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Lighting is what makes a room romantic, so why not head to your local craft or candle store and check out their candle selection? For a more brilliant (but generally more expensive) effect, buy hurricane lanterns and candles for each table. Another candle option is to buy glass votives for floating candles. Consider buying flat mirrors to place the candles on - they will reflect the light throughout the room and lend to your romantic atmosphere.

Rather than the regular pink wedding table decorations, you can have lanterns with single votive candles burning through their glass panes, giving out soft, dreamy light, and creating an ambient setting when used as centerpieces for your wedding reception. Use one per table, or combine in groups.

There are several balloon configurations for brides to choose from. The balloon cloud is one of the most popular, and it consists of three groupings of helium balloons connected with coordinating streamers. The trick to this suspended decoration is the correct amount of weight from the streamers and helium. It should hover over a table or area without hitting people in the head or sticking to the ceiling.

Wedding arches offer a focal point and make great outside wedding decorations. You can buy a relatively simple white, metal wedding arch at major craft stores for between $20 and $40. Be sure to look into the wedding arch fees if you're having a destination wedding. An alternative to the traditional arch is a balloon arch. Balloon arches can be amazingly elegant, with understated balloons that look like pearls and a soft tulle base.

You've been daydreaming about your wedding day since you were a little girl if you're like most brides-to-be - you want it to be just right, down to the tiniest butterfly wedding decorations. If your ideal is a wedding party on the beach, bring the beach to your wedding with large bows made from coral- and sand-colored ribbon, and attach a starfish or flat shell to the center to use as pew markers or to hang above doorways.