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Great Lighting DIY Style

Good lighting is essential for a great party, and even more so for great pictures. Lighting is often what creates a mood and can compliment settings and features. So of course, lighting is of utmost importance at your wedding. From your pictures to table centerpieces, everything must have just the right amount of light. Lighting is so important, in fact, that there are vendors dedicated only to lighting your wedding. But as important as lighting is, sometimes it just doesn’t fit into the budget. A lighting team and rentals can cost thousands of dollars. But there are inexpensive ways you can make sure your party has the perfect glow.

First, you can make your wedding and reception lighting compatible with the addition of fixtures and decorations that will reflect light. Hang some decorative mirrors around your reception hall. This will not only reflect light but also make a space look bigger, so you are getting more bang for your buck. For decorations, try adding rhinestones to glass candleholders. This is a great way to add a little glitz to your decorations, plus the light will bounce off of them beautifully. Glittery bottles and candleholders can easily be made with some modge podge, and add lots of tiny glitzy details that will look fabulous in pictures scattered around tabletops.

Add extra lighting to a pathway with votive candles in smoky white jars or mason jars. The beautiful glow will frame the entrance of your wedding or reception and help your guests find their way. Candles, of course, are an easy and inexpensive way to add a gorgeous glow to your wedding, so put them wherever you can. Mix them up on tabletops with centerpieces. Try a variation of tapers and pillar candles of different sizes arranged on a mirror. The reflection of the mirror will amplify the glow of the candles that will look fantastic in candid wedding pictures. Go a step further and hang chandeliers with battery operated tea lights or tapered candles throughout your reception. This will give off a romantic vibe as well as provide lighting.

Christmas lights are also a great way to add a soft glow around your wedding, and they can be used virtually anywhere. Try adding them behind a large canvas for a beautifully lit wall hanging. You can also lay them inside white or ivory gauzy material to drape along the ceiling. Try wrapping individual twigs with a string of white lights and using as centerpieces or to decorate corners of a large space. Getting married outside? Then hang them anywhere. Drape them across trees, wrap them around trees, and use them to light a pathway. The possibilities are endless. The best part is they are an easy and inexpensive way to add lighting. Try asking friends and family to donate their white Christmas lights and enlist their help hanging them. You will be surprised and pleased at the gorgeous glow that a few DIY lights and decorations can have without costing half your budget.

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