Using Candles to Enhance a Winter Themed Wedding
From 3arf
Candles can create a mood in any room or gathering. They can give off an eerie glow to illuminate a spooky scene during Halloween, give a romantic touch to a quiet dinner and light the way when the power goes out. Candles have been used for centuries as a way to light up the dark nights and even offer up a little warmth in the cold. Candles can even bring somethingspecialto a wedding, especially a winter-themed wedding.
- Coziness. Placing wedding candles around the room or area can throw off a nice glow and bring about feelings of togetherness. People sometimes turn off the harsh overhead lights at home, light a few candles and cuddle while watching TV. You can bring this cozy feeling of closeness to your winter-themed wedding. It makes sense because people often associate the cold weather season with being near the ones they love. One way to achieve this look and feeling is by strategically placing candles on tables as centerpieces. You could make the centerpieces look like firewoodlogswith spaces cut into them to hold the candles and holders, accent the logs with pieces of greenery such as pine tree branches or even holly.
- Romance. If you really think about it, what could be more romantic than a winter wedding? The cold weather is the perfect time for thoughts of love and cuddling and being close to that special someone. Achieve this look and feeling at your wedding by creatingheartshaped centerpieces out of votive candles circling a teddy bear or bouquets of flowers. Then tryhangingcandles from the ceiling to help create a soft and magical glow around the area. A side note: be sure the candles are hung high enough that no one hits their head. Other candles can be placed on branches of indoortrees, oncandelabrasand even on the floor (out of the walkway).
- Warm glow. This one is meant to bring about thoughts of warmth and comfort of home. This is not a new concept when talking about marriage; the new couple is beginning a new life together and are preparing to create a loving home. This theme can be achieved in part with candlecenterpiecesand candles placed on thefloor. The couple can light a largepillarcandle, symbolizing the light of love and happiness, during the ceremony.
- Winter wonderland. This can be a fun theme to highlight with candles. Good colors for this theme are white, silver, light blue and gold. Of course, you can choose whatever colors say "winter" to you. Candle ideas here includesnowman-shaped candles,snowflake-shaped candles,themedcandle holders and of course solid colors of your choice. If you choose white or light colors, the candlelight makes everything sparkle and glow in such a pretty manner.
Candles can go a long way toward helping create the perfect winter-themed wedding. All you have to do is decide what decorations and colors you want, and then incorporate the candles into the decorating process.
