Wish Tree

I worked some very long hours last week so that I would have a mostly work-free weekend. Saturday became the day to work on a few wedding projects that have not been finished yet. One important unfinished project is the wish tree.

A wish tree is an alternative to the traditional guest book. At the beginning of the reception, the branches on the tree are bare. Guests write down wishes and advice for the newlyweds on little tags, and they hang those tags on the tree. The tags become the leaves of the tree, which should be in full bloom by the end of the reception.

Here are some of the wish tree photos that have inspired me:

Nice branches on this one.

Nicely decorated one with more nice branches.

Nice table setup and nicely decorated at the bottom of the tree.

Two-tree set up, which I think is a good idea. Not crazy about the sparkly-ness.

Not crazy about the crystals here either, but it is a beautifully done tree.

I really like the shape of the tags on that last one, so I found a template to make them out of card stock. I'm planing to use some greens and some neutrals. Here's the practice setup of the wish tree with one lonely green tag hanging on it:


I think I need to spread this into two containers and add some thing to decorate the tops of the vases/"roots" of the tree. I'm not sure yet what to use.


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