Wedding tables are the center of attention during the reception, aside from the bride and the groom of course. Wedding tables should be carefully planned out, as it will be the focal point during most conversations and eating during the reception.
Wedding table decorations can be the highlight of your wedding theme, or can be a complementary alternative.
Here are some ideas to help you plan your wedding table decoration ideas:
1. For dimmer venues, use tealight candles in little glass boxes, to be placed along side each table setting. This adds a dreamy atmosphere while not making it too difficult for guests to find their food.
2. Large clear glass bowls filled with sand and floating candles make a great centerpiece. Add shells to the bowl if you are having a beachside wedding for an accent. Use white and green flowers to go with the shells in the bowl for colors that are close to nature.
3. Sprinkle rose petals on tables for a romantic touch.
4. Use a variety of small, medium and large candles for the centerpiece. Wrap them together with string and colorful beads for extra shimmer. Sparkly ribbons or lace are also a good alternative.
5. Select your china according to the theme of your wedding. If you are having an informal wedding, simple white porcelain plates with gold or silver edges are good. Informal weddings are more appropriate for using for creative china. Square plates are also fun. For more formal weddings, you can use a gold tinted pad instead of a placemat.
6. Simple and plain dining ware deserves a more extravagant centerpiece. Use simple white dining ware and clear crystals, but for the centerpiece, use gold and silver embossed vases, about 3 or 4, and fill them up with tulip buds in various colors. The richness and drama of the colors do not need any more accents from dining ware and are a great highlight on their own.
7. Wrap chairs with organza ribbons in dark shades of ivory or gold, and use table napkins of the same color. Tie alternating styles of flowers on each chair for some variety, and use simple matte gold plates. For the centerpiece, use a lilac and ivory combination for flowers and candles.
8. For something different, use a square table, and square plates. Choose one color and work around lighter shades of it for the table settings. For example, ice blue table cloths to go to with ice blue ribbons around the chairs. Table napkins come in a shade or two lighter, and leave the plates white for some contrast.
9. Instead of using just one vase with flowers, mix them up by placing more of smaller vases with colorful flowers as a centerpiece.
10. Place about 3 or 4 bottles of wine in each table, and use dark roses to complement the dramatic colors. Include a photo of the couple in each table.
11. For a minimal look, use clear glass plates with white and silver accents. For the centerpiece, a large clear glass vase with long stems of flower buds in it, instead of a bunch of leaves and open flowers. Metallic and rich table and chair covers can add some sparkle, and use only one flower at the back of each chair.
12. For a more rustic look, work with shades of bronze, red, and deep blue. Use brown place mats with white plates, and use deep red cloth to drape the chairs and tables. Deep blue accents can be placed in the table napkins and colors of the flowers. Sprinkle red rose petals and almonds on the table cloth, with a few pieces of palm leaves on the border of the centerpiece.
13. For beach weddings, give it an extra refreshing touch by using a large clear bowl of fruits as a centerpiece.
14. Depending on the color of your theme, fill the centerpiece bowl with fruits matching the theme to give a variety in texture.
15. Use raspberry and gold for a refreshing table theme. Cut the flower head off, and display them in little glass containers, what you would normally use for tea lights. Place the flowers on the perimeter of another centerpiece of short red candles. Use matte gold plates and blush pink table napkins and chair drapers.
A bright white chapel is nestled among green trees with its steeple jutting above the trees.Rick Kimbrell and Trina Harris have expanded the Bill Bates Cowboy Ranch by adding a wedding chapel in a little valley beside the main dining facility."We had our first wedding March 8," manager Harris said. "It all started when Ronnie Honeycutt came out here with his daughter (Sarah) wanting to have wedding here."Honeycutt of Plano builds and remodels homes for a living."Rick needed a builder and we needed a chapel and that is how it got started," Honeycutt said. "It's the perfect setting for a chapel."Honeycutt called it a little chapel in the valley. Kimbrell has named it "Briar Grove Chapel."Honeycutt, Kimbrell and a hired hand, Travis Drake, built the chapel in 15 days.Sarah Honeycutt was all smiles about the chapel."It's really awesome to get married in something my dad built," said the bride-to-be.Before the chapel was built, weddings were held inside the main building, but now the unique 20 foot by 30 foot chapel provides an alterative for wedding couples."Right now weddings will be held in the front of the chapel," Harris said.
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A 20-foot-tall Somerset County lady became a VIP at Jenna Bush's wedding in Crawford, Texas, last weekend.Freedom's Angel of Steadfast Love, one of four such steel angel sculptures, was crafted and delivered by Jennerstown artist Lei Hennessy-Owen in October 2004.After locals adorned the angel with a wedding veil and bouquet in honor of the nuptials of President Bush's daughter, the dressed-up sculpture made newspapers nationwide as a symbol of the ceremony.The event itself was closed to the media, so photographers were limited to scenes from the town of Crawford – and the angel became the public "face" of the wedding.Owen said she is delighted that one of her angels became part of a celebration. The sculptures have been placed at sites of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including the Flight 93 crash site near Shanksville, as a symbol of comfort and hope in the face of tragedy."It came from God," Owen said.
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A bright white chapel is nestled among green trees with its steeple jutting above the trees.Rick Kimbrell and Trina Harris have expanded the Bill Bates Cowboy Ranch by adding a wedding chapel in a little valley beside the main dining facility."We had our first wedding March 8," manager Harris said. "It all started when Ronnie Honeycutt came out here with his daughter (Sarah) wanting to have wedding here."Honeycutt of Plano builds and remodels homes for a living."Rick needed a builder and we needed a chapel and that is how it got started," Honeycutt said. "It's the perfect setting for a chapel."Honeycutt called it a little chapel in the valley. Kimbrell has named it "Briar Grove Chapel."Honeycutt, Kimbrell and a hired hand, Travis Drake, built the chapel in 15 days.Sarah Honeycutt was all smiles about the chapel."It's really awesome to get married in something my dad built," said the bride-to-be.Before the chapel was built, weddings were held inside the main building, but now the unique 20 foot by 30 foot chapel provides an alterative for wedding couples."Right now weddings will be held in the front of the chapel," Harris said.
