Being engaged and buying the dress is just the start of it! Now you need to think about how you can create perfect wedding table decorations that will impress your guests. We can’t stress enough how important it is to take the time to get the look as well as ensure maximum impact and style.

To ensure your tables ooze style, you need to go back to basics and create a mood board. This can be a scrap book, a corkboard or just a sheet of paper on which you record all your wedding style ideas. Make this your platform for swatches of bridesmaid dress material, wedding invitation samples, pictures of bouquets, colours you wish to incorporate and even words to describe the theme of your day e.g. rural, rustic, casual or romantic, suave, decadent. Once you have started putting ideas to paper, some general trends should prevail which will provide the inspiration you require for creating wedding table decorations with impact.

The next thing you must consider is when and where your event will be take place. For those choosing a rural pub in high summer, your inspiration can be taken from hydrangea, wisteria and sweet peas. If your wedding is taking place in a castle in the winter, your inspiration will be taken from faux fur shrugs, snowy views, cosy hearths and regal velveteen. In order for your wedding accessories to co-ordinate successfully with your surroundings, you must consider the season and your venue carefully. If it’s ok with your venue, it would be wise to take a photograph of your reception area and add it to your mood board.

Now that the planning stage is underway, you can start to consider which colour palette you should have. To achieve maximum impact, your table decorations, wedding favours and table accessories need to be in the right tone and shade. If you’re having a spring wedding, you should use the seasonal greens, soft pinks & bright daffodil yellows as your starting point. If your event is taking place in the summer, be inspired by hot tropical pinks and splashes of hot orange. Choose ice queen silvery blue and snowy white if marrying in the winter or cosy coppers, vibrant orange and chocolate browns if your wedding falls in Autumn.

We would recommend that at this point you set one table up exactly as it will be on the wedding day itself so now it’s time to start shopping! Don’t forget table accessories such as favour boxes, place card holders, confetti, decorative balloons, table gems, cake slice boxes, table trivia and other decorative items. It would also be worth purchasing just one or two flowers that will be used in your table centrepiece to give you an overall look. This provides an ideal opportunity to take a reference photograph so that you can show your venue, planner or bridesmaid exactly how you want your tables presented on the big day itself.

We trust that this article has helped you appreciate the importance of wedding table decorations and has given you some ideas about how you can achieve stunning wedding reception tables. And remember to take your inspiration from your venue and the time of year to ensure you create the perfect wedding table decorations.

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