Our Wedding - Reception Decor

Hope you all had a fun weekend. I stayed in to recuperate and missed out on all of the Halloween fun but I did manage to get a few treats this weekend. Thanks honey :)

I figure I'll continue on with the recaps today. After the cocktail hour everyone headed upstairs to the penthouse for the reception. Here's a little glimpse at the decor.

Our escort cards. We hand glued aquamarine Swarovski crystals onto cards and had our calligrapher write the names and table setting.

We had a mix of high and low centerpieces. The low ones were a tight arrangement of dahlias, hydrangea and celosia.

And the high ones were crabapple branches with hanging votive bulbs. It was extra special for us to be able to incorporate this into our decor because J grew up with a crabapple tree on her front lawn. Many members of her family noticed & commented on the connection.

We named the tables after our favorite vacation spots. Each table had a picture of us in the locale.

Here we are on a glacier in Alaska

And that's not all. The best part of the decor is still to come. Stay tuned to check out the magnificent crowd pleasing views!

Images: 1-4, 6-10, 12-13 - Daniel Krieger

Cocktail Hour Options

Image: Jen Kroll Photography

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We really wanted to have bud vases and votives on the tables for the cocktail hour but we were totally suprised at how expensive bud vases could be! Since we are trying to keep our flower budget in check we were thinking of coming up with more affordable alternatives. The only thing I can come up with is having a few votives on each table but we could upgrade to more decorative ones than the hotel provides.

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I'm desperate for ideas and am absolutely amazed at my lack of creativity here! I'd love to hear if anyone has any other ideas.