An Attempt at DIY Décor

Once I had my colors and location selected, I started thinking about décor for the ceremony and reception. Chris and I have decided that we want a pretty short ceremony, 20 to 30 minutes at most. With that said, I didn’t want to spend a ton of our budget on decorations for the ceremony, so I decided to come up with something that I could do on my own. Enter Weddingbee, a wedding blog where there is a ton of inspiration and DIY ideas. A lot of the girls were using tissue paper pompoms, which I liked, but we live about 18 hours by car from our wedding location, and even my mom’s house is a 2 hour drive, so I was nervous they would be crushed if we used tissue paper. Finally I came upon this post, where another bride used tulle to do them. I was intrigued and decided to do a test run. I basically used this tutorial, but I will walk you step-by-step through what I did.

First, I purchased my supplies. I bought a 5-inch white Styrofoam ball, a few yards of navy ribbon, 7 yards of pink tulle, some silver beads (more on these later), 22 gauge floral wire, and then I also used a hot glue gun, a measuring tape and a pair of scissors that I already owned.

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