Wedding confetti being thrown at wedding ceremonies and receptions has been a custom for years here in the United States, and even other countries as well. The word “confetti” is actually derived from the Italian language to refer to “edible candies and favors”. Confetti, in the English system, refers to tiny pieces of paper of different forms and colors that are tossed upon the bride and groom after the two have been married.
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.
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