Church decoration ideas!

I'm not having many fresh flowers in my church. The ones I am having will also double up as the top table arrangement at the reception. I am currently saving pretty jars which I intend to put some gyp (cheap) in tied round the top with a bit of twine. Other jars will have tealights in. I have also found some lovely wooden tealights lanterns things on eBay for 4.99. Again all of these will transfer to the reception. I am think of getting some cheap organza roll (eBay) to tie into bows on the pew ends. Oh and a couple of hanging mirrored hearts...... All in all about £40 worth. I can't wait to get my hands on it all!!

Thought about the organza idea of tying bows at the end of pews. Thought of maybe buying several vases and arranging some silk flowers in them to scatter around the church. Could transfer those to the reception.

I bought a selection of glass vases from a charity shop for 65p each and im just having tulips in vases....i have lots of ivy that i have been collecting today which i am also going to use and i have made lots of pearls and butterflies on ribbons to hang off the main lights and the screen....

What about bay trees - Some places hire these out £25 for 4

You could have these for pew ends. You can get lots of cheap stuff from The Range that look really nice.

I brought my pew ends from ebay. they are gorgeous and were £38 for 14 x

Have you got a flash of your church?

Theres so many ideas for decoration you can use but also bear in mind that churches look very different when they are filled with people... I'm not putting any decoration into mine as I think it would go unnoticed really..

Another consideration is could you use some decoration in both the church and the reception? and have someone move them between?

I'm not putting any decoration in my church, but it's really light (even when weather is horrible) and even the Easter decor wasn't that noticeable. I worked out you'd need several k (possibly about 10k) to make a difference (huge, detailed church) and spending a few hundred wouldn't be worth the effort (has basic flowers anyway!)