Secrets of organizing a rustic wedding in small details

For a themed wedding, it is advisable, in addition to other details, to organize a photo zone in a rustic style to get interesting photos.

This can be done without the help of professionals - just select the details that suit the chosen style and arrange them in a harmonious composition. As a result, future newlyweds will save the family budget and at the same time receive unusual photographs that no one they know has had.

Choosing a location depending on the season

The best time for a rustic wedding is early to mid-autumn. But there are also suitable places in other seasons.

In summer

In the warm season, you can organize everything on the shore of a lake, river or sea. To prevent rain from spoiling the holiday, you need to provide awnings. Be sure to lay paths or boards on the ground or sand.

Another option is a golf course, where there will be enough space for both a banquet and a photo zone. In hot weather, it is better to give preference to a clearing in the forest, where you can hide from the scorching rays of the sun under the canopy of trees. An interesting solution is to hold a wedding in a wheat field surrounded by haystacks.

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in autumn

During the golden season, it is worth taking a closer look at apple orchards or city parks. In the second decade of autumn, it is best to choose a restaurant with an open terrace. In case of rain, which often happens in October-November, you can take shelter inside. Such a place is ideal, because here you can organize colorful photography against the backdrop of yellowed leaves, ponds with swimming wild ducks (if there are any) and swings.

In the forest in autumn

in winter

When the temperature outside is below zero, there is little choice - go to a country cottage or sit in a cozy restaurant. Both must be finished with natural materials - wood, brick, clay or wild stone. It is advisable that the interior of the building include a fireplace. The crackling fire in it will add warmth to the celebration and photographs. Pretentious design is inappropriate here - numerous draperies, gilding, elements of painting on the walls, crystal chandeliers.

in spring

In March-April, country hotels with a calm interior will come in handy. You can also hold your wedding in an old wooden manor. The main condition for this is that the emphasis in design should be on naturalness and simplicity. Wooden or straw furniture, candlesticks, a fireplace, books, paintings on the walls, carts are welcome.

In late spring, at the end of April, May, you should pay attention to restaurants with a terrace or settle down right in the forest. An interesting option is birch plantings, but it is better to avoid pine forests. At this time there are a lot of ticks and various insects that can ruin your mood.

Color scheme for a rustic wedding celebration

Considering that “rustic” translates as “village,” it’s worth choosing something from this list of colors:

cream;
white;
cornflower;
yellow;
beige;
green;
ivory;
lactic.

You should avoid too bright shades - purple, pink, gold, red. They look unnatural and are more suitable for the city.

Table decoration

An important point is that you can and should combine colors in your design. To prevent it from looking vulgar, it is better not to combine more than three. Ideally, there should be two shades. A good duo is cream + white, which is ideal for a winter wedding. In autumn, yellow and beige will be appropriate. In spring, green and cornflower blue will be popular, and in winter, ivory + milky will be just right.

Crew

Any discreet retro car decorated with fresh flowers and ribbons is ideal as a wedding cortege. Carts, carts and horse-drawn carriages are no less popular (deer and dogs in a certain theme are also suitable).

Full sacks of grain, tied sheaves of hay, bundles of firewood are placed on the carts, and floral framing is used as decoration. Horses or other animals have fresh flowers and ribbons woven into their manes, or wreaths are put on.

Accessories and decoration in a rustic style

When organizing a celebration, you need to think about decorating the following:

motorcade;
location;
important little things - place cards and invitations;
photo zone;
wedding dinner.

Choosing and decorating a tuple

The rustic style implies the absence of cars, which need to be replaced with a horse and cart or a modest carriage. Another method of transportation at a wedding is using rickshaws. This vehicle usually seats three people, the bride and groom can sit in the back, and the driver is at the steering wheel. This is an excellent alternative to the “iron horse”, thanks to which the newlyweds will not be afraid of bad weather.

Living flower arrangements should dominate the decoration of the motorcade. These can be spruce branches, rose buds, lilies. Natural fabrics - silk, cambric, bengalin, satin - will help complement them. They can be folded into a bow or a heart, which would be appropriate to fix on the roof of a pedicab.

for decorating a horse ; it should be used to tighten the reins. You can put the same chintz on your back, right on the saddle, the main thing is that it does not slip. It would be nice to put small haystacks and a wooden barrel in the cart.

