On The Wings of a Butterfly Wedding Theme

The butterfly wedding theme has 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.

Kari White's ebook Unique Theme Weddings, features an exclusive collection of 17 complete and unique wedding themes, one of which is based on butterflies (The Fluttering Fantasy Wedding.) It's a great resource of ideas to have on hand.

Wedding Attire:

• Brides can sew appliqué 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 tiara's (with and without a veil) which you can purchase.
  
  
• For your bridesmaids, also sew butterfly appliqués on their dresses, such as at the edge of a sleeve, near the neckline, or along the hem. If possible, use appliqués that are the same color as the dresses or you could try dying the appliqués to match.
  
  
• Create your own butterfly throwing garter as well. Simply sew a pretty butterfly appliqué to an existing garter or create your own by sewing elastic through the middle length of wide lace.
  
  
• Many online bridal shops carry floral tiara's and headbands (with and without a veil) which would compliment your chosen theme nicely.
  
  

• 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 appliqués to the the ribbon.
  
  
• Use wide ribbon bows and a single butterfly appliqué 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. (Check out the Butterfly Guide link above to help you match butterflies, colors and flowers).
  
  

• 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.
  
  
• 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 or buy candy bar wrappers with butterflies on them.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

• A simple and elegant way to create a butterfly guest book is to stencil butterflies onto a plain white guest book.
  
  
• For a 3d affect, glue on appliqués and decorate with ribbon streamers and/or bows.