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James answers:

You can rent them, we found a really nice one at our local grocery store. Its a very large chain of stores, called Zehrs. They even do flowers. They have an in house florist. They also do catered meals. However, we decided to save some money and buy an arch from http://www.michaels.com/art/online/home

You can see the arch with lights that they sell here

http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=wd0006&channelid=

It comes with a net of white lights, which you can use, or not, your choice. It does not come with the tulle, or flowers. You decide how you want to decorate it. There are plenty of arches shown online. Just Google it, use the image search in Google.

We bought white floral garlands to put down each side, and some floral sprays and vines for the top, and greenery – grape leaves and ivy. All this is silk of course, so we can decorate it a few days ahead of time and leave it set up for a Saturday wedding.

There is no reason why you couldn’t do the same thing for an outdoor wedding, just make sure that the power cord for the lights is secured and covered so no one trips on it (if you use the lights. You don’t have to, but it does look pretty in the evening).

I read online that you should buy white and dark green cheneille stems (pipe cleaners) to fasten the silk flowers and tulle to the arch. It doesn’t show much and if it does, the cheneille blends in.

We’re also going to get some large urns and do some silk flower arrangements like the ones offered for rent at Zehrs here. They’re very pretty, but this way we don’t have to worry about picking them up before the wedding and returning them on time. I will also have the silk flowers, urns and arch to use for other family events.

If I can’t find urns that I like, I’ll use large baskets, one for each side of the arch.

The arch at Michaels has a small stake for each leg that you drive into the ground to hold it in place. We’re getting a welder to make a base for indoor use. (my daughter, the bride, actually).

Michaels has some absolutely gorgeous silk wedding flowers. The long stem roses are very lifelike, but they are pricey. Wait until they go on sale, or use one of their coupons. We also bought some far less expensive wedding roses at Walmart which are very pretty too, for decorating the reception area. We found some more at a local Dollar Store too. If you look around, you can find some real bargains in wedding decor.

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