Reception Ceiling

I LOVE Fairy Berries, have you looked on ThinkGeek.com?

What about balloons? All you'd need to do was get them filled with helium and let me go. I found this on the pinterest page "balloon ceiling" and I think if you were thoughtful about the color of the balloons, it could work.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/478859372852572643/

I have.... they are still super expensive there (like $19 for 10)

I took flat packed crepe pom-poms from Australia to England. It can be done. Just allow yourself assembly time at the other end.

You could also put small lights inside the balloons before blowing them up.

Save the money....I can honestly tell you that I have NEVER looked up at a ceiling at any wedding I've ever been to and said to myself, "wow, thats a butt ugly ceiling. They sooo should have dressed that up!" or "Wow, that ceiling looks great! I love with they did with it!"

I think i am going to do this in my venue but you maybe able to find a way to string the lights up

ETA: here is a site i found with ideas

http://table4decorpartydesign.com/paper%20lanterns.html

Man, again Maltese, I agree.

This isn't a Wes Anderson film, no one's looking at the ceiling.

You're talking about a sizable investment of money and work. I'd leave it alone. I notice everything. I just realized that I don't notice ceilings unless they were made to be noticed (as in a domed, glass ceiling). The eyes will go the tables. Spend your time and money on those.

Agreed with the others that people don't notice, but I'm still doing paper lanterns just because I can hee hee. I found some used on a local site for dirt cheap in my colors. I like the look of adding some visual interest more than covering the ceiling.

@m ;-)

We're scary alike today!

Actually, another thought -- by putting up those twinkling lights, you are drawing attention to the ceiling.

That's what I was going to say - it just draws attention to it. Plus, if it's a drop ceiling, it's probably pretty low - hanging things would look kind of silly.

Not sure what you consider affordable but we purchased a 500 ft string - 15" spacing - of C7 light string (large party bulbs - about from www.actionlighting.com for about $140, then purchased 250 clear G50 7 watt replacement bulbs (10x25pk) form www.noveltylights.com - for another $140. What that got us was a 312 foot single line of party lights. We hung ours in a covered pavilion in a local park. I don't have any direct pictures of them but you can see them in the background of the attached photo.

We swagged them every other support beam and left the pavilion lights off. They gave off a great warm light for the evening. Perhaps you could leave the florescents off and use party lights similar to what I've described to provide as softer/warmer lighting. Might be reminiscent of a garden party.

The numbers I suggested would give you 4 passes down the 70 foot length of your venue - spaced out at about 8 to 10 feet. Down and back then down and back. Just remove the bulbs from the line as it crosses from one row to the other. There are shorter rolls available, but if you're looking for cover 70 feet several times, its cheaper to buy the 500 ft.

It worked well for me, now my neighbors are all jealous of my backyard party lights...

Klista I really like that idea! they look really nice!

I am renting a villa and decorating the back yard with fairy berries, i also searched for weeks to find them at a good price. I found mine on alibaba.com. $26.50 for a pack of 50. much cheaper than a lot of places I searched. Good luck!