designers
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Photo by Ira Lippke Studios
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Photo by Aaron Delesie Photographer
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Photo by Aaron Delesie Photographer
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Photo by Maring Lifestyle Photography
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Photo by Jose Villa Photography
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Photo by Heather Kincaid; Consulting by Alex Events, Inc.
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Photo by Jared Platt Photography
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Photo by Bob & Dawn Davis Photography; Entertainment by Larry King Orchestra; Floral Design by HMR Designs
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Photo by Ira Lippke Studios
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Photo by Jay Lawrence Goldman Photography; Consulting by Mindy Weiss Party Consultants; Rentals by Revelry Event Designers
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Photo by Cooper Carras Photography; Consulting by Levine Fox Events
For more winter wedding ideas, take a look at these real weddings that took place in the dead of winter, discover 10 tips for hosting a wintry celebration, and explore 27 inspiring winter wedding ideas.
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