• You can have an Italian wedding right here at home.bride and groom image by cherie from Fotolia.com
  
  You don't have to get married in Rome or Sicily to capture the beauty of Italy. A much more economical solution is to incorporate the theme through your décor. With a few creative and sophisticated decoration ideas for the church or banquet hall or auditorium where the ceremony will be held, you and your guests can enjoy an Italian wedding at a fraction of the cost of flying overseas.
  
  

Flag Fun

• Serve a red, white and green wedding cake.wedding cake image by Cindy Haggerty from Fotolia.com
  
  The colors of the Italian flag are red, white and green. Use this color palette as an inspiration in your wedding decorations. Hang red, white, and green balloons, streamers and tissue paper garlands. For a centerpiece, place bouquets of red and white flowers with bunches of greenery on each table and or red, white and green candles. Fly an Italian flag. Pass out tricolored party favors. Serve red, white and green beverages and food, and a wedding cake with red, white and green flowers and icing.
  
  

Tuscany Time

• Tuscany known for picturesque landscapes.Tuscany image by Greg Peterson from Fotolia.com
  
  Another idea is incorporate always-popular Tuscan design. Tuscany is an area in Central Italy considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and well-known for picturesque countryside landscapes and influence on high culture and interior design. Decorate for your wedding using tablecloths, flowers, even tents and colored lights in Tuscan colors: brown, which represents the earth; blue, which represents the sky; green, which represents olives and trees; and gold, which represents the sun. Also, adding stenciling or frescoes (a design put on fresh plaster) to the furniture or walls is a Tuscan technique; have this look recreated on your wedding cake.
  
  

See the Sights

• Use famous Italian landmarks such as the Coliseum in your decorations.the coliseum image by Pierre Landry from Fotolia.com
  
  For a less formal wedding, a fun idea is to decorate for your wedding using famous Italian landmarks as the theme. There are the Roman aqueducts, Mount Vesuvius, Leaning Tower of Pisa, The Coliseum, the Sistine Chapel, the Statue of David, The Pantheon and myriad other attractions and destinations. At each table, have a centerpiece featuring one of these landmarks. Or hang pictures on the walls. Have a wedding cake made that looks like the Alps, which run through the northern part of Italy, or that features Michelangelo's famous ceiling mural.