Top 10 – Wedding Decorating With Flags

Wedding decor has changed a lot over the years.  For the past couple of years we’ve seen a big turn towards the use of flags and banners for both indoor and outdoor decoration.  Whether you’re going for a festival feeling, a soft crafty look or pulling family heritage into your decor, flags are a fun and easy way to decorate for your upcoming nuptials. Wedding flags and banners help keep the celebration going at home too.

1.  Welcome your guests with a stunning display of color and movement. Wedding flags are as different as the tastes of the planners.  Choose triangular pennants, rectangles, squares or a dovetail design like shown in this picture.

strings of flags

Photo Courtesy of Dan Queiroz

2. Spell out your love with nautical code signal flags. Ocean lovers will swoon over a nautical themed wedding even if you can’t actually get married on a boat like this couple.  Decorations like seashells, sand, starfish and sea glass complete your nautical theme.

Nautical Themed Wedding

Photo Courtesy of Jonas Bengtsson

3. Create an entire canopy of fluttering flags. Indoor or out, a ceiling made of color and movement will bring your space to life and create an intimate feeling that your guests won’t soon forget.

Canopy of flags

Photo Courtesy of Guillaume Paumier

4. Enhance a stunning view and create art with colored fabric. Blank flags come in all sizes and colors. Similar to flowers, flags can be a show-stopper when grouped together in all one color or can set a softer background when shades of similar colors are used together.

blank flags

Photo Courtesy of Bryan Ledgard

5. Go whimsical with a softer color palette. Wedding flags don’t have to be large or made from traditional “flag” materials to be beautiful.  This one is quilted using burlap and lace.  It’s perfect for a woodland setting.

pastel love flag

Photo Courtesy of Maria Panayiotou

6. Give your guests something to wave.  Custom stick flags are fun, especially for kids! Start with messages on the flags, like shown here or let your guests write their own messages to the happy couple.  These wedding flags would be beautiful waved by your guests as you walk back down the isle as a newly-wedded couple!

Stick Flags

Photo Courtesy of Natalia Wilson

7. Personalize your message with lettered pennants.  While “Geronimo” may not be your preferred message when you say your I-Do’s, you can’t argue with it’s personality.  You could do “I Do” or “Mr. & Mrs.” in your wedding colors to make this style wedding flag your own.

wedding bunting

Photo Courtesy of Sarah-Rose

8. Brighten up the landscape with your wedding colors. Especially at outdoor weddings, you’ll find many places to hang a flag or banner.  Tent rigging, tree branches, balconies, awnings and more can be decorated easily with flags of any shape or size.

party flags

Photo Courtesy of andy carter

9. Flags can both label your food AND make it totally adorable! Make a fun project out of pretty paper and toothpicks for your big day.  These are pretty but can also be practical.  Label food that is lactose free, gluten free or with likely allergens to keep your guests safe and happy.

food with flags

Photo Courtesy of Maria Panayiotou

10. Enhance the natural beauty of your locations with strings of pennants. Is there a walkway or path that your guests will follow when they arrive at your wedding? Strings of pennants can be a beautiful way to lead them to the ceremony or from the ceremony to the reception.

strings of pennants

Photo Courtesy of Sarah-Rose

Do you have more ideas for wedding decorating?  Let us know about it in the comments!

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