25 | July | 2012 | 4 little Fergusons

It’s wedding season, and I wanted to share with you a couple of “budget” decorations that we used at our Vow Renewal.

First things first: Old Jars. Totally gaga in love with them.

I knew I wanted to use them to decorate the barn for our I Do: Part 2, and God TOTALLY provided. I found a whole wooden crate of them next door at Papa Don’s new place. LOVE stuff like that!

Now, I needed something inexpensive to fill them with!

Here are the fabrics I bought for the banners that hung on the barn doors, so whatever I selected, kinda needed to go with that color scheme.

I knew I didn’t want sand….

Then, inspiration!

(I can’t recall from where..Maybe Pinterest?! It seems that where all my inspiration comes from these days…)

SPLIT PEAS!!!!!!!!!!!

And they were super cheap, less than $2 a bag! They held a glass votive candle perfectly!

We lined the aisle with them.

A friend of ours from church helped us decorate, and she brought these amazing turquoise jars for the staircase. We filled them with different colored beans and tucked a votive inside.

Affordable, yet beautiful!

Now, for the Flower Garland. I think I found this on a wedding site when I was looking for ideas, or Pinterest. I can’t recall, but this idea was not my own, I can tell you that.

My grandma gave the kids a box of books from an auction. YAY! We love reading! One of them was a bit spooky for our taste, an old magic book. I knew if would be PERFECT for what I was wanting, with its ivory old pages and turquoise colors.

You’ll need an old yellowed book, and some string or lace. I added the buttons because I wanted the wood element, and liked the look of it. I found these at Wal-Mart.