Exchange your vows under these Inspirational Wedding Canopies & Arches
Take cover and exchange your vows under these inspirational Wedding Canopies and Arches! Whether you’re outsourcing the creation and decoration of your outdoor altar by a professional, relying on the spoils of nature, or even “doing it yourself”, feast your eyes on 15 of our favourite picks to create a magical wedding arch that you will be sure to want say your “I do’s” under!
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(Above) Blue and White Wedding Canopy. Using navy blue and white fabric bunting to decorate their wedding canopy, this couple added the perfect nautical touch to their destination wedding photographed by Jules Morgan Photography!
(Above) Floral wedding arch. What a pretty creation! A simple wedding arch with colourful flowers that complement green leaves create a striking and fun effect! Orange roses are strung from the roof of the arch. Image credits: Jeanne Mitchum Photography . Get a basic rustic canopy on Etsy here or here.
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(Above) Wedding Arch with green floral details: This super striking metal framed wedding canopy was adorned with green hydrangea, eucalyptus and leaves to create a striking arch set against a gorgeous mountain backdrop. Captured by Claire Nicola Photography as seen here.
(Above Left) This couple used simple white draping and bright bursts of floral color to decorate the wedding arch in their Colorful Rustic Vermont Outdoor Wedding captured by ArtsinFoto photography. // (Above Right) A plain wedding arch with colour paper tissue pom poms hanging lightly as decorations is an easy way to set up a backdrop to your wedding ceremony, by Janine Collette Photography.
(Above) Create a rustic wedding arch by dressing a wooden wedding canopy frame with burlap fabric and adorable rustic beachy details like this romantic, rustic coral and mint beach wedding captured by Bella Eva photography.
More Wonderful Wedding Canopy and Arch Ideas
- Use a large garland and attach bouquets of white flowers and strings of beads to create a beautiful and striking backdrop via the Wedding Window! Image credits: Frenzel Photographers
- Take a look at this lovely wedding arch with bouquets of lush flowers and strings of pearls and crystals as seen on Style Me Pretty! Dreamy and decadent, this wedding arch is simply a garland adorned with jewels and an assortment of pretty flowers! Image credits: Photographed by Michael Norwood Photography, styled by Joyful Weddings and Events.
- Find the perfect tree for your wedding arch and that’s all you will need via Green Wedding Shoes! With a tree this perfect, we are led to believe that it must be the tree of life and love! Large enough to cover you and your wedding guests and allowing for light to stream through it’s branches, this beautiful tree is one of a kind. One of nature’s stunning creations! Image: Photographed by Clayton Austin
- Make the most of nature, by seating your guests under a beautiful tree like this one, with several large white lanterns hung from it’s branches. Image credits: Gavin Casey Photography
- A stunning wedding arch with a combination of flowers, leaves and white drapes from the fabulous Style Me Pretty. Photographed by RIS Photography. Florals by Earth Blossom
- As seen on Style Me pretty this flower-ful wedding arch with jewels and strips of dried twigs creates a lovely effect. Photographed by Emily Faulknor Photographers
- These plain wooden beams are dressed up with bouquets of luscious flowers to create a floral effect. Beautiful! {IRIS Photography }
- Matching your bridal bouquet, create a small wedding arch with strings of the brightest flowers in your bouquet via Style Me Pretty to create a feminine and romantic effect. Image credits: Kim Box Photography via Southern Weddings Magazine
DIY Wedding Canopies & Arches
Here we have gathered a selection of DIY Wedding Canopies and Arches to inspire you to put together your own gorgeous creation!
- Take a look at what birch tree branches styled by Talia Events and photographed by Christina Kiffney, seen on Lover.ly via Love Toast Blog can do for your wedding arch creation! Find the right arch, add pretty flowers or hang a few lines of bunting and cute fabric tassles that will catch the outdoor breeze and voila! A rustic feel is created and this look is perfectly suited to the forest surroundings. Magical!
- This DIY wedding arch could be built in your backyard! Photographed by Chantel Marie Photography via Style Me Pretty, position lengthy tree branches and intertwine strings of leaves and flowers along the top wooden beam. Several strings of flowers can be hung from the top beam to reach the ground, creating a beautiful backdrop to your wedding ceremony. The look is completed with scattered flowers and leaves to enhance the wedding aisle.
- Here Ruffled Blog shows how putting together a few pieces of wood and bringing your indoor chandelier – outdoors, can create a unique backdrop for your wedding ceremony! Simply extend a power source to the wedding arch and exchange your nuptials under a lit chandelier. Perfect for a late afternoon or evening wedding ceremony! {Image by Christie Pham Photography.}
- Create a work of art like this plain wooden altar decorated on The Wedding Chicks with colourful pinwheels, lanterns, cut-out decorations, pinwheels, and some more pinwheels. Have fun and make a day out of it by enlisting the help of your bridal party to pull this playful creation together. Image credits: Adrienne Gunde Photography via Intimate Weddings
With our collection of lovely wedding canopies and arches, we hope that you have gathered a little inspiration to create the ideal backdrop to your wedding ceremony! Take a look at a recap of a few of our favourites! To ensure your wedding theme shines throughout your wedding day, take a look at our 25 fave breathtaking bridal bouquets for some inspiration of how to include complimentary florals.
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Rebecca Wilson Crouch says
I love this.
Fred Arnold says
I am looking for something a little more permanent.
Tre NotLookingback Rob says
Beautiful personal touches, very creative..
Doris Lawson says
Looking at how to make a arch. Terry & I want to make ours.
Zeeta Lorna D'souza says
Add a comment…lovely backdrops.
Arvil Supremo says
nice….
Debra Adcox says
@Carly Adcox and Whitney Renee Mason,
Kitty M Who-Dat Johnson says
Beautiful arch!
Confetti Daydreams says
Thanks Kitty!
AmyJunesd says
Brides to be, please realize when you try to DIY these with silk flowers and other plastic materials, they do not look as dramatic or elegant as shown. They look cheap.