- Choose vintage or old fashion table linens to enhance the country, outdoor feel. Cover tables with patchwork quilts, lace tablecloths or vintage tablecloths. The heavy materials will help keep the table linens from blowing in the wind. Search antique stores and yard sales to assemble a collection of different patterned tablecloths. Choosing the tablecloths in one style, such as vintage, enables you to mismatch the colors and patterns and still relate the different tables together. In lieu of formal napkins, collect antique handkerchiefs and place one at each guest's place setting. To keep the handkerchiefs from blowing away and also to tie into the country theme, place a colorful stone on top of each one to keep it in place.
- For an outdoor country wedding, use flowers that grow naturally. Not only will this enhance your rustic country theme, it will also help you to save on costs for the wedding. Colorful wildflowers are an appropriate and eye-catching choice for a rustic wedding. To coordinate with the rustic theme, stay away from typical vases. Instead, place the flowers in cleaned and shined tin cans or even in Mason jars. As a complement to the centerpiece, you could also place candles into cans and Mason jars on the tables. The sturdy vase substitutes will help keep the flowers upright and the candles protected from the wind.
- Incorporating some rustic influences and inspirations into the small details of the wedding will help tie the entire theme together. Cut a piece of wood into a heart shape or purchase a precut wooden shape. The outdoor wedding decor will coordinate with a touch of nostalgia well, which can be accomplished by painting the couple's initials on the heart and hanging the heart on the front of a tree. To highlight the seats of the bride and groom, draw and cut out the words "Mr. and Mrs." out of cardboard. Cover the cardboard with newspaper to give it an antique and rustic look and tie ribbons to each side of it. The sign hanging from the back of the bride's and groom's chairs will make for a memorable photo op.
- Using heavy and vintage items to embellish the wedding stationery will limit the chances of them being swept away in an evening breeze and will also help you to enhance the rustic theme. Pin the place cards of guests to a cork board using antique broaches. These can also double as favors. To add weight to the dinner menus or ceremony programs, glue colorful buttons to the stationery. String can also be glue to the stationery in artistic swirls and patterns, adding to the rustic theme.
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