After getting formally engaged and before planning a wedding, is often the time to get down and party. The time to begin to plan the first of all pre-wedding events, which is the engagement party. Tick this off your to-do list, and you can start to count the days to your wedding. Whether you choose simple or elaborate decor to go with your theme, you will need the right engagement party decorations ideas to get you started.
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Brides Often Ask
What decorations do you need for an engagement party?
Engagement party decorations often include items such as welcome signs, aisle runners, wedding arch decor, table centerpieces, table, and chair decor, floral arrangements, decorative lighting, balloons, and more.
How do you decorate an engagement party at home?
Decorating an engagement party at home will need some creativity. You could use elements already there such as greenery in the backyard, decorative candle centerpieces, and arrange a floral wall as a backdrop or a gazebo as an altar.
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Trendy Decorations For Engagement Party
The engagement party is the party of all parties before you say, ‘I do’. To stir up just the right amount of excitement for the day, you might want to look into getting trendy decorations for the engagement party. From choosing the best theme for your party to the right colors, and even checking online for what’s new. There are many ways to decide what’s perfect for your big day.
Whether you’re having a chill backyard party or a formal soiree, you can create the party of your dreams, dressing up your venues to the nines.
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Balloons
Balloons are a fun element for indoor or outdoor engagement party decorations. You could fill them with helium and have them suspend in a canopy over the ceiling or arrange them in a stylish design for a beautiful backdrop. Choose muted colors for a minimalist effect or shimmer, sparkles, and garlands for something more elaborate.
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Vintage Plates
A classic or vintage engagement party could use stand out tableware, and vintage plates, chargers or platters would do just the trick. Depending on the theme for the day you could get them in metallic gold or silver, set against floral table runners or dark colored tablecloths.
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Photo Station
A photo station would be as much fun for the guests as it would be for the couple. You could get an actual photo booth, or props for DIY engagement party decorations. From decorative seating to a floral wall, bold acrylic signage and fun hold-up signs, there are so many options to choose from.
Rustic Engagement Party Decorations
It is important that the party decor fit with the theme of the engagement party. This is why a rustic themed party would require rustic engagement party decorations. Express yourself with a theme that reflects your personality using decor items such as rustic lighting, wooden elements, Mason jars for vases or candle holders, and creative table settings.
Also, feel free to go with bold colors and floral arrangements because rustic doesn’t always mean neutral fall-colored decor.
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Vintage Lanterns
Though seemingly simple, a set of vintage lanterns can transform a party venue from boring to intriguing. Pair classic lanterns with floral arrangements or vintage books for the most creative and awe-inspiring centerpieces at your engagement party. Another option would be to have them suspended from the ceiling for a magical vibe.
Dried Flowers
Often overlooked, dried flowers can add the right touch to a rustic design or location. Complete your floral arrangements by introducing dried flowers to contrast the full and bold-colored blooms for a design with more depth and intensity. They can also serve as scented potpourri, an extra element in your table decoration.
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Wooden Chairs
A rustic themed event would look great with wooden furniture, and bare wood can always be dresses up with neutral colored blankets on each chair. A collection of contrasting mismatched chairs is also a great design that shows some originality.
Outdoor Engagement Party Decorations
Throwing an engagement party outdoors is often a great idea especially if the weather permits it. If you’re choosing to have a backyard party, then suggestions on DIY backyard engagement party decorations might interest you. There are lots of fun ideas that would make your outdoor engagement party a success whether you’re working with a limited budget or intend to splurge. Using the surroundings to your advantage, you can design your dream engagement party.
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Welcome Boards
Welcome your guests in the best way possible. Acrylic signs could hang over an entrance archway or be lettered on a wall to double as a backdrop. You could create a colorfully bold sign with bright floral arrangements or go minimalist with a monochrome design.
Drinks And Foods Station
Let the theme you’ve chosen flow even with your food and drinks’ station. You can use big and bold contrasting signage to spruce up a minimalist drinks or snack bar. Seasonal floral arrangements in your engagement colors are also welcome. You can combine it with fresh fruits and berries to set the tone for a summer or spring celebration.
Greenery Touches
Greenery will always be a lovely addition to outdoor engagement party décor. From overhanging greenery to table runners or intertwined with fairy lights. There are numerous ways to add that touch of nature to your big day.
Lighting Engagement Party Decorations Ideas
It’s easy to forget that lighting is part of your decor. Creating a lighting plan to add to your engagement party decor can tie your whole design together beautifully. String lights can brighten a dinner underneath the stars, while candlelight can give the romantic vibe that such an occasion would require.
Candles
Candles would look great all on their own or paired with exquisite floral decorations. You could have a uniform arrangement of candles or use candles of varying heights in glass votives, candle holders, or glass jars. Colored candles could also match or contrast your theme colors in a design or perfection.
Bulb Lamps
Simplistic or vintage style bulb lamps can hang in a canopy over your event space. Or hang from strings as string lights under a tent or the night sky where their brightness would be most effective and also decorative.
String Lights
String lights are perfect for an outdoor celebration, especially one that lasts into the evening or night. Apart from mimicking a starry night sky, they can also look magnificent in a variety of arrangements, perhaps draped over props and beams or strung as a canopy blanketing the occasion. The fairy lights also create the perfect vibe for a fairytale engagement party.
Engagement Party Table Decorations
Designing the perfect tables for an engagement party would need paying some extra attention to the details of the table settings. Choosing the right engagement party table decorations would also have to take items such as chargers, placemats, napkins, plates, and even drink glasses into account. They would all tie into the theme.
Cake Toppers
Cake toppers can vary from important motifs to cute flower bouquets or graphics, depending on the theme. Couples can also choose to have their names or initials in acrylic for more personalized toppers celebrating such a special day.
Printable Fun Decor
You can say absolutely anything with printable decor, and this is what makes it fun. You can engage guests better and take some of the best photos with unique printable drink umbrellas, hold-up signs, snack labels, customized napkins, and more.
Menus
You can get creative with menus and design them after the theme of the day. From menu cards that sit pretty on chargers to those that double as utensil wrap. Menus can also be designed after a minimalist, rustic or classic engagement party theme.
DIY Backyard Engagement Party Decorations
If you need to spruce up your party with cheap engagement party decorations, then DIY might be the way to go. There are so many options available to a couple on a budget. One of those includes throwing your party in your backyard or the backyard of a friend. The key being that you wouldn’t need to pay for a venue. With that expense out of the way, you would be able to focus better on other aspects of party planning.
Table Linens
Working with the landscape can lend a lot of ideas to options for table linens at a backyard party. You could choose linens in plain colors that make them a canvas for every other colorful element that you would add to the table setting. You could also choose block colors with metallic accents for a vintage or more opulent vibe and bold detailing.
Food And Flower Original Decoration
Use seasonal flower arrangements and fruits in your engagement party theme colors to create the best decor pieces for a garden or backyard wedding. Foliage and garlands of greenery can also set the stage for a nature inspired event or rustic themed party.
Whether you’re planning an al fresco dinner, intimate party with close family and friends in your backyard, or more formal occasion, these engagement party decorations can be styled to fit your theme of choice. Once you get the aesthetics and ambiance right, you can be sure to have the most memorable time of your lives, enjoying every single minute of being together.
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