How to Use a Memory Table
A memory table at the wedding reception helps guests honor the memory of relatives who are no longer living. It is a lovely touch to create a memory table that is both beautiful and honors significant memories of past family life. The memory table may consist of numerous photos or just a single photo album or large portrait photo. Be creative and create a table that will bring you joy and help honor your past.
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Instructions
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Create a memory table to help you feel that relatives who were beloved to you are also part of your special day. A memory table should be a loving tribute to those people who were significant in your life. You may want to honor numerous relatives and friends or just one special person.
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Choose photographs that bring you joyous memories. Celebrate the life of your relative by creating a collage of photos or picking a single photo that truly shows their personality. Make your wedding reception an opportunity to silently give thanks to those people who shaped your life by honoring them with a memory table.
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Choose decorations for the memory table. Perhaps there was a certain flower your relative favored. You may wish to decorate the table with that flower. You may also want to use a color scheme your relative enjoyed. If they had a trademark, like a special treat they loved provide a bowl of it at the table. This will bring a smile to the face of everyone who knew the relative.
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Make extra copies of the photos used at the memory table for relatives you think would appreciate their own copy. Photos are priceless to someone who loved your departed relative. Share the joy of memories by having extra copies of pictures available for guests to the memory table.
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Add a slide show or frame letters from the relative to add some special touches to the memory table. Be creative. Try to include some humorous photos too. Remember, a wedding should be a happy event. Honor your relatives but do it in a way that brings joy.
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Tips & Warnings
Provide some items for guests at the memory table such as copies of photos or treats that are a link to the person honored at the memory table.
Ask a myriad of relatives for photos to use at the memory table.
