Light up your wedding with style!
Lighting has one of the biggest decorative impacts on your wedding day because it creates an enchanting scenery; stands out details, produces romantic ambience, gets the attention of your guests and can surprise with its striking effects.
You can play with your creativity and personality – and the right lighting ideas can transform a location into something magical.
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I’ve pulled together some tips and inspirations to share with you how pretty some solutions can be. Remember – It’s all about details.
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1. You can bright up your wedding by using vintage containers and lanterns of different shapes, colors, design. Those are a great way to accessorize your ceremony – suspended from trees or ceilings they do create a chic atmosphere.
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2. A classic – but always with a great eye impact – are string lights (bulbed or not depending on the use) wrapped around trees, dropping from the ceiling, sketching the alley to the altar.
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Fitted on drapes work wonders in creating soft romantic tone.
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They can transform the ceiling of your venue into a romantic starry sky!
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3. Drawing on walls/floors using different illumination methods has been proved having an elegant and creative touch.
Today’s techniques in lighting allow you to create multiple effects – turning any surface into a canvas for your vision. Falling stars, realistic fire, moving water reflex, falling snow, moving hearts and other suggestive dynamic effects are just some of the options available.
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4. You can also opt for extravagant wedding lighting with the use of crystal chandeliers or elegant illuminated drapes – and play with crystals pleasant luminous effects.
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5. Lights should be employed to stand out the beauty and the characteristics of the venue – as well as light up the most important spaces.
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Like a symbolic space as the altar – not to be forgotten if you are having a ceremony in a beautiful location.
You should light it up and share some moments with your guests for photos, the cut of the cake, speeches..
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6. Never forget about the enchanting effects provided by water and light combinations.
Using water surfaces like pools, lakes, sea, waterfalls, fountains -and play with light reflections – grants natural and original vividness to yout location.
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Combining some floating candles will add up some romance.
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Another idea could be to create an original photo booth station by placing a small elegant rowboat surrounded by simple white string lights.
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7. Battery operated lights make it possible to bring some illumination to places where there is no electricity.
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8. Shiny luminary bags with electronic candles can lead to your locations, set the alley, draw on the grass, path to your pool..
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9. Sparklers and fireworks can build up excitement and contagious surprise!
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10. Don’t forget to check out the moon conditions since you might be lucky and bring into play the natural light and the dreamy atmosphere of the full moon.
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Last – Remember that lighting communicates directly with feeling of your guests, its therefore important to keep it as top priority when planning your big day.
“We don’t close our eyes to the Universe and then complain: ‘It’s dark.’ We keep our eyes wide open, knowing that the light could lead us to do undreamed-of things. That is all part of love.” P. Coelho
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