By far the activity that allows you the largest scope when using the mugs and teacups as decor is to hang them. There are simply so many places and opportunities to do this. If you are getting married under a gazebo or lapa, you might want to consider hanging mugs, either in strings or at different heights, behind your officient framing you and your partner. Just be careful if the wind blows, you don't want a swinging rogue teacup to knock out the priest.
You might also want to be really unique and have cups tied with ribbons onto the aisle chairs or shepards hooks. You could even consider filling these with rose petals that can then act as your confetti, but filling them with flowers also looks stunning.
Hanging mugs can really make a striking backdrop for your dance floor, your main table or your food table if you are having a buffet or candy setup. Of course they will also look ideal hanging behind a coffee station. Use ribbon to accentuate the design or nylon to create the illusion of floating cups. You can add strings of fairy lights to enhance the effect especially once the sun has set. I also love the idea of a shelving structure packed full of cups. This will also look amazing as a backdrop.
You can also hang the cups above your guest tables. This will look especially glamorous if you combine the hanging cups with naked bulbs and foliage. It will certainly create a feel of Alice in Wonderland, if Wonderland was an enchanted forest;)
The truth is you can find all kinds of places to hang cups. Trees are always a big one, but really if there are any blank spaces at your wedding venue then make the space more cheerful with some decorative cups.
Apart from hanging cups, they can also form part of your table decor. Mix them up with different vases of varying heights. Place a single flower in them or create small arrangements. You could even stack them to create more height and variation. If you are looking to be very quirky and different you could place them on top of high candlesticks.
Another cute idea is to combine using them as decor and also as table name settings.
Dainty teacups lend themselves well to vintage style weddings. Often paired beautifully with strings of pearls, they look their best rested delicately on a stack of books. There's no need to reserve these only as table decorations. They can work equally as successfully on a shelf, highlighted on a plinth as part of a decor ensemble that includes trunks or wooden palette crates or sitting peacefully next to an old type writer or vinyl player.
Teacups can also transform fairly easily into candles. Use them on your tables in amongst your flower arrangements or you can even use them as wedding favors for your guests to take home.
The humble cup such a simple piece of crockery such a wishing well of inspriation.
