Blog | Best Wedding Backdrops - Part 13
How to Customize Rented Wedding Walls and Backdrops
Wednesday, January 10th – When people are looking to dress up their wedding walls and otherwise create great impressions for their visitors, wedding backdrops are a popular option. Now, ordering a custom-made backdrop from a company like Best Wedding Backdrops can be a bit outside of many smaller weddings’ budget, but there is an alternative – rentals.
Rented wedding walls can be a perfect compromise. With plenty of options to choose from, there’s a rental backdrop for nearly any occasion – and they only cost a fraction of what original custom work would. Better yet, if you’re careful not to damage the rental, there are plenty of ways you can further dress up these wedding walls to make them more personalized.
Here are a few ideas.
Five Ways to Customize a Rented Wedding Backdrop
- Add signs surrounding the backdrop
Signs are a great accessory for weddings since they can serve multiple purposes at once. They might be informative, or they might just be there for decoration, but either way, they can carry through your design and ideas and color choices. A few signs around the backdrop will enhance it, and possibly make your wedding or reception easier to navigate as well.
- Put it in lights
Strings of lights are cheap, easy to set up, and always add some pizzazz to a wedding. Granted, they probably aren’t well-suited for a low-key wedding, but in almost any other setting, they’re instantly eye-grabbing and distinctive. Stringing lights on or around the backdrop will quickly make it look unique.
- Flowers!
Flowers are one of the oldest and most traditional of wedding decorations, and they can be added to everything – including your backdrop. Some backdrops already have a floral motif, so adding some real flowers will only make it pop more – and with no risk of damaging the rental. You could also do the same with leaves and other natural elements.
- Props and other smaller custom pieces
Another way to dress up your backdrop, while also making it more three-dimensional, is adding props around it. For example, with the “vintage frames” backdrop, the addition of some real-life frames will really help sell the image. Get creative! As long as the props fit the theme, almost anything will work.
- Posters or pictures
If you’re careful, you can even add your own pictures or posters to the backdrop. Just be sure to use “poster putty” style sticky products which won’t leave a residue or otherwise damage the surface your pictures are being attached to. Avoid tape or glue.
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Great Ideas for A New Year’s Head Table Backdrop for Your Wedding
Thursday, January 4th, If you’re planning a wedding for early January, there are a lot of potential themes you could give it – but a New Year’s theme would be a great choice! After all, New Year’s celebrations are about rebirth and renewal, so they fit in perfectly with a ceremony which is all about the rebirth of your own new life. Plus, two-in-one celebrations can be extra fun, thanks to the extra possibilities they add. And there’s no better way to really emphasize the New Year at your wedding than with a massive head table backdrop from Best Wedding Backdrops!
A head table backdrop can easily be the centerpiece of your reception or wedding. It’s designed to run the full length of a head table, measuring sixteen feet wide or longer. Basically, these backdrops are intended to entirely replace a back wall, or even potentially serve as a dividing wall in a larger space. In the meantime, it’s also a huge artistic statement, and a great way to unify the theme of your wedding.
Ordering a custom head table backdrop also brings you plenty of possibilities for focusing on the New Year in your wedding!
Four Great Ideas for New Year’s Themed Head Table Backdrops
- Confetti and Streamers
Everyone loves confetti and streamers at this time of year, and they look great on a wedding backdrop – particularly when they’re contrasted against a dark background. It makes the colors in them truly pop, as well as ensuring there’s a background in place which will make the bride stand out well. You could even enhance your backdrop with real confetti, streamers, and glitter to make it even more festive.
- 2018 Themes
2018 is coming, so why not make it one of the main messages of your wedding? A huge 2018 in gold and silver would mark the special occasion, as well as emphasizing the time and place of your wedding. Or, make it a step-and-repeat backdrop, which is less expensive to produce.
- New Year’s Resolutions
Since you can print anything at all on a custom-made backdrop, you can make it super-personalized. A set of New Year’s resolutions focused on your marriage would be a great way of telling everyone present what your wedding is really about, as well as giving you a reminder in the years ahead of your plans and dreams. You could even leave some space blank and invite your visitors to add their own suggested resolutions!
- Champagne and Bubbles
Champagne is another ritual that’s associated with both weddings and New Year’s, so it’s a great “twofer” design. Plus, bubbles always look great on a backdrop and make for a visually interesting presentation. A champagne-themed head table backdrop can be both classic and exciting.
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Wedding Backdrop Ideas for Making the Most of Your Backdrop
Wednesday, December 27th – A great wedding backdrop can be an incredibly versatile and effective piece of decor for your wedding… when used correctly. Obviously, when dealing with a decoration which is so big, some thought needs to be put into both its design and its implementation.
Today, we wanted to discuss some wedding backdrop ideas that will help ensure you can make the most of your investment and totally wow your guests!
Four Wedding Backdrop Ideas That Will Make Your Backdrop Shine
- Don’t order a backdrop until you’ve settled on a venue.
Wedding backdrops are big. Even the smallest are in the 8’x8′ range, and a reception table backdrop could easily be 30 feet wide – or more! Size truly matters here, and you don’t want to end up with a backdrop that’s too small or large for your needs.
- Match the backdrop colors/design to the space.
Beyond physical size questions, the other reason you want to wait until you have a venue is that your backdrop design will almost assuredly be influenced by the location. If the walls of the venue are a strong color, for example, you’ll want your backdrop to be complementary – after all, it’s probably going to be as big as a wall.
