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Are you ready to take the plunge and get married? Then you must
be overrun with questions and swamped with planning decisions like
choosing the date, food, music, and who to invite. First, you should
decide on a budget, the time of day to marry and the level of
formality. Once these decisions are made, it becomes a little easier
to decide on other things like the style of dress and tuxedos to
wear, choice of food and style of wedding ceremony and reception
you’d like to have. With all the talk about finding your wedding
style these days, here are some inspiring ideas on setting up a city
sleek reception vs. a country chic reception. Perhaps one of these
styles is for you.
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With all the
talk about finding your wedding style these days, here
are some inspiring ideas on setting up a city sleek
reception vs. a country chic reception. Perhaps one of
these styles is for you.
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City Sleek
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For
a city sleek style reception, choose a country club or hotel
ballroom setting.
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Let guests know the tone right from the start with custom
made engraved invitations.
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Choose a photographer with a photojournalistic style, one
that tells a story with pictures, to capture every moment of
the evening. Then after the reception, place all the photos
in a brocade hand
monogrammed wedding album. This book will
become a treasured keepsake.
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For table settings and centerpieces, go glamorous and
dramatic. A neutral table with colorful accent pieces and
printed menus at the front of each place setting is elegant
and inviting. Floral centerpieces cascading with roses,
orchids and gardenias or exotic blossoms in tall glass vases
are the standout feature of the table. Favors placed at each
setting may include a CD of your favorite tunes or photos in
a
CD case decorated with entwined silver hearts or a
chrome
heart shaped wine stopper.
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City style food and drinks can include a martini bar during
cocktail hour or a signature cocktail of your choice served
throughout the evening. During the best man’s toast, you can
drink your champagne from
trumpet toasting glasses trimmed
with a platinum rim and engraved with your wedding date. A
couture cake with fondant or butter cream icing wouldn’t be
complete without a modern and sophisticated 4” tall
aluminum letter cake top representing the initial of your last name.
In addition to the couture cake, a city sleek wedding may
also feature a groom’s cake shaped in a design representing
a hobby or favorite pastime of the groom, a dessert or
coffee bar or both.
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Top off the evening by sending guests home with a Sunday
paper and a simple breakfast of bagels, muffins, and danish
so they can sleep in the next day and enjoy breakfast in
bed.
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Country Chic
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Some people may think casual when they hear country but you
can have a country style reception that’s just as chic as a
city sleek reception. And a country chic reception can be a
romantic rural type or a country western kind. Here are some
fun ideas for both.
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Country
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When you think of a country wedding, you conjure up images
of the great outdoors. The reception can be held in a park
setting, garden, gazebo or any outdoor tented area. Elements
of nature like flowers, butterflies or rocks can be
incorporated into the décor.
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Décor for a country chic wedding may include arbors or
columns wrapped in ivy that are used to define the entrance.
Seasonal garden flowers or wildflowers like lilies, sweet
peas, geraniums, hydrangea and sunflowers can be used in
table centerpieces as well as to accent the backs of chairs.
And favors like
flower seed packets or
faith stones
imprinted with inspirational words make unique and lasting
gifts.
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Country chic weddings can go green too by featuring local,
organic farm fresh foods throughout the reception. Cocktail
hour can feature fresh fruit and grilled veggie skewers that
are served on small beds of grass and wicker baskets of
strawberries or blueberries can be served during dessert.
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And, if you love the English country garden style, an
artificial
rose topiary centerpiece with scattered rose
petals and
miniature natural bird’s nests favors filled with
candy provide English charm to tabletops. A
bird cage card
holder adds another touch of English country appeal to the
reception.
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Country Western
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Another country chic style wedding is country western.
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A
ranch, farmhouse or barn can be rented as a location for a
country western wedding. You can even arrive at the
reception in a covered wagon.
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Tabletops can feature checked linens,
cowboy boot shaped
steins filled with flowers, coffee beans or cactus for
centerpieces and
cowboy hat favors that can hold your
favorite candy.
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Food for a country western reception might include authentic
western barbeque meats, baked beans and biscuits. Cobbler or
fruit pies might be served for dessert as well as the
wedding cake complete with the
western bride and groom cake
top.
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Grab a partner and dosado. Square dancing or dancing the
two-step can top off a great country western wedding.
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So
have you decided? Are you city sleek or country chic? Just
remember, whatever your style, the important part of the
wedding reception is to celebrate your special day with
family and friends and have fun doing it.
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Visit The Wedding Outlet for
wedding accessories for the reception including:
guest books,
cake servers,
toasting glasses,
card boxes, and
goblets. |
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