The bride and groom always want to make a garden wedding look beautiful. As the sunshine slowly scatters, the candles and lanterns heighten the excitement of love on a garden wedding. Candles and lanterns bring about a magnificent illusion for any series of stairs, pathway, a small body of water like a pond or to the entrance or admission of a garden wedding. There are a lot of plans and schemes to enhance a garden wedding. To mention a few are the use of flags, fairy lights, floating garden lights and oriental lanterns.



The color of flags reflects the lights and creates a moving manner of color which further carries life to the garden wedding. Fairy lights are mostly used to elaborately adorn wedding cakes. It will add glitter to a garden wedding. A candle placed on a water lily floating aimlessly shines through the night. It will bring light to a small body of water in a garden. Lanterns bring an oriental or Asian theme to a garden wedding. It has various colors and shapes like the square ball and the tube shape. Stimulate the imagination by mixing and matching.

Lighting pervades the mood of your wedding. It not only illuminates the whole place but it makes the place remarkably attractive. With proper lighting, a place or venue can be quaint and be taken to the next level.

In the planning process you have to go and see for yourself the wedding reception at the same time you will be having you social function for your guests. Look in every direction of the room and find out where the lightings are and where the light lies. Observe what type of lighting they have and see if you can do something about it. If they are using unflattering fluorescent lights, then you have to consider substituting it. Use artistic lightings so that the attention of the guests will focus on the newly weds, stage, table and dance floor. In every reception the place has rules and regulations to be followed. Seek information if candle lighting or installing new lights are off limits.

Lights can change color depending on the temperature. It can turn to the color yellow orange to violet blue which is resolute by the origin. Candle lights illuminate an ardent golden yellow color while electrical and battery operated lights illuminates a bold blue color. Purplish red light makes the surrounding lively and enthusiastic and makes the skin tone more attractive. Bold lightings make the ambience cheerful and modern.

Lightings should not only be found inside but also outside so that guests would not trip from the adorned admission area to the social function room. If lighting candles are not allowed then sham or spurious lightings placed in decorated glass holders which will look illustrious can bring aptitude to the path or passage.

To have a cool glittery effect, use clear quarts that look good with pure crystals. Use a slender candle and add details by decorating with either leaves or flowers to create a vigorous focal point. For a soothing and wonderful feeling use shaped long candles wrapped around with fine netting of silk and a wreath with flowers and leaves.

You can hire a professional lighting designer so that your tables and wedding cakes will also be illuminated provided that hiring one will fit your budget. The disc jockey can also supply the lighting equipment to emit colors to the dance floor.