As usual, the wedding celebration should always be held with a certain pomp and chic. Wedding organizers and relatives of both parties make every effort to ensure that this celebration was held in the most original and beautiful style.
When planning the perfect event, I want to take into account all the nuances of the design of wedding paraphernalia, including such details as a wedding basket for rose petals or cash gifts.
What is it?
Traditional for Russian weddings are wicker baskets of various materials. However, today handmade wedding baskets, decorated with satin and massive decor, are gaining popularity. The same products can be rented in the salons of wedding paraphernalia. Many people want their own production baskets to flaunt themselves at the festival of their relatives, where in the process of decorating a piece of sincerity and soul is embedded.
Baskets can be for rose petals, for bouquets, for fruit on the table for guests, for the decor of the newlyweds table. The current trend is to present gifts to the wedding in creative baskets, which looks stylish and original.
Interesting geography
In India, for example, after the marriage ceremony, the young thank the monks with a fruit basket.
A fascinating tradition of homemade baskets appeared on German soil. It has long been customary in Germany, it was customary to steal a bride and hide from the groom in a bar, and while he was looking for a spouse, she showered salt and grain from sewn pockets in a dress on guests of the restaurant.
The custom has remained to this day, only instead of pockets on the dress, the bride in her arms holds a mini-basket, which is ordered along with the wedding dress.
In the Caucasus, baskets are used for wedding gifts. Here they continue the tradition to present the bride and her mother before the celebration.
Turkic and Iranian horsemen are obliged to pay a ransom for the chosen one in the form of khonchi - a weighty gift basket. Now European brides sigh with envy! Between the matchmaking and the wedding celebration usually takes about a month, and in this period of time the relatives of the groom with enviable regularity bring such honcha for the bride with valuable gifts and delicious sweets. But that's not all! A week before the celebration, baskets with ornaments, clothes and linen, cosmetics and expensive perfume are given.
Kinds
Baskets are homemade and purchased in specialized stores. Depending on the goals they are divided into the following types.
Romantic flower baskets are becoming increasingly part of the decoration of wedding halls. You can arrange floral arrangements in baskets and arrange them in the hall - it will resemble the spirit of the spirit of the French style “Provence”. Bouquets in baskets can decorate the buffet tables.
Bouquets, in such cases collect compact, so that they do not close the review on the stage and guests.
The magical moment in the marriage ceremony - the rose petals at the feet of the spouses. For petals take delicate miniature baskets. Usually, the wedding accessory is kept by children, who, according to the scenario, before going out, the young must walk along the carpet and sprinkle it with petals. Such a product is also suitable for the rings of the young: the child in the angel's garment is suitable at the moment of the presentation of the rings.
Fruit baskets look spectacular on the tables of the guests. Such compositions create the comfort and warmth of hospitality, and also look aesthetically pleasing and appetizing. You can also creatively arrange a gift for young.Instead of a banal bouquet, you can put exotic fruits in the basket.
The basket itself can serve as a decorative element. Mini-products with names, wishes, script or sweets are put on the plates for guests.
They can also be used as vases for sweets and multi-colored pasta.
Any celebration in Russia is decorated with a spray of sparkling drink. At the wedding, this symbol must be present. The original design of tables with baskets of sparkling drink will appeal to all guests. Champagne should be deep, stable, have strong handles.
New-fashioned is considered to give young gifts in designer wrought baskets. They can be executed in the form of a heart, a carriage, an open umbrella - there are many ideas. The decor is made with various fabrics, bows, flowers. Or gifts are placed in wicker products from paper, bamboo, fabric, taking into account that the gift is not weighty. Such gifts are not only pleasant for young people to receive, after which you can use them practical, for example, for a picnic, for interior decoration in the family nest.
Now there is a pleasant tendency to give gifts not only to young people, but also to guests. The young people themselves and their relatives are already taking care of this: they can be souvenirs with wedding symbols, postcards with photos of newlyweds and much more. For gifts, guests can put miniature designer baskets on the table. Such products can also be used as a depository of money gifts for young people. Only for money, the product must be suitable for the size of bills. For such a case, the basket can be provided with a lid.
How to do it yourself?
The benefit of the Internet is open to all. Even in RuNet there are many articles with detailed photo instructions, video tutorials with all sorts of master classes for making various baskets.
The easiest way: decorating the finished wickerwork with satin ribbons, air organza, feathers, down, beads, rhinestones. You can show creativity and arrange baskets in the style of the season in which the celebration is held. It can be various cones, fir branches, mountain ash berries - for a winter wedding; golden leaves - for the autumn event; flowers, buds, willow branches, mimosa, butterflies - for the spring-summer celebration. Such a gift, of course, not only creeps young, but also pleasantly surprise guests. For decorating the interior with baskets, it is necessary to take into account the overall style of the event.
If there is an opportunity and time, then the wedding basket can be made from scratch, given the general recommendations.
For the base of the basket, you can take a plastic bowl of the desired size and drape it with padding polyester and fabric, attach handles from the wire and trim it with satin. So that the fabric does not slide on the handle, it is necessary to sew it to it with the help of monofilament. In the case when the decor is used organza, it must be borne in mind that the edges of the fabric peel off. It should be neatly sing it with a regular lighter. Any elements are suitable for decoration: rhinestones, plush dolls, flowers, fluff it. P.
The product can be knitted of wicker, bamboo, rods, wire, and even newspaper tubes. For flowers, the best solution would be a wicker basket, since a drainage system with water is placed in it, for living bouquets.
Wicker baskets can be left without drapery or be sealed with fabric half or whole. Bows, laces, pearls, down, feathers, precious stones, fabric flowers are used for decoration. You can decorate the decoration in the form of foamiran flowers - this is a rather malleable material designed specifically for needlework.
Newspaper items can be coated with paint, varnish.
Ideas
The decoration of the hall for a celebration with the help of an accessory such as a basket brings the atmosphere of akin to warmth, home comfort. Such an environment brings guests together and creates a festive mood. Here are some examples of wedding baskets with particles of sincere masters.
A delicate product in white satin, fabric roses on swan's down and rhinestones - one immediately wants to see such a basket in the hands of a little angel, who slowly sprinkles the way on young roses.
Original gift basket decoration for young people: square basket shape draped with beige satin; tea roses with white pearls; unusual lace in the idea of the ear of the bird cherry. In the example - quite roomy product. Smaller options can be used under the champagne bottles on the buffet table.
You can even replace the traditional wedding tray with rings for the wedding basket. Mini-product for rings with red ribbons and roses touches anyone.
A basket in the form of a green boat with two pigeons on the handle is very useful for fruit on the table. White satin ribbon and thread with pearls will give harmony and solemn accent of the composition.
Gift baskets for guests are made so that they are neatly placed on a buffet plate. There is no need for an abundance of rhinestones and feathers, it is sufficient to concisely emphasize, for example, in the form of a satin bow with an unusual brooch.
A product for champagne on the table of the newlyweds: lace and roses are in perfect harmony with the basket woven pattern. After the event, the couple can use the basket for a romantic picnic.
A master class for making a basket is waiting for you in the video below.
