When assigning seats for your wedding reception, please take the following into consideration:
{This is a re-post and content has been modified (floor plan layout added today). Originally published on our old blog in June 2009}
Read MoreI found this wedding goodness on the wedding blog of Pure Photography by way of Bodas Deluxe. This creative photo shoot resulted from the team at Unique Designs wanting to create a “Twilight” inspired wedding invitation, which then further developed into a complete wedding design concept.
I am in complete awe of this invitation and all of its opulence, not to mention the twilight setting for this photo shoot. Naturally, I love the red, black, and white color scheme. Do you see that wedding cake design? Why if cake could be sexy, this is it!
See more photos from this creative shoot here. Get Inspired!
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Photo from Project Weddings; Designed by JL Designs; Photo Credit: Ryan Philips
These black bridal bouquets are luxurious. Made with black calla lilies, which actually look like a dark burgundy (sometimes dark purple) and adorn with black feathers, a brooch, and black rhinestones, how much more luxe can a bride ask for concerning her wedding bouquet?
Photo from W-Wedding Flowers
Acrylic wedding tables…can you say très chic?
Photo from Room Service Rentals
I first felt in love with the use of acrylic tables for wedding and event designs last spring when I was invited to attend a professional event for destination wedding planners in Vero Beach, FL.
Featured below are photos from that event of what started out as a poolside reception for us at Costa d’Este Resort designed by the awarding designer, Fé Domenech and her team from The Event Firm International.
Photo from PS Photography
An alternative to full acrylic wedding tables and a less expensive option is to use acrylic table boxes as featured below to create the illusion of a clear wedding table. These are also great because you can place rose petals, wedding flowers, and the like inside of the acrylic boxes as table decorations.
Photo from Dann Event Hire
If you like the look of clear acrylic tables, but wish to only incorporate a few of them, consider using them for your head table and open bar table design. Just imagine how glamorous the clear acrylic table box would look with colorful linens in lieu of the white linens (as in the picture above) in addition to the right lighting. Fabulous, I tell you!
Photo from Kool Party Rentals
I would love to see some of you North Carolina brides incorporating acrylic tables or table boxes into your event design, especially if you are planning a destination wedding here in our coastal region or a chic wedding in the Raleigh-Durham area. Get Inspired!
Read MoreSerpentine tables are most commonly used for buffet and open bar displays at weddings. However, they can be used sparingly as part of your wedding design for seating.
Photo from Wedding Style Magazine
If you choose to use serpentine tables for seating your wedding guests, I strongly suggest that you apply the “less is more” approach. In other words, it’s is not a good idea logistically speaking to use solely serpentine tables, especially if you do not have adequate space.
Even more, your event design will look better if you mix in different tables. In essence, serpentine guest tables should only be used as a focal point to create some contrast and interest inside your event space. It should not take up the entire space.
Photo from Enchanting Events
Of course, serpentine tables work very well for head tables and you can shape them a number of ways, including arranging them into semi-circle guest tables.
This look designed by Colin Cowie for Oprah’s 50th birthday a several years back would work beautifully for an intimate wedding reception, as well. So, what do you think about using serpentine wedding tables as part of your event design?
Read MoreHaving a wedding on the beach is already majestic in and of itself, but to add the unexpected to such a setting is bound to captivate your wedding guests. Have a look at this beautiful beach wedding ceremony set up designed by Karen Tran Floral. What is so unexpected about this wedding design?
Photo Credit: Pamela Scott Photography
It is not everyday that you see manzanita tree branches adorned with phalaenopsis orchids on the beach and have it look as if it was meant to be there. I just love this beach wedding design, it looks so simple and elegant, yet it makes a very dramatic statement to me. Get Inspired!
Read MoreFloor-length table linens for your wedding is a basic essential to your event design and worth the cost. Whereas, lap-length table linens can be an eye-sore, particularly if the table legs are showing. It is as if your wedding design is incomplete, not to mention, a distraction from the beauty of your tabletop.
Can you really picture your wedding reception site filled with 15 to 20 guests tables and the metal legs showing?
Better yet, imagine if the table linens in the first photograph had been lap-length. Can you see how the design would seem incomplete as if the manufacturer ran out of fabric when making the linen?
If your event design budget is tight, please know that electing to have lap-length table linens in lieu of floor-length linens is not the route to go to save money. Instead, consider cutting out your wedding favors and/or ceremony programs, both of which are not necessary and well, the majority of your wedding guests are going to leave them behind at the end of the night, if not trash them. However, your wedding tablescape adds to your wedding guests’ experience and will make a lasting impression.
Photo 1: BBJ Linen
*Originally published in January 2011