Candles are simple but beautiful elements of décor that can make a wedding more cozy, romantic, and unusual, and the atmosphere itself more festive or even mysterious. At the same time, wedding day candles can be used in completely different ways.
The simplest option is to arrange the candlesticks on the tables in the banquet hall. This will make each of the guests feel the cozy atmosphere, while the candles themselves will become an additional decoration. In addition, candlesticks can be located throughout the hall. However, the use of candles is not limited to this.
Wedding day candles can be handed out to guests during the on-site registration or during the first dance of the bride and groom. Or you can lay out a large circle of candles or a heart on the floor, inside which the dance will be performed.
A photoshoot using candles can turn out to be very romantic. Of course, such photographs may require the additional skill of the photographer, but the pictures will be bright and original. Newlyweds can hold a candle in their hands or pose against the backdrop of many burning candles placed on various surfaces. For a photo shoot in nature, you can lay out a drawing or an inscription from candles in the sand or snow.
How exactly to use wedding day candles at a wedding is a very broad question. It largely depends on the overall concept of the wedding, colors, and styles used. Candles should be a harmonious addition to all other decorations, combined with flowers, ribbons, and other décor elements.
Small candles placed in jars will look elegant. The jars themselves can be filled with sea salt or sand and decorated with openwork painting, stained glass drawings, lace, fabric, or paper. If this fits the general concept, you can decorate the jars with fir cones or twigs, cinnamon sticks, and flowers. Such options have an additional bonus - when heated, a pleasant aroma will spread around the room.
In addition to jars, other containers can serve as candlesticks - glasses, wine glasses, vases, glasses, bottles, etc. They can be both transparent, and matte, and have different colors. Transparent containers can also be filled with something, such as flowers or berries.
The candles themselves can also be additionally decorated with: berries, flowers and their petals, small twigs, cones, nuts, acorns, ribbons, bells, rhinestones, stones, small figurines, feathers, etc. In addition, candles can themselves have an unusual design and shape. For example, candles made in the form of flowers, as well as openwork and carved candles will look beautiful and appropriate.
Special attention should be paid to floating candles. These candles are small and quite simple, but they look spectacular in different compositions. Floating candles require a shallow and round vase or bowl that is filled with water. Candles are placed on the surface of the water, as well as flower buds and their petals. The bottom of the bowl is decorated with sand and stones. Such compositions can be placed both on the tables and around the entire perimeter of the wedding banquet hall.
The use of candles in the interior of the hall will look great if you put candles on the tables, but much depends on the decoration and size of the hall in which the celebration takes place. If the room is small, you can put pillar candles of different heights around the perimeter, in the corners, and in the center of the hall and you can decorate them with ribbons or flowers, to match the chosen wedding. If the room is large, then it is pointless to make such décor - the candles will be “lost”. However, if you arrange a room using other light sources - garlands, flashlights, and lights - then the candles will look beautiful.
Decorating a wedding with candles will look especially stylish if you buy or make decorations for wedding day candles with your own hands. The choice of decorations depends on the type of candles used and the presence of a candlestick. Tall wedding candles (taper candles) are usually placed in a beautiful candelabra, which is additionally decorated with flowers. Such a candlestick will be an ideal decoration for a small table for 5-8 people. A long row of tables can also be decorated with chandeliers, leaving a distance of four or five chairs between them.
If you decide to use pillar candles, then a different décor will be required. These can be floral wreaths, ribbon arrangements, or other options.
A mirror decorated around the perimeter with beautiful candles will look unusual and romantic. Such a mirror can be placed, for example, behind the table for the bride and groom. The lights of the candles will be reflected from the mirror surface, and their light will be beautifully refracted.
The colors that are chosen for the candles usually depend on the overall theme of the wedding. But most often they take cylindrical candles of white, pink, or red colors. However, candles of other shades will also look interesting. For example, for a green-style wedding, green candles decorated with twigs or green ribbons and lace will look extremely beautiful.
You can buy wedding day candles in various places. They can be both candles from a gift shop or supermarket, and candles that are offered by wedding salons. In addition, you can order specific and original candle designs from candle-making companies. In this case, your wedding day candles will be exclusive, unusual, and made in full accordance with all other elements of your special day.
Takeaway: candles will help make your special day more romantic and mysterious, will add coziness and originality, and unforgettable and warm memories for everyone.
