A hot trend for weddings is to have a butterfly theme to add magic and beauty to your special day.
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Butterfly weddings have become very popular over the last few years. The beauty and grace we see in these fluttering fantasy insects seems to easily capture our imaginations with their joyful freedom. Here are some ideas to get you started on creating a beautiful butterfly wedding. |
Wedding Attire
Wedding Attire
Brides can sew applique butterflies onto their dresses. If you have a headpiece that is covered in fabric, sew smaller, matching butterflies to the headpiece. Many online bridal shops also carry butterfly tiaras, with and without a veil, which you can purchase.
For your bridesmaids, also sew butterfly appliques on their dresses, such as at the edge of a sleeve, near the neckline, or along the hem. If possible, use appliques that are the same color as the dresses or you could try dying the appliques to match.
Create your own butterfly throwing garter as well. Simply sew a pretty butterfly applique to an existing garter or create your own by sewing elastic through the middle length of wide lace.
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For your bridesmaids, also sew butterfly appliques on their dresses, such as at the edge of a sleeve, near the neckline, or along the hem. If possible, use appliques that are the same color as the dresses or you could try dying the appliques to match.
Create your own butterfly throwing garter as well. Simply sew a pretty butterfly applique to an existing garter or create your own by sewing elastic through the middle length of wide lace.
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Wedding Invitations and Wedding Programs
Wedding Invitations and Wedding Programs
Flutter Invitation. Click pic.
You'd be hard pressed not to find a site online that doesn't sell butterfly wedding invitations, programs, thank you cards, etc. However, if you'd like to save some money, try designing your own using butterfly graphics. There are many good greeting card computer programs available, plus it's pretty easy to find good quality card stock to use for your invitations, etc.
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Butterfly Invitations:
Love is Like a Butterfly
Spring is in the Air
Flutter
Butterfly Wishes
Blushing Butterflies
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Location
Location
Any venue can be decorated to a butterfly theme, but if you really would like some pizzazz, check with a local zoo or botanical garden. Many have butterfly enclosures where you could have a small private ceremony with perhaps immediate family.
Flowers
Flowers
Use a wildflower bouquet with a few butterfly picks inserted. Stick with flowers that butterflies would be attracted to such as: Phlox, Lilacs, Honeysuckle, and Asters.
There are many species of butterflies, so you may actually want to base your wedding theme colors around a particular butterfly. If so, find out which flowers that particular butterfly is attracted to and use it in your bouquets, centerpieces, etc.
For the groom and ushers, you could have boutonnieres with a single flower and attach a butterfly pin to the flower stem.
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METALLIC BUTTERFLY PICKS
BRASS BUTTERFLY PINS
There are many species of butterflies, so you may actually want to base your wedding theme colors around a particular butterfly. If so, find out which flowers that particular butterfly is attracted to and use it in your bouquets, centerpieces, etc.
For the groom and ushers, you could have boutonnieres with a single flower and attach a butterfly pin to the flower stem.
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Wedding Decorations
Wedding Decorations
Butterfly wishes toasting set
Table decorations could consist of butterfly confetti, floating butterfly candles, small plant pots with wild flowers with inserted butterfly picks.
A cute addition is butterfly name card holders. Many places sell these, but you could easily make your own by decorating a small 2" clay pot, fill with flowers and insert wire butterflies. Take 2 wire butterflies and wrap wire around the bottom of the wings to attach them together to make a holder - wrap a long wire stem around the bottom of the butterflies and insert it into the pot.
Decorate the room with flower garlands and attach various size colored butterflies which you can print out on photo paper from a color printer. Hang butterfly or bird cages throughout the room and layer the bottom with flowers and insert plastic or beaded butterflies.
Use pillar candles as centerpieces. Wrap wide ribbon around the bottom and attach butterfly appliques to the the ribbon.
Use wide ribbon bows and a single butterfly applique in the center and attach these to many objects, such as the cake knife serving pieces, candles, poles, corner of doorways, along green garland, as pew markers, etc.
Consider devoting each of your guest tables to a specific butterfly. Decorate the table with that butterflies colors, flowers, etc.
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Potpourri Sachet in Sinamay Bag with Floral Accent and Raffia Cinch
Pressed Flower Heart Key Chains in Sheer Organza Bags (Set of 4)
Personalized Butterfly Bud Vase
Pearl Butterfly Seal
Butterfly Wishes Cake Topper
Butterfly Translucent Scroll
Butterfly and Flower Placecard Holder
A cute addition is butterfly name card holders. Many places sell these, but you could easily make your own by decorating a small 2" clay pot, fill with flowers and insert wire butterflies. Take 2 wire butterflies and wrap wire around the bottom of the wings to attach them together to make a holder - wrap a long wire stem around the bottom of the butterflies and insert it into the pot.
Decorate the room with flower garlands and attach various size colored butterflies which you can print out on photo paper from a color printer. Hang butterfly or bird cages throughout the room and layer the bottom with flowers and insert plastic or beaded butterflies.
Use pillar candles as centerpieces. Wrap wide ribbon around the bottom and attach butterfly appliques to the the ribbon.
