When your guests enter the church to attend your wedding, what will they be greeted with immediately? Will they see a simple table with a guest book on it, or will they be invited into your special moment in time?
The church entryway is one of the most important areas of the church that should be decorated. This area sets the tone for guests for the entire wedding day. For example, if you have a garden theme wedding, then your entry way should display this tone.
If you have forgotten to enhance this area, then guests might be left wondering what exactly is the theme or idea behind the wedding, and why you have galvanized cans holding your pew flowers.
The church wedding decorations that are an absolute must for the entry into a church are the guestbook, and hopefully someone to greet your guests. Going to a wedding and not being greeted can leave people wondering what to do and where they should go to enjoy the big event.
However, if you have a wedding party attendant at your book, then you have conquered the guest’s fear of not knowing what to do. The attendant should be surrounded with a beautiful setting, and should be someone who loves to smile and interact with people.
Once this is established, then you can begin to create our entryway with an array of decorations. Elegant and unique decorations for an entryway include small plants lining the steps, fragrant flowers, pictures of the bride and groom and if you have a theme such as a beach wedding, then you should enhance the area with items that fit your theme.
You may also want to have wedding programs available for your guests to take, so that they can be ‘in the know’ when your ceremony has many different things going on all at once. These are inexpensive to make, and again, if you have a themed wedding, you can have them printed on themed paper.
Other wedding decorations that can make an entryway special are lighting enhancements. For example, you can use luminaries on the sidewalk outside the door, twinkle lights on the table where the guest book is located, and even tiki torches for a beach theme wedding. Just like the inside of the church needs special lighting, so does the entryway.
Wedding decorations for an entryway can go from being very simple to completely elaborate. Keeping in mind that you are setting the tone for your guests will help you to use great decorations to make the entry way a very special place for your guests to be guided to your wedding.
Make the entryway an experience all within itself, and do not forget to have someone to greet and steer your guests to the right place. After all, you would not want a guest to be lost in a large church, so handle them and your entryway decorations with the utmost care and attention.