While rain falls can clear up any mess left on walkways by birds, it may not rain for several days. There are alternatives to rice and seed, such as wheat germ, tiny noodles or even small foam beads like those used in furniture. Throwing any type of food, while it is earth friendly, is considered a waste by many young couples and they may not like the thought of food items being thrown when others may by suffering from malnutrition or not getting enough to eat. Biodegradable confetti is an option that will keep everyone happy. Like rice or seed, it is still a very inexpensive option.

There are many ways to purchase wedding confetti. Sometimes people like to shoot off the shreds in wedding confetti poppers, which are launched into the air. It can also be purchased in bulk or in large bags. This a good option for those who plan to make their own favors or let people throw the stuff in large quantities. Products come in a wide array of colors, so they can be coordinated with the color theme of the day. Poppers can cost as little as $3 each, depending on how many are purchased. A four quart bag in mixed colors can cost as little as $4, at craft supply stores.

Their sizes can vary ranging from an inch to 3 inches, but they are also available in custom sizes and shapes. Custom confetti takes about 2 weeks to finish. The materials used are usually PVC and tissue – the tissue is biodegradable and comes in a variety of colors. In addition, the tissue is made from recycled material and made fire resistant.

Just imagine,  as the bride and groom walks down the aisle for the first time as husband and wife, guests waiting at the door traditionally throw confetti. Fun confetti that adds pizazz to the wedding ceremony before the reception.

This fun wedding ritual have been modernized with a mixture of biodegradable wedding confetti for the environmentally – conscious people. Some samples are as follows:

• Wedding rice
• Bubbles
• Rose petals (other flowers will do)
• Doves
• Sparklers
• Feathers
• Butterflies

Note: Some biodegradable confetti for weddings is available in poppers.

Actually, rice have long been used by our ancestors to shower upon the newlyweds as a symbol of fertility and wealth. People living in the city shy away from this type of confetti since it can be quite messy afterwards; the grains can easily get wedged in between the crevices of the flooring. If that happens to be an elegant garden or grand church, well, you get the idea. Colored rice that comes in pastel colors such as lavender and baby blue are becoming trendy nowadays.

Metallic confetti shares the same problem with getting stuck, plus it is non – biodegradable. Glitter is another variation to metallic confetti, but they can cause skin irritation, not to mention they can be pretty hard to scrub away. However, if you are in a tight budget, you can mix the materials to add beautiful sparkle to your wedding ride as it is thrown.

Romantic flower petals are now becoming more popular with the masses. There are 2 ways to prepare the petals in case you want to make them yourself; the 1^st one is to let them air – dry. The petals will shrink and darken. Keep them in containers until they are about to be used. The 2^nd way is freeze drying which results to non – dehydrated and shrunk products, thus producing more natural – looking petals than the air dried ones. Petal confetti done this way is more expensive.

Materials gaining more popularity nowadays are ribbon wands. You can personalize these with your names, wedding dates, or other things to make your wedding more special that it already is.

Some people choose to construct their own confetti, although a far majority opt to buy the pieces of paper at various party stations and wedding stores. When a person purchases confetti, he or she can have it produced in such a way that it becomes personalized to the occasion at hand. Here are some wedding confetti ideas for personalized wedding confetti:

If a woman wants the confetti at her wedding to be reminiscent of her and her husband, she may choose to have the confetti molded with her own name and her soon-to-be husband’s name, or she could even have the confetti formed as objects that are unique to their relationship (e.g., boats if they both like boating together). Because tossing pieces of paper at the bride and groom after the wedding can be not only costly but also polluting to the surrounding areas, many churches today try to restrict the tossing of pieces of paper at or around their premises.

Although many churches do ask the wedding guests to stop the practice of throwing confetti after the service, it is important to realize that there are still many churches that allow, and even advocate, for the couples to have paper confetti tossed at them.

Contemporary paper wedding confetti, although it has been thrown on brides and grooms for about a hundred years or so, is a relatively new phenomenon in the wedding practices of humans. The usage of confetti itself at weddings, though, is not entirely all that novel.

For example, scholars have been able to document cases in which people with no organized religion (e.g., druids and pagans) threw objects (e.g. petals, thorns, leaves, etc.) onto the married couples after the wedding ceremony had ended. To the druids and pagans, tossing items that grew from nature onto the bride and groom was believed to increase the couple’s chances of having many children and living a most successfully bliss life together.

Thus, they used superstitious behaviors as ways to ensure that the married couple would be well-protected for the future, which is somewhat similar to how confetti works in modern societies today. For example, petals from flowers may still be used as confetti at weddings today, thus emphasizing how the past practices are still held by individuals in present societies.

A booming fad for pro-economists and those individuals who advocate against pollution is biodegradable confetti for weddings, which is confetti that can be thrown into the air or onto the ground, with little to no trace of its existence. Because there is little trace of its existence, it could be hypothesized that confetti at weddings may soon become popular again, as church officials will not have a reason to be upset at the messy environment outside their parishes.

When it comes to throwing confetti at weddings, there are various designs made to make it easier. There are wedding confetti poppers, cones and even a confetti canon. The canon may be a bit much for a wedding!

There are other types of wedding confetti than what you throw. For example, there’s wedding confetti for tables. Wedding table confetti and wedding confetti petals are sprinkled or spread on the reception tables simple to make them look more decorative.