Upcycled but Gorgeous Wedding Decor Ideas!

Sure the finer details and gorgeous wedding decor make for a memorable wedding day, you don't really have to buy everything firsthand for one day of celebration. After all, they will all be tucked away after just a day’s worth of celebration, never to be used again. What if we say you don't have to spend thousands of dollars when you can upcycle what you already have? Weddings are really expensive, and that is the truth! Upcycling allows you to make unique and individualized décor for your wedding day while saving money and is thus one of the greatest ways to decorate an intimate wedding environment. In addition to being environmentally responsible since they breathe new life into used goods by making them reusable, upcycling wedding decorations also allows you to create wonders and completely change the atmosphere of your event on a budget by adding your own unique touches. Upcycling wedding décor can contain a wide range of objects including tin cans, glass jars, wine bottles, jars, and coffee cans, which you typically discard into the trash bins without a second thought. This makes your wedding feel more like you. 
 

If you are a bride-to-be, you already have enough on your plate! Your bridal checklist may have a lot of things to do, from gathering your wedding day essentials to organizing your grand exit, from hunting down your dream dress to planning your wedding meal. Why not save money in the areas where you can? Not only are upcycling ideas economic, but they are also sustainable for the environment. Sustainability is crucial right now and needs to permeate every aspect of our lives. Upcycled wedding décor is one of the most popular wedding trends among eco-friendly marriage groups around the world. It's a terrific method to make sure that your wedding's ecological imprint is kept to a minimum. Upcycling common goods may significantly improve your wedding reception and are sure to make it more romantic, unique, and enjoyable for everyone attending the big day, whether you and your partner are on a tight budget or you are just seeking to be creative.

Wedding Stationery: Going paperless would be a fantastic place to start with your eco-friendly wedding planning as escort cards, wedding signs, party gifts, save-the-dates, and wedding invitations all contain a lot of paper, which increases your wedding's carbon footprint. If you prefer to go paperless or pick paper products made from recycled resources for seed papers, you can omit the customary paper invitations and wedding cards. Since the majority of party-favor goods are thrown away anyway, you can also omit this custom entirely if you haven't actually planned anything. Alternatively, you may encourage everyone to become green after your wedding by giving each guest a little potted plant. If you adore quirky wedding decorations, you may also fold newspapers into origami and hang them all throughout the site to add a pop of color burst for your day's reception, which we will talk about more below.

Wedding Flowers: The centerpieces for weddings are the real heroes since they have the power to make or break the look of your wedding reception. Unfortunately, the wedding flowers and greens typically end up in the trash, therefore floral arrangements for wedding receptions and table settings have a significant environmental impact. Since most flowers are flown in from far-off places, they consume a lot of oil on their way to the florist. You could really upcycle your wedding flowers by choosing a local or in-season flower from your florist vendor to reduce your carbon footprint, or you can plan to preserve and use them as wedding favors for your guests after your wedding. Additionally, table decorations for ceremonies or centerpieces for reception tables can be made from pressed flowers or dried flowers that have been framed. To support the recycling of wedding flowers, you can also decide to purchase used bouquets from thrift shops.

Jars and Bottles into Vases: You can create so many unique wedding decorations out of recycled materials. Old glass bottles and jam jars can be converted into vintage vases that can be utilized as wedding table centerpieces. You may use paints, stencils, and markers to transform old jam jars, tin cans, and glass bottles into fresh works of art rather than throwing them away. Giving this rubbish new life is inexpensive and simple, and you can give it a complete vintage makeover by decorating it with bright ribbons, laces, or strings that you have laying around. Your wedding can be transformed into a charming country-style fete by upcycling old wine bottles into table numbers or painting them in vibrant jewel tones for reception décor. In order to add vibrant, eye-catching elements to the overall wedding aesthetic, you may also tuck in a bouquet of delicate flowers, hang them as lovely aisle decorations, or even use them to display bunches of flowers on your big day. 

Tin cans typically end up in the trash once the contents inside are consumed, just like glass bottles do. Because they reflect old and rustic in every manner, centerpieces made from distressed tin cans can also serve as a timeless and lovely work of art. Gather old-fashioned cans with lovely labels and use them as containers for your centerpieces! You can discover them at garage sales, flea markets, or even in grandma's attic. Old tin cans are used as reception table centerpieces in this do-it-yourself wedding décor concept because they create an eye-catching container for a collection of hand-gathered wildflowers that can convert each guest's table into a genuinely distinctive occasion. It may also serve as your unique "something old" for the nuptials. You can also distribute live plants, baby food jars, and vibrantly painted tin cans as a vintage-inspired wedding favor to go with your garden-themed wedding.

