Wedding Reception Table Decoration

When coming to wedding reception table decoration, give a lot attention to it since it is main part of wedding party. Wedding reception table decoration color is the first part to start. Make sure it is color match your wedding theme.

 

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Flashback: A friend’s wedding at the Castaway in Burbank

As I wait for the pictures from the Sunday wedding of a friend to download, I figured I would flashback to a wedding I decorated and attended two years ago at the Castaway in Burbank. I did blog about it before, but I did not include the photos of the decorations, which is what I know so many of the readers of this here blog want to see. Also, I want to note that while I have stamped the following photos with my Wedding Decorator address, these fine photos were shot by Taipei L.A., the photographer of my friend’s wedding. My own photos were marred by the bright sun streaming into the windows, so thanks to Moonie for sharing these photos, and kudos to Taipei L.A. for great photos and service.

Decorating this wedding was particularly challenging because of many factors. First off, we had to deal with a blockade of firetrucks and officials who at first wouldn’t let us drive our van full of equipment and flowers up the hill because of a brush fire in the hills behind the Castaway. There was the fact that my mom had put together a lot — WAY MORE than usual — displays for this wedding, so there was of course way more equipment than usual. Then there was also the fact that my husband and I were attending the wedding, and had to leave early to shower and get dressed for the reception — we were too busy decorating to attend the church ceremony, unfortunately.

But of course, as you can see by the pictures, we pulled off the decorations with our usual aplomb, style and finesse. Did you expect anything less?

The Castaway in Burbank is generally easy to work with, considering how busy they get. Their prices guarantee steady traffic, not to mention a great location overlooking the L.A. basin and the San Fernando Valley. I’ve worked at the Castaway many times, and on a scale of 1 to 10 for cooperativeness, I’d give them an 8.9.

The only thing I might complain about is the high traffic (since doing decorations like these take time, usually at least 3, 4 hours, a 1-hour cushion between parties is of course difficult) and the lack of tablecloth skirts. They skirt their tables, as many independent restaurants do, with folded tablecloths pinned to the first tablecloth. It makes it difficult for draping the table.

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Wedding Table Decorations and Design

Wedding table decor is one of the most important decorative items og your wedding. You can either use your own creativity or hire a wedding professional to design the decorations for you, either way, the most important thing to remember is it's your wedding so you design it the way you have always dreamed it to be..

An important point to keep in mind when choosing your decorations should be the physical comfort of the guests. The guests should not get offended or feel ill at ease with your wedding table decorations. As the wedding is a big family get together, you can decide on the decorations for wedding tables while taking the wedding venue into consideration. 

If the wedding venue is a garden, then you could include white neon lights and floating candles in your table decorations. You could also disperse red rose petals on reception tables. If your wedding is in the winter, bells and crystal balls are great table center pieces.

Table covers are also important wedding table decorations which vary between hand made needle worked covers to plastic and white satin covers. You have to choose napkins that work in harmony with the table covers while cutlery should be sparkling clean.

The centerpiece is important in decoration. It is not necessary that the centerpiece be expensive; you just have to use your creativity and imagination in choosing a centerpiece that works in harmony with your wedding decoration. Next come flowers. There is an endless choice of wedding florist and flower arragements for you to choose from for your wedding table decoration.

The floral centerpieces can be big or small and constitute a variety of flowers in them. It is up to you to choose the size of the centerpiece and the flowers depending on your budget. These floral wedding table decorations can be bought from the same florist that prepares flowers for your wedding. Then of course, you can use wedding candles for your wedding table decorations.

These candles create a romantic look and feel to the wedding and are usually cheaper than floral arrangements. You can choose flower candles to create a fragrance for your reception. As wedding table decorations may cost you lots of money, especially if you have many tables, you could consider making your own wedding table decorations.

If you don't have the time, friends and family will be ready to chip in. you could implement the listed options and create some wedding table decorations that are not only attractive to look at, but light on your wedding planning budget and more personalized too.

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