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