To have some real fun on wedding day, you can make your 1998 Ford Taurus look like...a 1998 Ford Taurus with frilly decorations. Here's some tips on how to decorate your wedding car.

Decorate your wedding car

Traditionally, someone other than the bride and groom decorated the wedding car, and it usually that person was the best man. As can be predicted, the results weren't always pretty. Nowadays, brides and grooms want to control what the wedding car actually looks like (and what is written on it!)

Accordingly, if you're the groom, you may want to exert some influence on what your wedding transportation will look like aside from the trim and rims. If you're renting a classic car or a Mercedes-Benz, you may not want "Just Married" scrawled all over the hood. Furthermore, if you're renting a limo or any kind of car, the rental company may already have classy decorations that they will provide. Some limousine rental companies are flexible on your décor, and some are not. Check with them in advance.

Here are some standard wedding car decorating supplies, with most of the supplies being available at your local craft store:

• Buy liquid chalk or window markers to write

  o "Just married"

  o "Honk! We're just married"

  o "What have we done?" (Just kidding. Don't write that.) Whatever you write, try to avoid obstructing your view.

• Liquid chalk or window markers can be purchased at any craft supply store or online. Crayola makes window markers that will work for car windows as well. (We know, we know - this all sounds pretty childish. But roll with it.)
• If you have messy handwriting, or your bride isn't going to be pleased, you can buy "Heart" or "Just Married!" magnets that will cling to your car. These can also be personalized to have your name written on them.

• Buy ribbon, about 2 inches wide, and tie real flowers or silk flowers to your wedding car. ("Ribbon? What self-respecting guy knows how to buy ribbon?")

• Buy ribbon and balloons to decorate your wedding car

• Decorate the antenna with a bulb, flower or better yet - a mini-football helmet.
• Tie beer cans to some strong string or rope and hang them from the rear bumper. This, of course, is a classic. It's probably the one thing you'll remember from your wedding car.

In addition, you'll need some clear tape to hold everything down. So long as you're not traveling a couple of hundred miles, everything should stay put.

Read more about wedding transportation from GroomGroove.com:

• What to know about wedding limousines and wedding limousine services
• Thinking about renting a stretch SUV, like a Hummer?
• Renting classic or antique wedding cars
• Scoring a fleet of Beemers, Porsches or Jags (etc.) Exotic wedding cars
• Use your own car - even if it's old
• Trolley buses, horse drawn carriages, (walking) and other wedding car alternatives
• How to decorate your wedding car (Lucky you!)

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