How do I make my own wedding backdrop?

There are so many brides out there that can not afford to pay a decorator or drapist to come and do the draping at their wedding - but they would like a beautiful backdrop. How can they make their own backdrop. In this blog I try and give those brides a few ideas on how to make their own backdrop!

First of all you will need to hire in a draping pole stand. You can get those type of stands from companies like Display Scene - http://www.displayscenes.co.za/

If you are far away of companies where you can rent a draping pole stand you can try and make your own. The only problem with this idea is that you can not make this stand to high because it will then be wobbly. One possibility would be to use something like a thin wooden pole to strengthen it.

Also check out this tutorial on how to make a backdrop stand: http://riverroadrustics.blogspot.com/2013/02/photography-backdrop-stand-tutorial.html

If you need advise on your wedding backdrop - send us an email and one of our facilitators will help you with advise on how to do it!

Check out these great tutorial on how to build your own centre pieces: http://www.ectaint.com/index.php?id=13

check out these great tutorials on centre piece building

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Backdrop ideas

Why would we need backdrops? For parties, Fashion shows, weddings and so much more! There is such a variety of backdrops available and such a lot of companies that promises you the backdrop of your dreams.

When choosing a draping or backdrop supplier - what do you need to look at? Always ask for references! It is the most important thing. Ask questions like: Was the draping clean? Was the draping set up professional?

If you can not get a company to do your draping - why don't you think about alternatives to material backdrops? In the above picture they used ribbons of different color and different length. When doing something like this - try and keep the colors as close as possible - specially if it is for a wedding.

In this case the bride and groom wanted to go for a bright color backdrop. An easy way to make it is to buy a few meter of each color material. Then you tear the material (or cut the material) is small strips and hang it over the draping pole, cable or whatever you are going to use for a base.

Normally it is better to hire in a company to come and do your draping if you want a formal fabric draping behind your wedding table.Look at this brilliant draping course that you can consider doing if you want to learn how to do your own draping!  A little bird told me that this course is going to be available as a correspondence course during the next few months!

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http://www.pinterest.com/pin/337910778264084653/

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Wedding planning - study @ home

The age old question is: What is a wedding planner and what is a GREAT wedding planner! At ECTA Creative Solutions we have three different ways to become a GREAT wedding planner!

We have just launched a correspondence course for Wedding Planning. We also offer a classroom wedding planner course but that is not all - if you decide you want to study an international online certificate in Wedding planning - go to our website: ECTA Creative Solutions and see what we have to offer.

The normal price for our correspondence course is R3500 but we have a special for the month of April 2013. If you enroll in April 2013 you will only pay R2500 for the course.

Contact our office for more detail.

021 856 0163 or go to our website - www.ectaint.com