Simple Ideas
for your Western Theme Wedding
Are you searching for simple western wedding decorations for your western theme wedding?
Well, look no further! Below you will find simple western wedding decorating ideas and unique country wedding favors to suit your special wedding theme.
Your western theme wedding decorations should begin with some western save the date cards, and invitations. This will give your guests a small hint of what is to come on your wedding day. Purchase additional western style stationary, western thank you cards and western programs to continue your western theme with every piece of correspondence that you mail out.
Your western wedding invitations can resemble a "Wanted" poster! Be sure to print them on ecru parchment paper to create a antique feel.
Encourage your guest to dress in western attire. Indicate it in your wedding invitations, "Cowboy Boots & Cowboy Hats Required".
A great western bridal shower for bridesmaids to plan, is a "chuck wagon" style bridal shower. Complete with a traditional bar-b-que menu, decorate tables with checkered table cloths and use mason jars as vases for small clusters of fresh flowers, an easy to plan horseshoe tournament, country line-dance contest, western bandanas can be used as place mats or napkins.
A western hat can be decorated with a tiara and veil, for the bride to wear during the shower or bachelorette party.
Western bandanas can be used to decorate the back of chairs, or floral centerpieces. A white bandanas can be incorporated into the brides wedding bouquet and bandanas in the brides wedding colors can be added to bridesmaids bouquets, by wrapping the bandana around the stems of each bouquet.
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Look for a country-style wedding location with a rustic setting such as a barn or outdoor location laced with wildflowers. Other locations that would suit a western wedding theme are a wheat field, cabin or park with large shade trees.
If your wedding or reception location includes large shade trees, candles placed inside mason jars can be hung by wrapping wire around the rim of each mason jar to create a romatic glow.
Treat your guest to a truly western theme wedding by using hay bales instead of the usual white chairs for your wedding ceremony seating. Add a ribbon to each hay bale to accent your wedding theme colors and place hay bales in neat rows to simulate pews or benches, like those in a church or chapel.
Sprinkle the aisle with a bit of hay and add flower petals in your wedding colors to unify your western wedding theme and wedding colors.
Arrive to your wedding in a horse drawn carriage!
After the ceremony take the entire wedding party on a hay ride.
Decorate the entrance to your western theme wedding reception with easy to make wooden corral fencing and hay bales. Place ropes and saddles on fencing and on top of each hay bale to add that western feel.
Set up a western photo booth by placing hay bales, wagon wheels a few cowboy hats, sheriff's badges, bandanas, parasols and toy guns. Your guests will have fun posing for western wedding portraits that will be cherished for a lifetime.
Flowers such as sunflowers, or wildflowers can be placed in mason jars, to create simple wedding reception centerpieces.
Use raffia or rope to tie a small photo of the bride and groom on to each jar. Add the words, "Wanted", "Just Hitched" or "Outlaws" to personalize each of your western wedding decorations.
Create a casual picnic reception with red and white checkered table cloths. If you prefer to use white table cloths you can add simple no-sew burlap table runners, that can be placed on top of each table cloth for an inexpensive layered effect.
Oil lamps, or hurricane lamps can be used on reception tables instead to create that old west ambiance. For an inexpesive ideas sprinkle silk flower petals on the center of each table and place candles inside of 3 mason jars of varying heights, for an old fashioned feel.
Hit the flea market or vintage stores and purchase inexpensive candle sticks in varying heights and styles and place several of them on each table for a vintage look.
Wheat, pumpkins, dried corn and lanterns can also be incorporated into your western wedding decorations.
Eddible western theme wedding favors can include jam, cookies or other home made treats. Be creative and tie a cute message tag to each favor such as "meant to bee" to a delicious jar of home made honey for each guest to take home!
Incorporate your western theme wedding with western wedding accessories, such as western unity candles, western guest book and western cake toppers.
Use western themed card stock or stationary to create western wedding programs. Arrange all of the neatly folded programs inside a large wicker basket, and place on a small table at the entrance to your western wedding ceremony site.
Adorn a white cowboy hat with a beautiful veil instead of the traditional wedding veil and tiara.
Let everyone know that dinner is ready by ringing an authentic western dinner bell. Serve a traditional western bar-b-que menu for your guest to enjoy!
Cool your beer and soft drinks in large galvanized tubs filled with ice.
Just for fun, have your photographer take a picture of you and your groom, with the groom holding a pitch fork.
Treat you guests to fun western hay rides throughout the evening.
Hire some western fiddle players to entertain your guests!!
Incorporate your western theme wedding decorations into your wedding cake by adding saddles, horseshoes, boots and other western themed designs.
Create a backdrop for your westerm wedding cake table, by placing birch tree braches (or other branches) into galvanized buckets. Place rocks or quick drying cement into each bucket to stabalize, then place into pretty baskets or other western style container. Place white twinkle lights on the branches to create a nice glow behind your cake table.
Branches can also be added to create a taller reception table centerpiece.
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