You may even want the backdrop to cover up a wall you don’t like, or otherwise block the view of something you don’t want in your wedding. This, too, can only be determined after settling on a venue.
- Make sure the backdrop isn’t blocking anything important.
At the risk of harping on the “a wedding backdrop is big” angle, you will also want to make sure it’s only blocking those things you want to be blocked. If misplaced, it could easily block access to corridors, cover up decor, or otherwise interfere with the wedding. Plan, and plan carefully, to be certain the backdrop will only add to your ceremony, rather than taking away.
- Partition your space.
On the other hand, the size of a typical wedding backdrop could work in your favor. If you’re dealing with an exceptionally large space, like a dance hall, a double-sided backdrop could work extremely well as a partition carving one huge room into two smaller spaces.
In this case, you’d want a backdrop which was large enough to block the view of the other side but still left room at either end for people to walk past. For example, if you only had one huge space to work with, this could be a great way to partition off your entryway and receiving area from the rest of the reception. Or, perhaps, it could be used to partition off the bar if you’re worried about drinkers getting rowdy.
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It’s the Little Touches That Make Wedding Reception Backdrops Shine
Thursday, December 21st – A wedding reception backdrop can easily be one of the most amazing and eye-catching pieces of décor you could add to your ceremonies – particularly if it’s a full head table backdrop that stretches from one end of the room to the other. Wedding backdrops are big enough to truly set the scene or to tie your entire set of wedding design ideas together.
However, wedding reception backdrops can also go further. Items can be added to them, or around them, which enhance the experience even more. When properly accessorized, reception backdrops go beyond mere pieces of décor to being a vibrant and highly-memorable part of the wedding!
If you’re wanting to take your wedding reception backdrops over the top into being something truly unique and special, here are some tips.
Four Ways to Spice Up the Reception Backdrop at Your Wedding
- Props
Why have a flat backdrop? If you have a theme which supports it, adding props and other items which are physically attached to the backdrop could be an amazing way to give it extra flair, texture, and visual appeal. For example, one of our most popular backdrop options at the moment has printed picture frames incorporated into the design. You could easily take that a step further by including actual picture frames, popping out of the display and making it look truly three-dimensional.
Nature scenes would also be a good fit. If you have flowers or leaves printed on your backdrop, add some real life foliage as well!
- Instagram Frames
Are you throwing a wedding with a lot of socially-minded people? Take it to the next level! You could include a frame around your backdrop that makes it look like an Instagram post. Or style it around your own favorite social media site. Either way, the mix of real life and online design elements would give your wedding a cool connected vibe.
- Matching Signs Around the Reception
If you’re concerned about the backdrop standing out too much and want to ensure it feels like a cohesive part of your wedding, utilize wedding signs with the same design. With modern printing techniques, it’s simple to copy the design of the backdrop into miniaturized versions for your bar sign, seating chart, and so forth.
That will ensure everything comes together nicely, particularly in wide-angle photographs.
- Hand Decoration
Don’t forget about the potential in getting hands-on. When you’re working with your own custom backdrop, it’s yours to do with as you please. Use pens, ink, paint, or whatever else you like to spruce it up and add a real “handcrafted” touch.
You could even turn this one into an activity for guests. For example, instead of a guestbook, have guests sign your backdrop instead while adding some color or artwork to it.
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Great Dance Floor Decals for Your Winter Wedding
Tuesday, December 5th – Dance floor decals are kind of a “secret weapon” when it comes to dressing up your wedding, particularly if you’re in a space with a bare or uninteresting floor. Guests might not even notice the decals consciously, but they’ll still register as part of the space and help really set the mood.
Better yet, modern dance floor decals can be custom-printed as large as 10×10 and are extremely easy to apply and remove – without leaving any glue behind! They can be stuck onto virtually any flooring surface aside from carpeting and should be fine for nearly any rented space. (Just be sure to check your renter’s agreement to ensure they aren’t prohibited by the building owner.)
So, if you’re planning on a winter wedding, let’s talk about some dance floor decals that fit the theme!
Ideas for Great Winter Wedding Floor Decals
- Initials in white/blue
One of the most popular ideas for floor decals at weddings is to have the couple’s initials printed on a very large decal, usually surrounded by either a circle or a heart. Well, this idea can be easily adapted to fit a winter wedding! Just pick a nice wintery color scheme, with plenty of whites and blues. The initials will really ‘pop’ out of the floor, while it still fits with your overall wintertime theme.
- Snowflakes
Sure, it’s obvious – but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. Snowflakes are among the most gorgeous things on earth, and with modern high-resolution digital printing, your dance floor snowflakes could look amazing. Some giant flakes scattered around the dance floor would really add to the overall vibe.
- Winter forest theme
This would require close coordination between your walls and your floor, but it’d be spectacular if you pulled it off. Give your walls a winter forest theme, then carry it through with floor decals of the snowy forest floor. White powder, footprints from animals like deer, some leaves… It would be totally amazing, and guarantee your guests were talking about your wedding design for a long time!
- Ice Capades
Rather than snow, why not ice? This could be a fun decal theme because the floor might look slippery, but it’d be totally safe. For a more visual flare, add some grooves to make it look like skaters had been on the ice – or maybe frost patterns, like they were left by the ice fairies from Disney’s Fantasia.
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If you want a custom wedding theme, we can truly make your dreams come true. From backdrops on the walls to decals on the floor, you could have a wedding like none other.
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