Pom Project #1: Check!

Our fingers are sore but we can finally say we have made enough poms to decorate our chapel! Yay! We still have to make a million more, but at least the chapel is checked off. Our plan is to ship them to PA folded, and fluff them out before the big day.

So far, our chapel’s coordinator has found all of our plans for the wedding to be very strange. Like asking for a random half hour outside the church to do first looks early in the day. Or even dreaming of playing recorded music instead of live music in the chapel. I can imagine when she sees that I wrote “making paper poms” under floral arrangements, she’ll be raising her eyebrows!

Last time we visited the chapel I was sure to count the number of pews and examine how decorations could hang in various places. Here is the plan and an example of quick and dirty Photoshopping:

• Paper pom garland hanging on either side of the altar.
• One or two poms (maybe a big and small) hanging on every third pew to decorate the aisle, unless I get a second wind and make enough for every second pew.

I bought some 1″ ivory ribbon, purchased at half-price ($8) for the entire roll, that I’m planning to hang the aisle poms from. There was in issue about how these would actually hang, since there is no apparent way to hook or wrap them on to the pew ends. My plan is weigh the opposite end of the pom down with sand and a balloon. I know, super classy, but it’s the best idea I’ve come up with so far and I am open to suggestions! It just has to be quick and easy, since it’s up to our DOC and bridal party to get the decor up before the ceremony. No plan yet when it comes to what we’ll do for the exterior doors of the church. Wreath? Pom? Initials? Who knows.

Now that I see our interior plan all laid out, I feel like the altar is yelping for two vases of flowers to be set on it. Needs a little somethin’ somethin’ up there. And maybe red pom garlands instead of white in the front. Sigh… decisions.

How are you decorating your ceremony space and who will be getting it all set up? You? Your florist? Some special helper fairies?