Showing posts with label Wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wedding. Show all posts

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Zen Theme

These photos are from my daughter's wedding reception in 2009 held at the Knight's of Columbus Hall.
We used the facility's white tablecloths and china, flatware and clear glasses.
The hall featured a zen/Asian theme and the colors sage and hunter green (the bride's favorite color).



Each place setting featured a sage colored napkin folded to hold a menu.  I used a silver paint pen to write the guests' names on black river rocks which served as placecards.

 t

Shoji screens were placed in the corners of the room with green colored pot lights behind them.  I placed them there for decoration, but they served as a great neutral backdrop for photos.


There were twelve round tables for eight.  Tables were titled  Bliss, Delight, Blessings, Love, Prosperity, Tranquility, Serenity, Mirth, Passion, Joy, Happiness, and Peace.


 The caterer was the Hi-Lo Club.  They made my favorite punch recipe:  1 carton of lime sherbet mixed with two 2-liter bottles of ginger ale.


Napkin were custom printed with the couple's initial.  Stacks of napkins were fanned by placing a glass on the top and twisting.  


 Decorations featured many photos of the couple from their courtship and Las Vegas wedding.


 The caterer did a beautiful job of displaying the food.


 I purchased yards and yards of sage-colored cotton and "puddled" it on the tables to anchor the centerpieces.


Half the tables featured tabletop fountains centerpieces. The other half had large cylinder vases with beta fish and submersible tea lights in them.  All centerpieces also included black river rocks, square tealight holders and dragonflies.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Here Comes the Bride!


This gold and white table was inspired by son's recent wedding in which the couple's wedding clothes and reception tables featured this elegant color combination.


Above: the couple exchanging rings in a traditional Cambodian wedding ceremony surrounded by the wedding officiant and their attendants. 



My white wedding china was once again pressed into service on a gold tablecloth along with Longchamp crystal goblets and accessory pieces.


I used three mirror tiles, gold beads (from my Christmas decorations box) and white candles to recreate the ambiance of the ballroom where the wedding reception was held.


 Above is the one of the 26 tables at the reception.  I got to help put chair covers on, tie gold sashes around every other chair, and finish off the centerpieces.  Can you imagine...26 tables??  I was in heaven.




Close up (above) of reception centerpieces.  Can you see the photographer's (my daughter) reflection in the beads?



The centerpiece makes an interesting shadow on the white tablecloth.



The happy couple at the reception (above) now in traditional American wedding clothes and their first dance (below).