Registration area

Venue decoration

The main element of the decor should be fresh flowers. If the celebration is planned for the winter, you can use potted plants. You should decorate:

Tables. They should be covered with natural fabrics - cotton, linen or cambric. It will be beautiful to place candlesticks with candles evenly, every meter, on top. Indoor flowers in wooden and clay pots are required - dracaena, gladioli, ruelia. Pots can be tied with twine. The dishes should be wooden or clay.
Chairs. It is important that they are wooden; plastic and metal ones should be left for later. It is best to drape them with burlap and tie small bows of white ribbon to each at the back. Benches made from haystacks covered with fabric are also welcome.
Painting area. If the event will take place surrounded by trees, you should definitely hang pots with greenery from them. Pots with a lawn look especially nice. A large wooden barrel, a table on wheels or an unnecessary bookcase can serve as an arch. It will be quite interesting when the registrar declares the newlyweds husband and wife and they walk through his doors. A separate point is fruit baskets that should be placed around the site. Guests must be seated on chests.
Important little things. These include invitations, which decorators recommend designing in the form of a scroll tied with straw or twine. The text should be written with a pen on gray paper. The same goes for place cards.

It is important to avoid new things with sparkles; they should retain a touch of antiquity.

To decorate the site you will need carts, wooden barrels, hanging swings, and decorative fences. It would be beautiful to hang window frames, bicycle wheels, and felled trees on the walls. If there are shelves, you can place books on them. Wooden flowerpots with dahlias, daisies, and cornflowers will help add charm to the place. Bundles of firewood should be laid out on the floor, which can be tied with twine.

It should be noted that registration in the rustic style is quite economical. Ideas for a budget wedding will help you save even more and not make a mistake.

Information about the intricacies of organizing a holiday yourself will also be useful. You can read about this in another article.

Special attention should be paid to calculating the wedding budget. Read about how to produce it here.

It is very important not to forget about anything when organizing and planning an event; another article will help with this. It describes in detail what is needed when preparing for a wedding.

Here you can also find a lot of useful tips on preparing for registration.

How to make a photo wall of flowers with your own hands

In this master class, we suggest making a special wall of artificial flowers for a wedding for a photo zone - it will serve as an excellent area for holiday photos. Remember that the more colors you add, the more colorful and vibrant your photo wall will look. To create a floral backdrop for your wedding you will need:

plain wall;
thin corrugated paper;
double-sided adhesive tape;
double-sided decorative tape;
scissors.

Step-by-step instruction:

We cut the paper into pieces measuring 50x25 cm. Fold it like an accordion, rounding one end.
We lay out the accordion and connect the ends with double-sided tape.
Straighten the resulting flower. We make the required number of buds.
We attach the flowers to the wall using double-sided decorative tape.

Festive image of the bride

For a bride, the best outfit for a rustic wedding would be a knee-length chintz sundress. In the warm season, you can choose a dress in the Greek style or a model with an open back. Read about how to do this in another article. It should be sewn from light, flowing fabrics - chiffon or silk. Curvy models with a corset and “mermaid” models are absolutely not suitable. It is important that they do not have a large number of decorative elements.

A hat, a sack-shaped handbag and the most simple shoes are intended to complement the bride's image In winter you will need a sheepskin coat. To decorate your hair, you can choose lilies, which will be beautifully woven into your hair. The main rule is no curls, varnish or glitter; they must be replaced with a braid or bun. Beads made of wood, earrings and bracelets made of handmade polymer clay are popular.

The bride cannot do without a bouquet , for the composition of which any wild flowers are suitable - daisies, Lyubka bifolia, dandelions, toadflax. They can and should be combined in one composition. It should be decorated as simply as possible, without shiny wrappers; it is better to simply tie the flowers with thread or wrap them in paper.

Groom's clothes

Groom image

As for the rustic image of the groom , it could be as follows:

brown trousers made of linen or cotton without creases, slightly rolled up at the bottom;
black lace-up sports shoes;
white short sleeve shirt;
brown butterfly;
suspenders to match the trousers;
brown cap.

Another clothing option is gray pants + white long sleeve shirt + brown belt. To this should be added a watch, a tie and a gray vest of the same color. It is better to choose cowboy shoes, in the form of rough lace-up boots, into which you will need to tuck your pants. Suitable headwear include a cowboy and gangster hat, bowler hat, farmer's cap, cap, pork pie, trilby, fedora.

Patent leather shoes with a pointed toe, top hats, caps, trousers with creases, tailcoats and jackets will not fit into the framework of a rustic wedding. They are more suitable for "shabby chic".

The final touch is a boutonniere, which can be made from dandelions or chamomile. No need to use glamorous roses. You can add sprigs of rowan, lilac and “bells” to the composition.

