How to Decorate a Car for A Wedding

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Traditionally it is someone other than the groom or bride that decorates the wedding car. Usually it is the Best Man and his crew so the results are not always that attractive or even that respectful of the human. That is why there is more of a trend nowadays for the happy couple to control how the wedding car is going to look when it drives away from the wedding ceremony.

What the car is going to look like might ultimately depend on how high-brow the car is in the first place. For instance a Jaguar or Bently might not looks so great with “Just Married” scrawled all over it in chalk. In fact you may not want to do much to a car that you are renting for the occasion especially if it means scratching the paint.

You can get wedding car decorating supplies at your local craft store or in the arts and crafts department of a big department store.

If you do want to scrawl “Just Married” into the car then you should buy non-permanent window markers or liquid chalk and write it on the car. Believe it or not Crayola makes a nice brand of washable marker that adults can use on cars.

Be gentle so you do not scratch the paint job while writing on a car. You can also write things like “Just hitched.” Or “Honk. We just got married!”

If you do not want to write on the car then you can buy magnets that have phrases like “Just Married” on them that cling to your car. These are easily removable and do not cause damage.

It is also a good idea to write in soap on the car windows. A big “Just Married” written on the back window has a lot of impact and is easy to clean up later.
It is also a nice idea to buy fake flowers or real ones and ribbon and tie them all over the car. Ribbons, streamers and balloons look great tied anywhere to the car as long as they do not obstruct your vision. The classic place to attach balloons, ribbons and streamers is the antenna of the car.

The most classic touch is to tie some beer cans to some very strong string or rope and hang them from the rear of the bumper. As the car roles away this makes a big clatter. Some wedding supply and party places also sell balls and chains that you can use for the same purpose.

How to Decorate Food With Watermelon Carvings

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Watermelon is an incredibly versatile fruit that can used to decorate a number of desserts, main dishes and also cocktails. You can do more with it than carve it up into chunks and throw it into fruit salad. Watermelon is easy to work with and holds it’s shape which is not something that can be said of all fruits.

One way to get artistic with them is to make watermelon roses. You can line a bowl with these roses or, perch them on top of an arrangement with a toothpick. The roses can also be used to rim a cake or a dish of a sorbet. They are the perfect frozen garnish for a sorbet or ice cream cake. They also suit many types of cocktails, especially those using a melon based liquor.

Makin a watermelon rose one is easy enough to do. You use a knife to cut a large chunk of fruit from the watermelon and then carve out five to seven thinner strips of watermelon in different thicknesses and lengths. You then take the strips at either end and coil them around each other to make a rose shape. Fruit dip or melted chocolate can help your roses stick together. You can also spear them on the green stem of a toothpick.

The types of watermelon carvings that can be made are as only as limited as your imagination. Using a kitchen knife you can hollow out the flesh from the rind and make a decorative bowl. People make everything imaginable from watermelons including pirate ships and baby carriages. The finished carving be filed with blueberries, melons, grapes and strawberries.

You can also use a melon baller on watermelon flesh. You can spear these with other fruits, stack them or use them as décor for ice cream or any other dessert. Watermelon balls also look great frozen in an ice cube or frozen by themselves and dropped in a cocktail. They go especially well in a tall frosty glass of coconut water.

Another interesting project is to simply cut flat slices of watermelon and then use cookie cutters to create watermelon themes. You can then arrange these shapes as desired on a plate or around a dessert.

One of the nicest carvings to be made out of a whole watermelon is the lotus shape. Simply cut the peel off of the top of a watermelon and then start making wedge shaped cuts into the flesh that look like petals. Keep doing this in a spiral upwards until you have what looks as a closed lotus bud shape.