Vinyl Records: You can use old vinyl records by upcycling them as adorable table number ideas for your wedding reception, which is the ideal way to demonstrate your love of good music. If you don't already have any vintage records, you can go to a nearby thrift shop and buy them for dirt cheap, throwaway prices without detracting from the retro theme of your wedding.

Reusing Crockeries And Crates: For a rustic wedding theme, recycled wood and "home pieces" are extremely popular. Your eco-friendly wedding planning can make use of recycled items like old trophies, vintage teacups, jute baskets, and wooden crates as well as mismatched dishes, terracotta pots, and cracked plates. For beautiful statement pieces for your reception décor, rummage through your old garage, basement, and attic for anything broken and unused, such as a rusted wheelbarrow or an overused and abused wooden ladder. Then, whitewash or varnish them. As heirloom toppers for your wedding cake, you can also incorporate elements from your mother's wedding cake. Old window frames can show your reception menu on their glass panes, and wooden planks can be readily molded into welcome signs with hearts. Your table seating chart and escort cards can be stored in louvered shutters, or you can create a photo board with some of your favorite memories by hanging them from a board and creating a temporary photo stand to display them.

Gold Details: Nothing in this world can resist the magic that a small bit of gold can bring! Numerous wedding styles have a long heritage of using gold wedding decorations, and the Midas touch can make even the most commonplace items look pricey and stylish. When coated in gold, outdated and discarded plastic toy animals can be used as card holders or cake toppers, and even simple glass jars can be transformed into elegant candle holders. Additionally, you may use old wine glasses to color-block with gold and spruce up with stems and bases dipped in gold. Golden paint or spray can be used to make a variety of items, from ornately carved frames and plain picture frames that have been gilded with the hue, to gold-painted tin cans posing as wedding table centerpieces, to dried flowers that have been dipped in shimmering gold detailing.

Upscaling Old Books: The secret to a bride with a conscience organizing a wedding that makes a difference in spotting the potential in discarded or ignored items and knowing what finishing touches to add to transform them into bridal décor. You can create extremely lovely and creative decorations for your wedding and reception out of common household, kitchen, or garden materials. It is now clear that every book enthusiast has a few old novels from their youth lying about that they aren't going to read again. If you have old books stashed away in the attic or basement, turn them into a lovely and elegant reception table décor by wrapping them in soft laces and ornate pearls that will cascade down the table for a completely vintage wedding look. Using old books as reception décor is not only an intriguing idea, but it is also classy and one-of-a-kind.

Dixie Cup Garland: Who would have guessed that dixie cups could transform common string lights into something that seems like it belongs in a fantasy? Dixie cups and styrofoam cups can be used to make beautiful garlands by stringing them together and adding a touch of twinkling fairy lights to your special night rather than putting them straight into the trash. Dixie cup garlands that are strung with fairy lights can charm your event and liven up your wedding lighting by combining the best of both worlds. As bistro lights for an elegant city wedding, you can even paint them in lovely designs or pastel colors. Make personalized fabric letters for wedding décor out of leftover styrofoam and fabric, or enlarge cardboard letters for a monogram or initials.

Recycled Paper Ideas: One of the main contributors to wedding carbon footprints is the usage of paper. When you can make personalized things that look nicer than store-bought products, using all the paper for your wedding invites, tassel cards, escort cards, wedding menus, and paper cones contributes more and more to the landfill. You may add a wow factor to your DIY wedding invitations by making bespoke envelope liners out of leftover paper or old wrapping paper. You may create a very unique paper invitation by just bringing in recyclable papers, adding some lace, and adding handwritten calligraphy. Using dried flowers as confetti petals is a lovely way to give a vintage-inspired wedding a modern twist.

Mixing Glassware, Silverware, And Flowers: For a delightful vintage-themed wedding, old silver teapots can be painted and used as center table items. Look through your grandmother's wardrobe; you could find some antique silverware and crystal that you can use for the ceremony and reception decorations. Use antique glass bottles or teapots for your table centerpieces by painting them in your wedding colors for a fresh new look.

Wedding Fabrics as Bunting: It is typical to save old fabric scraps in your drawers if you enjoy crafting. To make a stunning textured bunting banner décor for your special day, gather fabric remnants and used clothing from your basement, friends, and relatives. Old clothing scraps can also be used to make bunting banners; all you need to do is cut them into specific symmetrical shapes and attach them to a long piece of thread to make buntings that can be put on walls or even strung around trees and lampposts. Reusing existing fabrics is a terrific way to add vibrant color accents to your wedding décor on a budget. There are countless items you may upcycle into charming wedding decorations, such as old bathtub bars, vintage baggage card tables, or beautiful bunting banners made of vintage textiles.

