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Help!! Ideas for Isle Decorations

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    dbchan    10/11/2008   California

    My biggest concern for decorations is the isles in the wedding chapel.  The church just replaced their pews a few years ago and want to keep them in good shape.  They do not allow any decorations on the pews themselves.  No tape, no hangers, nothing.  They don't want scratches from the plastic hangers and they don't want tape or anything sticky taking off any of the wood and polish from the pews.  No exceptions... it was in our contract.

    I don't have many ideas for affordable decorations.  I've always liked the idea of having fabric draped down the isles, but I don't know how I'd be able to make it work with this rule in place.  I've thought of using wrought iron standing hangers, but the ones I've found are a little short and I don't really want the extra expense b/c it can get costly (the isle is very long).  Any other ideas out there?

    Here's some pictures so you can get an idea... they are a little dark, but you can get a general idea.

    Help!!  Ideas for Isle Decorations :  wedding isle decorations B115796173 Isle 1

    Help!!  Ideas for Isle Decorations :  wedding isle decorations B115796214 Isle 2

     
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    smkarl    June 6, 2009   St. Louis, MI

    Are you allowed to hang things on the pews without tape or plastic (i.e. ribbon)?  If you hung flowers or paper lanterns from ribbon, the ribbon wouldn't scratch.

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    smkarl    June 6, 2009   St. Louis, MI

    You could also try a really beautiful aisle runner, something painted or detailed.

     
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    lindseyf    sept. 26 2008   san francisco

    you could try just drapping the fabric over the tops of the pews. then hang balls of flowers ( i forget what they're called) every so often to anchor it. also, what about using the floor along th pews?

     
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    haliwood       Canada

    Along the lines of where lindseyf was going....I was thinking you could have flower arrangements at the foot of some of the pews. Another idea, if you decide not to decorate the pews, is just a really gorgeous runner, which I think you could rent for a decent rate. To add some drama to it all, you could just save the money you would have spent on pew decos and place one or two giant floral arrangments near the altar. Gl!

     
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    lilred    Sept 20   Kamloops, B.C

    i'm having 2.5 ft latice boxes topped with draping greenery and tool strung between them. This way nothing is touching the pews. Then they'll be transfered over to the reception venue and lined up in front of the stage bellow our head table to add more visual appeal.

     
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    I am an event planner and I have done a wedding that was a similar set up.  The biggest problem that I had was that the pews were slanted and it was impossible to drape tulle or material in a straight line.  What you can do is use a free standing candle isle markers that have the hurricane globe and candle.  Make some large pew bows and place in the center of a flower swag and attach to each individual marker.  Another idea is to rent several small columns and place greenery plants or flower arrangements on each one.. You can skip every three pews so that you don't have to spend much on trying to do each one.

     
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    vistagirl    march , 2010   Oregon

    you could also get cute potted plants and place them in front, then plant them after!

     
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    vixie13    February 20, 2010   Milwaukee

    What about tall (of varying heights) glass cylinders filled with water and submerged orchids or calli lillies and a floating candle on top? Kind of like the picture

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    kristink       CA

    You know I think maybe less is more, especially when you have amillion things to DIY already. I am in agreement with the floor buckets of flowers along the aisle. I think its def an easy WOW piece and simple for you to put up and take down. Plus they double as decorations for the reception if need be.

     
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    vistagirl    march , 2010   Oregon

    would the church be ok with those over the door hooks? if so you could hang those and then hang little pails of flowers from them. they wouldn't scratch and i bet you could get them at a dolar store for super cheap!

     

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