Place Settings for a Wedding Reception
Place settings are an important part of a wedding reception. Whether elegant and flashy or simple and clean, place settings must be beautiful and leave a lasting good impression on your guests. Fortunately, there are lots of classic and fresh ideas for wedding reception place settings. Choose one that will suit your style and the atmosphere of your wedding.
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Flowers
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Flowers classically lend an air of sophistication and beauty to a wedding, which makes them a natural choice for place settings. Tie a single rose or another flower in wedding colors to a name placard. You also can use live flowers in a miniature vase and a flower card holder to hold the place setting card. Another idea is to use flowers to decorate the dinner plates themselves.
Napkins
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Wedding reception tables, as well as formal dinner tables, often feature elegantly folded napkins. The great thing about folding napkins is that there are lots of possibilities for designs, such as swans, envelopes and flowers. Many tutorials exist on how to fold napkins for a wedding reception. Your wedding reception venue also may provide this service.
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Wedding Favors
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Wedding favors that double as place-card holders make for creative gifts for your guests. These place-card holders can double as picture frames, a flower bud vase, a scented sachet, tea lights and more. It's good to use your imagination to customize a wedding favor place setting to your wedding.
Wine Corks
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A couple enthusiastic about wine would appreciate this place setting idea. Simply tie two wine corks together with raffia ribbon. Place a decorative name card between the two corks for a simple yet original reception place setting.
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