RE-ceiving Guests: Purple, Silver and White Wedding Table & Flowers

I recently attended a beautiful wedding in Austin for the son of friends.  The young couple met in the capital city where they both worked. The bride is an Austin native so the wedding was held there.  The rehearsal dinner was held in an old wooden church that had been moved to Austin from a small town to serve as an events venue.  It is set in a wooded lot with a beautiful garden not far from downtown .  The stone steps leading into the dinner were lit with candles in glass cylinders.  Inside the tables were set with purple tablecloths with some of the most beautiful flower arrangements I have seen.

The main rectangular table was set for the entire wedding party and had these beautiful candelabras with hydrangeas, orchids and snapdragons.

Notice the pretty arrangement in the silver mint julep cup on the window sill in the background. There were small floral arrangements spread around in unexpected areas that added a special touch to the setting.

This was the flower arrangement on the round tables for the rehearsal dinner guests.

The mother of the groom is very attentive to details so she rented special linens for the party.  The purple tablecloth provided a perfect backdrop for the incredible flower arrangements.  The clear glass charger is rimmed by silver spheres.  On top of the folded napkin was the menu card imprinted with the couple's initials.  Above the charger on the left was a chocolate wrapped and tied with a purple ribbon.

The female guests were all given a silver shawl as a favor.  They were tied with a purple ribbon to the silver leaf bamboo style chairs.

This arrangement in the silver urn was surrounded with candles floating in glass cylinders.

Flowers were also in the sinks of the ladies room.  The flowers gave a very  pleasant fragrance which greeted guests when they opened the door.  It was a very nice and thoughtful touch to carry the flowers into every space open to guests.

WRITTEN BY REBA

You can see Reba's Easter Table with Vintage HandPainted Eggs HERE

See Eldarose's Butterfly Spring Mantel HERE

A Peter Rabbit Themed Party is HERE

A Christian Cross Bead Craft for Kids (Great for Easter Playdates) is described HERE

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RE-ceiving Guests: Easter Table #2

CASUAL BREAKFAST TABLE.  I posted this week about using a Butterfly Theme on my Living Room Mantel which left all my cutesy, pastel Easter stuff unused.  I decided to use it in my family room.  The pink felt placemats are from Target.  They are in the Dollar bins.  The bunny placemats are from Pottery Barn Kids.  I bought them 9 years ago for playdates and I still really like them.  The coordinating egg shape plate is also from Pottery Barn Kids as part of the same set.  I used a white cotton tablecloth and white napkins.  I used the green and white polka dot paper left over from my St. Patrick's Day table to decorate the napkins.   The crystal old-fashioned is by Gorham. 

Bunny Convention.  I gathered our stuffed bunnies and put them on a cake stand for a centerpiece.  I have pink and green tulle remnants that I used for make believe and different parties when my daughter was young so I wrapped some around the centerpiece for a bit more color. 

Got Bunny?  We have a lot of bunnies left over from when my daughter was young so Easter allows us to get a bit more use out of them. 

Big Centerpiece.  I normally don't have such a big centerpiece on this table, but I had so many bunnies to use that the centerpiece grew and grew.  I didn't even use half of our bunnies.  I was especially sorry to not be able to figure out a way to use our moss bunnies, but the table was just not big enough. 

Green and Pink.  The Pottery Barn bunny place mats and plates come in 4 colors: green, pink, blue and yellow.  I have 2 sets (btw, wish I had a third, but I haven't seen them again, not even on ebay, don't you hate it when that happens?) so I decided to only use the green and the pink to emphasize those 2 colors since it is a smaller table.  This also allowed me to use items like the green and white stripe candles and polka dot paper covered tin cans left over from my St. Patrick's Day Table which was nice. 

WRITTEN BY ELDAROSE

You can see Reba's Easter Table with Vintage HandPainted Eggs HERE

See My Butterfly Spring Mantel HERE

A Peter Rabbit Themed Party is HERE

A Christian Cross Bead Craft for Kids (Great for Easter Playdates) is described HERE

LINK PARTIES:

See more Tablescapes HERE