Church and ceremony pew decorations

Decorating pews for the ceremony can be difficult. Not all wedding ceremonies are performed in churches, and sometimes churches are the most difficult places to decorate of all. A lot of churches, especially Catholic churches in my experience, do not allow tape on their pews of any kind, so trying to attach some sort of decoration on pews usually ends up with a wrestling match between you and some rubber bands. There are also clips, but those slip off easily, and you don’t want a flower arrangement slipping off as you walk down the aisle in your full-skirted wedding dress.

Above is a picture from a wedding in which I was a bridesmaid a few years ago.

Continue reading →

Going to the chapel? Don’t forget the decorations!

It seems that when times get tough, we look for more meaning in our lives, especially in big life events like getting married. At least, that’s what I’m gathering from a recent Christian Science Monitor article.

While engaged couples bemoan a recession that’s forcing them to scale back their spending, a different conversation is also bubbling: Will the economic downturn help focus attention on the religious importance of the wedding ceremony or even reacquaint some with a faith tradition from which they’ve drifted?

“You have to ask yourself what’s important,” Weir says. “How many decorations do you really need? We are tied to the Catholic Church. If getting married is a leap of faith, than this is the place to do it.”

If that’s the case, then I have a few pictures to show you of churches I’ve decorated. Oddly enough, while I’ve decorated my fair share of churches, I failed to take pictures of most of them. In my seven years of snapping digital photos, I think these photos are all I’ve got of church decorations.

Continue reading →

An arch, pew decorations and pool flowers

Ah, did I catch your attention with the mention of pool flowers? Yeah, you don’t see it that often, but when you do — wow! These pictures are from a friend who did not want to be identified, but she so happened to be at two weddings a few weekends ago and saw the flowers and just knew I would want pictures. The pictures were taken from her cell phone, but you can click on each photo for a bigger version.

The first wedding, by the way, was at Dove Canyon Country Club, a venue I have never had the pleasure of decorating. The area code on the website tells me its in south Orange County, and my friend says Rancho Santa Margarita. The second wedding was in Palos Verdes at a private home.

Continue reading →