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Decor

If you’re looking for wedding decoration ideas, we’ve got everything from geeky centerpieces to unique ways to use balloons and paper lanterns, to escort cards and SO MUCH MORE OMG. If you’re looking for tutorials, be sure to check our wedding decoration DIY archive.

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Apples skewered on bare branches + purple calla lilies = tablescape that will haunt your dreams

Remember how I went to Puerto Rico last month, and toured a bunch of amazing wedding and honeymoon venues? Well, one of the spots we toured was the Ritz-Carlton San Juan, where they did it UP for a dinner for all of us journalists. This amazing tablescape greeted me when I walked in the dining room… yes, those are green apples skewered on bare branches, surrounded by purple calla lilies and moss balls.

I was all HOLY FUCK, OFFBEAT BRIDES ARE GOING TO DIE. You have to see more.

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Craft award corsages for your wedding VIPs

Stacy and Bob (pictured in the middle from way back when!) made these ribbon “award” corsages for their extra special people with awesome vintage photos. They are made from tiny frames and some mismatched ribbon.

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Use Polaroids to personalize your wedding decor

Katie and Clinton’s centerpieces featured these Polaroid photos of special places and moments. It seems like the perfect pre-wedding get-away: jump in the car and head around town to snap photos of your favorite restaurants, date spots, where you got engaged, etc. Then slip them into your flowers.

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Cut logs to make your own rustic cupcake tower

Do you like birds? Do you also like cupcakes? Then you’re going to flip out over Tribesmaid Nicoleviolet‘s cupcake tower made out of logs!

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Add some comic geek cred to your photo booth

Planning a DIY photo booth? Some black, propped-up foam core board can turn a regular photo booth into a life-size comic strip.

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Boots, baubles, and runners: killer decor for your church wedding

We’ve done tons of posts about outdoor ceremony decor, window decor, even porta potty decor! But what about offbeat decor options when you’re getting married in a church, that may or may not place limitations on what you can do? Church brides want funky decor options, too — so we’ve rounded up a metric butt load of awesome inspiration for ya.