Your wedding reception decor is a reflection of your taste and style.
The "I do's" are over, the first kiss is just a memory, and the photos are taken. Now it's time for the reception. When your guests enter your reception venue the first thing they'll notice is the d cor, which should represent your personal style as a couple as well as convey the theme of your wedding -- even if you don't think you have a theme. Wedding themes range from anything to a beach wedding, to a pink and black wedding, to a 1980s big-hair theme, if that's what you want. Choose d cor that wows your guests and makes you smile.
Centerpieces
For a casually elegant wedding try something different on the tables. Instead of the tried and true matching flower arrangements at the center of each table, go for a mix of different flowers and vases. Choose different shapes and sizes for each vase and create and mix-and-match arrangement at the center of your tables. Use the same flowers in each vase to keep the look simple or use a variety of your favorite flowers in every vase on each table for an eye-catching and colorful display.
White Hot
Even if your wedding colors are not white, white and more white, there's no reason your reception shouldn't be. A timeless, elegant and sophisticated look for a wedding reception is hard to miss when you use this color scheme. White chairs, white linens, white dinnerware, white lights and white flowers provide a clean and elegant background for your wedding reception, keeping the look chic. Your other wedding colors, such as your cake and your wedding party's attire, will pop against the stark background, creating an effect that's both timeless and effortless.
Sweet Treats
When you think of reception d cor your mind automatically begins picturing flowers, centerpieces and table settings. So many other aspects not usually considered d cor are, in fact, a great way to add decoration to your reception. For example, you can decorate your reception venue with a dessert bar. Have your caterer or wedding planner assemble a location in your venue with tables in varying heights covered with desserts. Add to the decoration of the tables by using clear vases and bowls in varying heights, shapes and sizes, and filling them with sweets only in your wedding colors. If your wedding colors are pink and black, fill the vases with nothing but pink M&Ms, which are specially purchased through the company, and Oreos, white chocolate, dark chocolate, black licorice, pink cotton candy, and any other dessert you can make pink and/or black. The effect is one that will add dimension and a refreshing change of pace to the average wedding reception as well as sweeten the opinion of your guests.
Natural Decor
Wedding reception d cor isn't limited to the type of flowers or color scheme used to decorate your venue; the venue itself is part of the d cor. Holding your wedding reception in the ballroom of your country club adds its own decoration to your reception and differs greatly from the decoration added to your reception if you were to have it under a white tent next to the ocean. When you book your venue keep that in mind for decorating purposes. If you're going for a simple look for your reception d cor, it won't be easy to pull off if you have your reception somewhere with elaborate decorations of its own.
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