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The Most Interesting Ways You Can Use Fairy Lights At Your Wedding!

BY The WMG Bride | 24 Oct, 2015 | 8418 views | 3 min read

What's the one thing Diwali and Weddings have in common? Yes,a part from the festive wear and oodles of fun. Think guys!!! Yes, the two amazing events in our lives come with their fair share of fairy lights. Twinkling and sparkling, these cuties can drum up enough drama at any wedding. That's why we put together 10 sexy ways you can use these lights to light up your big day.

As Hanging Lights 

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Beautiful fairy lights look fabulous just hanging down - simple but effective!

As a Virtual Net Over The Skies 

skies

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Use them as a roof over your head, literally!

As Lights Inside Birdcages

birdcages

Picture Courtesy: Vivaha Wedding Solutions★ 5

Birdcages can carry a few fairy lights - it will just light up the whole event and make it look as vintage-y and Parisian as it can get!

As Accompaniments to Picture Frames ( Photo-op Alert)

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Your picture frame photo booth might just need a partner to make everyone look better - fairy lights to the rescue. Plus, they look glam!

As Part of a Draped Ceiling 

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Picture Courtesy: Devika Narain 

Your drapes will look dramatic and if you add lights, they might look even more dramatic. Bollywood-y feels, guys!

Behind Sheer Curtains At Entrances 

sheer curtains

Picture Courtesy: The Cheesecake Project★ 4.8

Plain drapes might just get a good makeover if you add a few fairy lights behind them. The sheer drapes make the decor look fairytale-ish.

To Light Up Your Message Boards at Outdoor Weddings

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Picture Courtesy: KV Designs & Decor★ 4.9

Add them to any decor you have in your outdoor wedding to add a bit of chutzpah. Message boards will get noticed more, if you ask us!

As Floor Lighting 

floor lighting

KV Designs & Decor★ 4.9

Light up the floor with a bunch of fairy lights - so cute and so simple!

As a Prop For Your Post-Wedding Pictures

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Picture Courtesy: Tarun Chawla Photography★ 4.8

Fairy lights will always make any scenario dreamy - just use them as props for your wedding photos. No more lighting issues!

As Part Of The Bride & Groom Entry Trick

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Picture Courtesy: Big Idea Box Weddings★ 4

What's a dramatic entrance without a few fairy-lights? Let the groom & bride wear them and walk in - ah, the drama!

As Stage Backdrop Lighting 

backdrops

Picture Courtesy: Manisha & Punit's Wedding

Wondering how to enhance the beauty of a stage? Add a few fairy lights as backdrops and lo, Karan Johar movies are nothing on you!

To Decorate Trees

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Trees and other shrubbery looks beautiful when covered in fairy lights - cheap and good!

To Hang As Chandelier Hangings

chandeliers

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Add a bunch of hanging fairy lights and let them hang from the trees - outdoor chandeliers that aren't heavy. Eh?

As a Canopy 

canopy

Picture Courtesy: Etsy, Christmas168

The evening isn't fabulous unless you make a canopy out of fairy lights. They add just the ideal light and look great in pictures! And...you can dance under them. We'll call them man-made stars, ok?

Ask Your Bridesmaids To Carry them 

bridesmaids

Picture Courtesy: Rocknrollbride.com

If you have bridesmaids and an evening wedding, then make sure you ask them to carry fairy light lanterns instead of flowers - so so dreamy!

Make a Budget Chandelier

chandelier

Picture Courtesy: Home Dzine.co.za

Chandeliers cost a pretty penny. Make your own with a wrought-iron base and add twinkling lights.

On Mason Jars For a Hipster Feel

mason jars

Picture Courtesy:Etsy- Treasure Again

Put them into mason jars and tie them up with strings - so cute!

Around Your Centrepieces

CENTREPIECES

Picture Courtesy: Holy-craft.com

Wrap them around your centrepieces for some extra glam quotient - love, love!

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