Confused and desperate for reception ideas! (color)?

my wedding will be in the evening (october), so it will be an evening reception. my colors are black and white w/ an accent of hot pink or fuschia. now im not sure what to do about the tables and flowers. small wedding. around 50 people. finger foods. the reception is a good sized room w/ tables available. the floors and walls are white/ivory. i was thinking of doing black tablecloths with mainly white flowers and throwing a little bit of deep pink in there. but, in pictures ive seen, the black seems to suck up all the light...and then w/ all of my bridal party in black....it might be too much! i can rent either black or white chairs also. should i put a bow of some sort around them? what colors should i do for the tables? black or white? and what flowers for centerpieces? mainly white roses or some hot pink gerber daisies i was thinking about? im also wanting to use candles and flower petals but..am confused about which colors. help!

Confused and desperate for reception ideas! (color)?
Hi again:





Yes, I do agree that with the black tablecloths, black dresses...it might be a bit much.





Frankly, almost all the receptions I have been to....I never notice the color of the walls! Here is what I would do:





~ First.....is there a way to get round tables? With your small numbers, I think they look so much nicer that the standard "long banquet" tables. See if that is an option. It's so much easier for your guests to converse with others at the table too. If it's not an option...no big deal....just a thought.





~ Second, I would go with white...linens, chairs, cloth napkins.





~ Then....I would bring the color in with the centerpieces! With 50 guests and about 8/per table....you will only need about 7 tables/centerpieces.





~ It really depends on if you have the long banquet tables or the round ones, how big you want to go with a centerpiece. If you can only get the long tables....there is really not much room "across" the table. You need to remember that your guests will have their plates, glasses, etc. Here are some pictures:


http://www.columbianhall.com/images/main...


http://www.differrentals.com/images/tabl...





So....plan accordingly. Here is an idea, though:





Why not get "chuncky" vases like these:


http://www.save-on-crafts.com/glcuva6.ht...





Fill 1/2 way with black river rock like this:


http://www.save-on-crafts.com/polrivrocb...





OR...black vase gems:


http://www.save-on-crafts.com/vasgemblac...





And, then fill with the bright pink gerbera daisies! I think that would look awesome! Then you could place some small votives or tealight candles around this. If you want to add to extra shine, place the vase on a mirror. That would be really pretty, especially since your reception is at night.





I wouldn't worry about using bows or anything decorative for the chairs unless you want to go all out and get chair covers in white and sashes in black.





Just my thoughts and ideas....
Reply:White tableclothes. Accent in your black and pink.





You could to black runer or pink runners.....or do both and cris cross them down the table.





Pink flowers in black vases





Pink and black candles





Pink colored water (food coloring) in vases with black stones and floating candles





The options are endless!! Go to www.theknot.com


You can look at reception pictures with your colors and get ideas
Reply:I'd stick with white tablecoths, and have a splash of pink and black perhaps in the form of napkins and favours, perhaps have whhite and pink flowers for the centre pieces, black would be too dark for tablecloths I think.
Reply:OK lets start at the beginning!


Wedding party in black! they would blend into the tables if the tables were clothed in black!


White floor, people would not know where the table started and the floor finished if the table were clothed in white.


So I would suggest fushia cloths!


Center piece standard white roses in a black vase!


Same with the candles White in back or visa versa. maybe silver or gold petals, stars, or black %26amp; white.


Black chairs with white bows.


Standard white dinner wear with silver of black cutlery!
Reply:Well, what you could do is have a white table cloth, but then use a black table runner. That would make it look nice and won't darken the room so much.


For the centerpieces i think that the white roses with the Gerbera daisies would look beautiful! I saw this centerpiece and thought it looked pretty cool. You could use white roses instead of the pink...


http://tgis.wetserver.net/liveimages/rec...





For the candles just stick with white. For flower petals you could use just white or do a mixture of white and pink.


Don't worry - just keep it simple and it will all turn out beautiful.


Good luck! ♥

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