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

By The WMG Bride | 24 Oct, 2015

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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 

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Use them as a roof over your head, literally!

As Lights Inside Birdcages

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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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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 

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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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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 

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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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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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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 

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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

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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 

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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 

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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

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

On Mason Jars For a Hipster Feel

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

Around Your Centrepieces

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

Have an idea you think can make this story pop? Tell us in the comments section! 

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