| Adding special touches to the guests' tables will | | | | celebration. |
| contribute to the memories of your wedding | | | | Since candles on the guest tables add a romantic |
| reception. Their tables at the reception will be one | | | | look, should you wish to include them in or around |
| of the outstanding images your guests will cherish | | | | the centerpiece, make sure they are enclosed in |
| and remember after your wedding day. | | | | clear non-breakable glass casings to avoid fires if |
| Your guests will remember the people they sat | | | | they are knocked down by mistake. For short |
| with and shared pleasure, gossip, and laughter; | | | | cocktail receptions, votive candles will do just fine, |
| they will remember the table settings, the food, | | | | but for dinner or luncheon, wide pillar or tall taper |
| the linens, the chairs, and the centerpiece; and | | | | candles may be needed since they will last longer. |
| they will remember the photos taken while they | | | | To add to the sparkle of the candles, you may |
| sat at the table, listening to the toasts. These | | | | wish to arrange small mirrors around them. |
| photos, too, will remind them for years to come | | | | The centerpiece of the table should reflect the |
| what that table looked like in that fortunate day. | | | | theme of your wedding. For example, if it is a |
| For success with the guest tables, do not hurry | | | | seaside theme, dolphin statuettes, shells, and |
| with the floor plan of the reception room. First, | | | | other things found on the beach can make |
| arrange the guest tables on a small scale on | | | | spectacular centerpieces. If the centerpiece will be |
| paper, taking into account the view from each | | | | a floral arrangement, make sure your florist |
| table. Do not forget that each guest will need to | | | | understands that the centerpiece should not be |
| witness the cutting of the cake, the first dance, | | | | too tall to block the view of the other side of the |
| and the head table for the bride and the groom. | | | | table, the head table, or the dance floor. |
| The shape of the tables is important, also. Long | | | | Then, have the wedding favors at hand when the |
| tables may look impressive, but the round tables | | | | tables are set. Making sure there are enough |
| work best for guests for ease of conversation. In | | | | favors for all guests, place them on the table, one |
| addition, an extra chair can always be added | | | | in front of each guest's chair. Each wedding favor |
| more easily to a round-shaped table, should you | | | | should have the names of the bride and the |
| have extra guests at the last minute. | | | | groom, the date of the wedding, and maybe a |
| If your reception will be banquet style, then the | | | | welcome message to the guest. When choosing |
| reception tables look their best with floor-length | | | | favors, try to make them pleasant and |
| table covers topped with lace or sheer smaller | | | | inoffensive for all age groups. |
| covers. If your wedding theme is classic and your | | | | Your wedding should be as you wish it to be. |
| color is white, bone, or muted, you can go white | | | | Your guests' tables, too, should reflect what you |
| on white; otherwise, making the top cover in your | | | | love. |
| chosen color will add cheerfulness to the | | | | |