Vintage Décor: The vintage decor which you might have kept tucked away can make stunning wedding decor for your vintage-themed wedding. Whether it is an antique clock or an old gramophone, you can create unique magic with these. You can create so many unique wedding decorations out of recycled materials. There is no end to the variety of knick-knacks you can upcycle into some wedding decors, from turning old wine bottles into table numbers and utilizing antique fabrics to create some romantic bunting banners to making a vintage bathtub bar and a vintage luggage card table! Browse Pinterest and discover whatever inspiration strikes your fancy.

Responsible Vendors: Choosing the right vendors can help you start right with your recycled wedding! Go for vendors who are careful and sustainable in their choices. Do your homework and look into whether your neighborhood has any advertising eco-friendly wedding businesses. Many of these businesses go above and beyond to reduce waste, and some even have the endorsement of environmental organizations. If there is a certain wedding vendor you want to employ, don't be afraid to ask them about their carbon footprint, whether they recycle, and whether they use solar or wind power. To avoid having to acquire your food from a faraway location, you can also try your luck at finding a nearby farm-to-table caterer. To avoid those annoying pesticides, use organic food whenever feasible. Another fun idea is to not let your wedding food go to waste and have them delivered to the nearest shelter home.

Preloved Attire: Typically, the bride and groom wear their wedding day dress just once—on the big day—along with the bridesmaids and groomsmen. This is why choosing secondhand products over newly created or store-bought alternatives makes such sound financial and environmental sense. Online second-hand wedding stores offer outstanding brands with gorgeous designs, styles, and colors manufactured of high-quality fabrics. Even while it can be slightly riskier to purchase an expensive wedding dress online without first trying it on, if you do your research, it can be a wonderful experience and very cost-effective. Many people may find the concert of preloved unpleasant, yet there are plenty of reasons to think about it. There may, of course, be some drawbacks to buying a pre-owned dress, such as the need to alter the fit or concerns about how clean it will be, but there are also a lot more advantages than you may realize. For brides who are on a budget, care deeply about the environment, adore the vintage style, or want to be able to afford something high quality, purchasing a dress that is second-hand or vintage is a fantastic alternative. Another fun alternative is to give your mother’s or grandmother’s wedding dress a new spin! 

Use House Planters To Add Some Green: Houseplants are a beautiful addition to any room's decor. Greenery enhances the environment's overall freshness and vibrancy. So, rearrange your plants a little and utilize them as green-inspired decor. If you already have a stunning garden and you are thinking of hosting a garden wedding, put those pretty flowers to good use! This not only goes with the sentiment of making do with what you have, but it is also pretty refreshing and makes a stunning addition to your wedding decor!

Utilize Old Images As A Photoboard: Everyone adores photo boards. They provide a pleasant trip down memory lane and can be used as a unique piece of decor during a small wedding. All you have to do to display them is collect a few of your favorite pictures from your life and hang them on a board or make a simple photo stand out of something! You can display photos of you and your sweetheart, or you can expand that to include your loved ones whom you lost or who couldn't make it to the wedding, or even your pet!

Using Newspaper for Origami: You've seen the newspaper crafts that people make, as well as the origami cranes. When you combine the two, you get newspaper origami. This is one of the easiest ways to incorporate printed paper into your wedding and can be fitting for a literary-themed wedding. You may hang them up throughout the space and paint them if you want to add a splash of color. This is a simple yet impactful way to add some creative allure to your special day, and it costs next to nothing!

Use Wine Corks: Wine corks, the ones that you usually throw away, can add a truly memorable edge to your wedding day. Create a wine cork monogram with the used wine corks you have gathered. To create a giant, enormous letter of your newlywed initial to display at your wedding reception, hot glue the corks together. This undertaking also makes a charming piece of house décor! This is not all, as you can explore a wide variety of options with just a wine cork alone!

Decorative Painted Wine Bottle Recycled: You will be surprised at the variety of Ideas that emerge from empty wine bottles. you are only limited by your creativity here because the options are truly endless. You can paint them, fill them with fairy lights or wrap them in burlap, and they will all look wonderful. You can additionally use painted wine bottle centerpieces for a dramatic twist. We are in awe of how glass bottles and jars may be transformed from trash to treasure with a coat of metallic spray paint.

Upcycling your wedding day details, whether it's wearing your grandma's refurbished wedding dress or making a cool recycled wine bottle centerpiece, you will be essentially adding important and memorable details to your wedding day. This makes your wedding day look a lot different from all the other weddings that you see on Pinterest. Your wedding will be quirky and will have a narrative that is unlike any other wedding out there. It will be telling a story and will carry your legacy in every element of the wedding day whether it's your decor or your choice of dress or your wedding favors. Why you might be initially attracted to upcycled wedding ideas because of their cost-effective nature and sustainability factor, you will walk away knowing that your wedding decor is unique and precious which makes upcycling such a fun and rewarding experience.