10 DIY Ways to Use Hay at Your Wedding

1. Tables Built of Hay

Using a smooth topper stack hay two high to create a great table space for drinks,  hors d'oeuvres or desserts.

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2.  Dinner Seating

Choose this whimsical hay-centric dinner seating style.

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3. Hay Ride

There is nothing quite like an old fashioned Hay Ride! Great for wedding guests as well as for photo ops! 

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4.  Fire Pit Seating (Don't forget the Smores)

Let your guests cozy up around the fire with circular seating

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5. Cocktail Tables

Rather than rentals, drape a pretty cloth over bale of hay

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6. Nuptial Seating

Nothing feels more natural then an outdoor ceremony with straw seating

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7. Cocktail Lounge

Create an intimate cocktail lounge with several small tables 

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8. Straw Sectionals

Bring the indoors outside with these comfortable couches and coffee table

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9. Photo Prop

Use a large round bale of hay as a prop for your wedding photos

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10. Ring Pillow

Opt for the un-traditional with a personalized pillow

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Trend Alert! Wedding Photo Ideas

Ten New Wedding Photo Trends to Try

Use photo frames in a new way!

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Who doesn't love bubbles. Enlist your bridal party to help make bubble photo bliss!

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A Giant Chalkboard

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Large Whimsical Balloons

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Gorgeous Gigantic Flowers

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Lay down (somewhere clean) and ride away with your groom.

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Show some sparkle

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Let an old truck add a vintage feel to your photography

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Paper Fans 

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Umbrellas

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Create Your Own DIY Paper Lantern with Rustic Wedding DIY

Create Your Own DIY Paper Lantern with Rustic Wedding DIY

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            Supplies: 

Plain White Paper Lantern- You can find them on Amazon for around $2.00 a lantern

I used a 16"paper

Approx. 12 Sheets of 12" x 12" of Card Stock/ Scrapbooking Paper

Circular Template, Round Object or Extra Large hole punch

Glue Sticks and Glue Gun or Tacky Glue

Led Lantern Lights

Approx DIY Time: 8 Hours

Start by finding a round object (I used a perfume bottle) and trace around the object or trace the interior rim of your template onto the blank side of the paper. If you are using a circle puncher, punch out circles. 

This is the size of the cutouts I used for my lantern. Feel free to print and use as a guide for your project. 

Try to utilize as much of the paper as possible by tracing all the circles before you begin attaching them to the lantern base. 

Next cut or punch out circles and begin attaching them to the lantern base starting at the top using your glue gun or tacky glue. Hold the circle in place until the glue has dried. (This is why I chose a glue gun because it dries faster.) Also make sure you cover any white areas. 

Tip: Place the next layer directly under the top layer when working at the top and bottom of the lantern so that the white does not show. In the middle the circles lay flatter and can be more spread out. 

 All the circles should be glued on from the top and loose on the bottom.

Work your way down the lantern till all of the white is covered. 

You can chose to alternate colors and patterns or you can use one uniform color.  

Use only LED lights* to light lantern. Using a regular lightbulb can cause the glue to soften and circles may dis-attach. * I found mine on Amazon

Rustic Wedding DIY Contributor- Mandi Bridgeman 



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