Winter Wedding Wonderland Decor Ideas

I spent the day Monday at my son's school and while looking at the many decorations they had, I came across some wonderful snowflakes they were in the process of hanging up for the holidays.  They told me I can find the instructions to this nifty snowflake at www.marthastewart.com.  However, I have had bigger plans for this snowflake than just the holidays...what about for a winter wedding?

Now, I am scheduled to take another visit to his school to actually learn how to make these wonderful paper snow flake, which require some twisting and stapling, but turn out very beautiful as you can see:

However, I also came upon some other snowflake designs that are a bit more simple, yet just as beautiful from Martha Stewart with the complete instructions here.


Adding my own flavor to the process, I thought it would add just a touch more pizazz with some sparkle and color.  Just some Krylon low odor spray glue, a mix of light blue and white sparkles (or the wedding color of your choice) and some Aleene's Paper Glaze to make it more durable. This can add a sparkling and cool effect to any wedding and is very cost effective if you are planning a low budget wedding.  Both the Krylon Spray Glue and Aleene's Paper Glaze are available at your local Michael's or craft store for under $10 each.
Use these wonderful snowflakes as reception or ceremony decor. 

I also came across a Snowflake Punch by Martha Stewart that can be found on Overstock.com for about $10 each (comes in different snowflake shapes).  A great idea would be to punch these in light blue and cream colored paper, spray with Krylon, glitter with the color of your choice and spray with the hardening glaze as well. This will add a wonderful backdrop on place settings as well as on tree branch centerpieces as ornaments along with Swarovski crystal or rhinestone spray accents.

I plan to create and capture these ideas in the next few months and will post as I have completed them.