Creative Decorations for Your Reception
When decorating for your wedding reception, it is important to select colors, styles and themes that truly match your taste. There are many decorators and people who will be anxious to influence you in one way or the other. However, you must keep in mind that this day, more than any other, is all about you and your love with your spouse. Therefore, you make the final decisions when it comes to decorations that you prefer.
Here are some tips and words of advice to help you plan creative decorations for your wedding reception.
First, know that your wedding reception is all about the people. All of your decorations should be centered on making people the main priority. Your friends and family will see loved ones that they have not seen in awhile. They will meet new people. And, of course, all eyes will be on the most honored people of the day: you.
In order to facilitate good bonding between your guests, it is nice to offer creative decorations that will help to bring people together and communicate. To begin, you can have photos of all or many of your guests lining the wall. These photos can be as old and as candid as you would like. By putting photos of your loved ones out instead of only having photos of you and your spouse available, you are honoring your loved ones and helping them start conversations (or relive fond memories.)
Another good way of getting people together is having food tables. While most wedding receptions have traditional buffet style food tables, it is nice to have alternative foods that require activity to construct. Have a cookie-decorating table, for example.
You can also have an ice cream table with make-your-own sundaes for your guests to enjoy. Gathering people around a table for a task helps them break the ice. Those friends and family that have a hard time interacting in social situations will also have an immediate crush.
People love arts and crafts. Set aside a table with tiles and paints and have your guests paint tiles for you and your spouse. Once the wedding is over and you have returned home, put the tiles together in an arrangement on a piece of board that you can then hang in your home. You will have a moveable memento of your loved ones, decorated with their well wishes.
Activities not only add to the decoration of your wedding reception but they also help to create a fun environment where people feel free to express themselves and connect with others. Enjoy!
