Wedding arches make great reception and ceremony decorations, and they can be made from columns, bamboo or trellises. Design a wedding arch with helpful tips from a wedding coordinator in this free video on wedding planning.
Expert: Tonya Boulware
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Bio: Tonya Boulware is the founder and owner of A Carolina Wedding, one of the East coast’s premier wedding planners.
Filmmaker: Rendered Communications
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Centerpieces: A chessboard in the middle of the table with the heads of red roses scattered across it.
Favours: With all the chessboards you have for centerpieces, you should have gotten a bunch of chesspieces. Give them away as favours. Tie a ribbon around them and attach a made-up a lovey-dovey poem for each type of piece. (Don’t give out the King and Queen!)
White tablecloths with black napkins. Black chair covers with white sashes.
Bridal Bouquet: A hand-tied bouquet of Penny Black Nemophila and Red Gerbera Daisies.
Feature a black and white checkered dance floor.
Get a double ice luge in the shape of King and Queen chess pieces.
Use a King and a Queen from the chess sets as cake-toppers. The cake should alternate layers: 1 checkerboard, one white with black flowers drawn on. Between each layer, fill the space with red roses.
My fiance and I are getting married in June 2009. We’ve been struggling with what we wanted to do with our wedding reception and dance, when today the idea hit us to theme it like a carnival.
We already rented a park to have the ceremony at and plan on having the reception there as well. We were thinking of setting up a midway, with some inflatable rides, games (plinko, skeeball, the rubber duckey game, etc), and having all sorts of carnival food (hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, popcorn, etc.).
Our families know we aren’t so traditional, so they wouldn’t be shocked by this. What would you think of this kind of reception? Has anybody ever done a carnival themed wedding reception?
Good point regarding the extra guests. We were actually thinking of issuing our guests the same kind of wrist bands you’d get at a real carnival. Would that be over the top?
The park really only has one entrance, so controlling outside guests would probably be somewhat mangeable, but a very good point.
It sounds like it would be fun. One little thing though…… if you’re having this in a public park is there any way to keep "extra" guests from joining in? Some people will see the games, inflatable rides etc…. and think "Oh, boy!!! Free fun and food!" Too many ‘extra’ guests can be expensive and your food could run out before your true guest get served. It sounds fun though.
http://www.joyfullcelebrations.com offer ideas for Elegance wedding reception and ceremony . Any style, theme and location for your imagine and create at innolvidable wedding celebrations.
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November 25, 2009| 