Interesting props for photography

A very popular wedding trend is the use of all kinds of props and accessories during a photo shoot in a photo zone. These can be crowns, lips, mustaches, glasses, butterflies attached to a stick. Another current trend is “talking” props for weddings, such as garlands with inscriptions, three-dimensional wooden letters, cardboard flags, slate boards, paper clouds with words.

For example, slate boards give a lot of scope for imagination, because every guest taking a photo can write a wish, draw a cartoon or a huge heart on them. To have more options, you should stock up on a couple of packs of white and colored crayons. For a photo shoot, it is better to choose several different formats of boards, so the pictures will be more interesting from a composition point of view.

You don’t have to limit your guests to just one type of accessory. Instead, offer a whole assortment for every taste for a wedding in the photo zone:

huge glasses, voluminous multi-colored wigs, sombrero;
ladies' wreaths, hats, fans, carnival masks, bows, tiaras for weddings;
men's wedding themes - pipes, pistols, captain's caps, flasks;
musical instruments - balalaikas, banduras, saxophone, guitar, harp, accordion;
wedding accessories - boas, umbrellas, suitcases, hats, feathers, glasses;
edibles - coconuts, oranges, pumpkins, apples, grapes, watermelon, chili peppers, sunflowers, strawberries;
transport for the wedding - scooter, bicycle, roller skates, motorcycles;
toys - sabers, guns, chess, voluminous soft toys, dolls;
items for entertainment for a wedding - easel, newspapers, soap bubbles, fishing rods, candles, crayons, hammocks, books;
sports equipment - boxing gloves, helmets, hula hoops, jump ropes, rope, tennis, balls, golf clubs.

Selecting clothes for the newlyweds' friends

Bridesmaids should opt for loose long or short chiffon sundresses. Their color should be natural - beige, milky, green, most importantly - not white. Flowers and embroidery are allowed in the design. Among the shoes, flip flops or sandals without heels are worthy of attention. The ideal hairstyle is loose hair, a little tousled.

And this is the bride's bouquet

Groom's witnesses can pay attention to men's checkered linen capri pants, loose beige shirts and slippers.

Dress code for guests

In order not to spoil the whole flavor of the wedding style, it is worth warning guests about the dress code. There is no need to limit them in choosing an outfit; you can simply ask them to maintain a certain color scheme in their image, and a themed boutonniere will emphasize the main wedding direction.

As for the bridesmaids, it is best to determine the specific cut for the dresses and their palette.

Dishes can be represented by pickled cucumbers, sauerkraut, pancakes with curd and meat filling. The priority, especially in summer, is fresh fruits and vegetables. This applies to tomatoes, eggplants, pumpkins, zucchini, and beans. They will allow vegetarian guests not to go hungry. Homemade cheeses, liver and blood sausage, saltison, lard rolls, baked potatoes with sour cream and herbs deserve special attention.

Here you can see how a rustic wedding is decorated and held.

The most important dish is the cake, which can be replaced by loaf or apricot pie. Biscuits are allowed, but it is not advisable to cover them with mastic. If this is done, you will need to decorate each tier with burlap with twine and fresh flowers. For decoration, you can also use maple leaves with rowan branches. The cake must be served on a wooden stand.

Registration

Any rural natural landscape with a forest, field, garden or pond is perfect for decorating a registration space.

An arch for the newlyweds, woven from branches with intertwined flowers, or a wooden square arch will be an excellent composition for holding a celebration and creating unusual photos.

It is also a priority to build wooden tents with fabric decoration in the open air, where the registration desk and guests are accommodated in bad weather or on a hot day.

Photo zone for a wedding in rustic style

To create the right atmosphere, you will need natural and simple materials. Accessories can be:

carts, bicycle wheels, antique chests;
books, wooden flowerpots with flowers, candles;
bales of hay and bundles of logs;
benches, swings, straw furniture;
watering cans and buckets;
large barrels, fences, stepladders, stairs;
candles with kerosene lamps;
bicycles, hammocks, boats and suitcases.

In good weather, you can organize a photo zone in nature. The best place will be the green lawn adjacent to the wedding venue. It is necessary to use trees on which swings and kerosene lamps can be hung. Another good background is a hayloft with stairs.

The main background will be a high wooden fence, old doors or cabinets, which can be decorated with fir branches. The benches can be made from hay or straw, for which you will need to fill several stacks with fabric. You can’t do without signs for a wedding photo shoot, of which it is better to choose chalk ones. It would be appropriate to use hand-made foam letters.