Use wide ribbon bows and a single butterfly applique in the center and attach these to many objects, such as the cake knife serving pieces, candles, poles, corner of doorways, along green garland, as pew markers, etc.
Consider devoting each of your guest tables to a specific butterfly. Decorate the table with that butterflies colors, flowers, etc.
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Butterfly Wedding Favors
Butterfly Wedding Favors
Butterfly Bubbles
Butterfly shaped cookies wrapped in netting or placed in a small box decorated on the outside with glued on or stenciled butterflies. You can also do this with butterfly shaped chocolates.
Make or buy candy bar wrappers with butterflies on them.
Take plain white small envelopes (or make them). Decorate with butterfly stencils or run them through a color printer. Fill with wildflower seeds or any type of seeds specifically for flowers that attract butterflies.
Make your own butterfly bubbles. Buy small jars of bubble mixture and decorate the outside with ribbon and either glue on a color printed butterfly or create your own labels and glue to the bottle.
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Butterfly Labels
Butterfly Translucent Scroll
Potpourri Sachet in Sinamay Bag with Floral Accent and Raffia Cinch
Pressed Flower Heart Key Chains in Sheer Organza Bags (Set of 4)
Pearl Butterfly Seal
Butterfly Translucent Scroll
Butterfly and Flower Placecard Holder
Butterfly Cookie Cutter Favors - Set of 24
Make or buy candy bar wrappers with butterflies on them.
Take plain white small envelopes (or make them). Decorate with butterfly stencils or run them through a color printer. Fill with wildflower seeds or any type of seeds specifically for flowers that attract butterflies.
Make your own butterfly bubbles. Buy small jars of bubble mixture and decorate the outside with ribbon and either glue on a color printed butterfly or create your own labels and glue to the bottle.
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Wedding Decorations
Wedding Decorations
Use your imagination!
Table decorations could consist of butterfly confetti, floating butterfly candles, small plant pots with wild flowers with inserted butterfly picks. Find great decorations for Theme Parties
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A cute addition is butterfly name card holders. Many places sell these, but you could easily make your own by decorating a small 2" clay pot, fill with flowers and insert wire butterflies. Take 2 wire butterflies and wrap wire around the bottom of the wings to attach them together to make a holder - wrap a long wire stem around the bottom of the butterflies and insert it into the pot.
Decorate the room with flower garlands and attach various size colored butterflies which you can print out on photo paper from a color printer. Hang butterfly or bird cages throughout the room and layer the bottom with flowers and insert plastic or beaded butterflies.
Use pillar candles as centerpieces. Wrap wide ribbon around the bottom and attach butterfly appliques to the the ribbon.
Use wide ribbon bows and a single butterfly applique in the center and attach these to many objects, such as the cake knife serving pieces, candles, poles, corner of doorways, along green garland, as pew markers, etc.
Consider devoting each of your guest tables to a specific butterfly. Decorate the table with that butterflies colors, flowers, etc.
A cute addition is butterfly name card holders. Many places sell these, but you could easily make your own by decorating a small 2" clay pot, fill with flowers and insert wire butterflies. Take 2 wire butterflies and wrap wire around the bottom of the wings to attach them together to make a holder - wrap a long wire stem around the bottom of the butterflies and insert it into the pot.
Decorate the room with flower garlands and attach various size colored butterflies which you can print out on photo paper from a color printer. Hang butterfly or bird cages throughout the room and layer the bottom with flowers and insert plastic or beaded butterflies.
Use pillar candles as centerpieces. Wrap wide ribbon around the bottom and attach butterfly appliques to the the ribbon.
Use wide ribbon bows and a single butterfly applique in the center and attach these to many objects, such as the cake knife serving pieces, candles, poles, corner of doorways, along green garland, as pew markers, etc.
Consider devoting each of your guest tables to a specific butterfly. Decorate the table with that butterflies colors, flowers, etc.
Conclusion
Conclusion
You may have noticed I did not mention having butterflies released at your wedding. This is because there is much controversy over this subject. Butterflies are migratory and many companies import these butterflies from various locations. What this means is that when they are released, the butterflies become confused as to where they are and where they are suppose to migrate too...so they end up dying when winter comes.
Another potential problem is how they are released and how many will be released. If there are too many butterflies and they are released too close together, you don't end up with a gentle fluttering of butterflies into the sky, but a mass confusion of these insects flying around and into all the wedding guests.
Many ideas abound when creating a theme wedding around butterflies. You can choose to go with a simple all white butterfly theme or perhaps choose to have a color scheme related to a specific species of butterfly. Play around with ideas until you come up with something that is uniquely suited to your personalities and desires. Any way you look at it, a butterfly wedding theme can provide an enchanting elegance to any wedding.
Another potential problem is how they are released and how many will be released. If there are too many butterflies and they are released too close together, you don't end up with a gentle fluttering of butterflies into the sky, but a mass confusion of these insects flying around and into all the wedding guests.
Many ideas abound when creating a theme wedding around butterflies. You can choose to go with a simple all white butterfly theme or perhaps choose to have a color scheme related to a specific species of butterfly. Play around with ideas until you come up with something that is uniquely suited to your personalities and desires. Any way you look at it, a butterfly wedding theme can provide an enchanting elegance to any wedding.
Butterfly theme forum
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