Wedding baskets: types, tips for making and decorating

As usual, a wedding celebration should always be held with a certain pomp and chic. Wedding organizers and relatives of both parties make every effort to ensure that this particular celebration takes place in the most original and beautiful style.

When planning the perfect event, I want to take into account all the nuances of wedding paraphernalia, including such props as a wedding basket for rose petals or cash gifts.

Wicker baskets made of various materials are considered traditional for Russian weddings. However, today, handmade wedding baskets decorated with satin and massive decor are gaining popularity. The same items can be rented in the salons of wedding paraphernalia. Many people want their relatives to show off their own baskets at the festival, where a piece of sincerity and soul is invested in the decoration process.

Baskets can be for rose petals, for bouquets, for fruits on the table for guests, for decorating the table of newlyweds. A modern trend - gifts are presented for weddings in creative baskets, which looks stylish and original.

In India, for example, after a wedding ceremony, young people thank the monks with a fruit basket.

An entertaining tradition of using homemade baskets originated in German soil. It has long been customary in Germany to steal the bride and hide from the groom in the bar, and while he was looking for his wife, she sprinkled salt and grain on the guests of the establishment from the sewn pockets in the dress.

In the Caucasus, baskets are used for wedding gifts. Here they continue the tradition of presenting gifts to the bride and her mother before the celebration.

Turkic and Iranian horsemen are obliged to pay the ransom for the chosen one in the form of a khoncha - a weighty gift basket. Now European brides will breathe a sigh of envy! It usually takes about a month between matchmaking and the wedding celebration, and during this period of time the groom's relatives bring such khonchi with valuable gifts and exquisite sweets for the bride with enviable regularity. But that's not all! A week before the celebration, baskets with jewelry, clothes and linen, cosmetics and expensive perfume are presented.

Baskets are homemade and purchased in specialized stores. Depending on their goals, they are divided into the following types.

Romantic flower baskets are becoming more and more part of the decoration of wedding halls. You can arrange flower arrangements in baskets and arrange them in the hall - it will be like the spirit of the French Provence style. You can decorate buffet tables with bouquets in baskets.

A magical moment in the wedding ceremony - pink petals at the feet of the spouses. For the petals, take delicate miniature baskets. Usually, the wedding accessory is held by children, who, according to the scenario, must walk along the carpet and sprinkle it with petals before the young people go out. Such a product is also suitable for young rings: a child in an angel's dress is suitable when the rings are handed over.

Fruit baskets look spectacular on guests' tables. Such compositions create coziness and warmth of hospitality, and also look aesthetically pleasing and appetizing. You can also creatively decorate a gift for the young. Instead of a banal bouquet, you can put exotic fruits in the basket.

The basket itself can serve as a decorative element. Mini-products with names, wishes, script or sweets are put on the guests' plates.

Any celebration in Russia is decorated with a splash of sparkling drink. This symbol must be present at the wedding. The original design of tables with baskets of fizzy drink will appeal to all guests. The champagne product must be deep, stable, and have strong handles.

It is considered newfangled to give gifts to young people in designer wrought-iron baskets. They can be made in the shape of a heart, a carriage, an open umbrella - there are many ideas. The decor is made with various fabrics, bows, flowers. Or gifts are placed in wicker paper, bamboo, fabric, taking into account the fact that the gift is not weighty. Such gifts are not only pleasant for young people to receive, afterwards they can be practically used, for example, for a picnic, for interior decoration in a family nest.

Now there is a pleasant tendency to give gifts not only to young people, but also to guests. The young people themselves and their relatives are already taking care of this: it can be souvenirs with wedding symbols, postcards with photographs of the newlyweds and much more. For gifts to guests, you can put miniature designer baskets on the table. Such products can also be used as a storehouse of cash gifts for young people. For money only, the product should be suitable for the size of the notes. For such a case, the basket can be fitted with a lid.

Fortunately, the Internet is open to everyone. Even in Runet there are many articles with detailed photo instructions, video tutorials with all kinds of master classes on making various baskets.

The easiest way: decorating the finished woven product with satin ribbons, airy organza, feathers, down, beads, rhinestones. You can get creative and arrange baskets in the style of the season in which the celebration is held.It can be various cones, spruce branches, rowan berries - for a winter wedding; golden leaves - for an autumn event; flowers, buds, willow branches, mimosa, butterflies - for the spring-summer celebration. Such a gift will undoubtedly tear up not only the young, but also pleasantly surprise the guests. To decorate the interior with baskets, it is necessary to take into account the general design style of the event.

If there is an opportunity and time, then a wedding basket can be made from scratch, taking into account general recommendations.

For the base of the basket, you can take a plastic bowl of the desired size and drape it with padding polyester and fabric, attach wire handles and trim with satin. To prevent the fabric from slipping on the handle, you need to sew it to it using monofilament. In the case when organza is used in the decor, it must be borne in mind that the edges of the fabric crumble. It is worth carefully scorching it with an ordinary lighter. Any elements are suitable for decor: rhinestones, plush dolls, flowers, fluff, etc. NS.

The product can be knitted from vines, bamboo, twigs, wire and even newspaper tubes. For flowers, the best solution would be a wicker basket, since a drainage system with water is placed in it, for living bouquets.

Wicker baskets can be left without drapery or covered with fabric in half or in whole. For decoration, bows, lace, pearls, fluff, feathers, precious stones, fabric flowers are used. You can decorate the decoration in the form of flowers from foamiran - this is a rather malleable material designed specifically for needlework.

Decorating a hall for a celebration with an accessory such as a basket brings an atmosphere of kindred warmth and home comfort. This setting brings guests together and creates a festive mood. Here are some examples of wedding baskets with pieces of the soul of sincere craftsmen.

A delicate product in white satin, fabric roses on swan down and rhinestones - you want to see such a basket in the hands of a little angel, who slowly showered the young people with rose petals.

Original decoration of the basket for a gift for the young: a square shape of the basket, draped with beige satin; tea roses with snow-white pearls; unusual lace in the idea of ​​bird cherry earrings. For example, a fairly roomy product. Smaller options can be used under champagne bottles on a buffet table.

A wedding basket can even replace the traditional wedding ring tray. This mini-product for rings with red ribbons and roses will touch anyone.

A basket in the form of a green boat with two pigeons on the handle is very useful for fruit on the table. White satin ribbon and pearl thread will add harmony and solemn accent to the composition.

Gift baskets for guests are made to fit neatly on a buffet plate. There is no need for an abundance of rhinestones and feathers, it is enough to concisely emphasize, for example, in the form of a satin bow with an unusual brooch.

A product for champagne on the table for newlyweds: lace and roses are in perfect harmony with the woven basket pattern. After the event, the couple can use the basket for a romantic picnic.

A master class on making a basket is waiting for you in the video below.