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When Cristalier Designer #1 faced the challenge to create a Crystal Wedding Tree in one hour or less, the first thing that popped into her head was...

"I wish I had little mice friends to help me, like Cinderella had"   While no mice showed up to help, white wedding doves did. Designer 1   Biggest Challenge: I was thinking how can I possibly complete the task of setting up the metal tree, decorate it and bring a new look to the crystal tree idea all in one hour?     Inspiration: I started thinking about different ways to muti-task, that's when I thought "the only way I could complete this task is if I had an extra set of hands or little mice like in the fairytale Cinderella". That's when I thought about the Disney cartoon and how the birds carried her wedding veil, from there the decision to use wedding doves was an obvious choice.     Favorite Feature: I love the flying doves. They bring that unexpected touch to the crystal wedding tree. I think they really bring that fairytale feeling to a wedding.     Alternate Ideas: If I would have had more time (lol) I would have had the crystal strands swagged from dove to dove. I also considered adding white silk ribbons with larger crystals hanging from some of the branches.     Final thoughts: I wouldn't use Doves on every tree. If your using the crystal wedding tree during your reception, I would recommend only your feature tree have the doves actually flying in with the crystals. On any accent trees or smaller centerpiece trees, you may want to add one or two smaller doves to the branches.

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Hanging doves on your Crystal Wedding Tree: I used a white head straight pins (sewing) and tied the nylon thread around the head. I then pushed the pin into the back of the dove. I then strung out a lot of extra thread and wrapped the other end around a white push pin (thumbtack). From there, I pushed the tack push pin into the ceiling. It took me a couple of tries to get a natural look, but it was worth the effort. I than hot glued some crystals into the mouth of one dove and wrapped another around the foot of the other. I was going to have some doves carrying loose crystals while 2 others carried a strand of crystals in swag fashion, but it would have taken another 10-15 minutes to set that up. You could use alternate birds if you would like.