| Personalise your wedding reception | | | | Favours |
| Your wedding reception is your chance to throw a | | | | A popular way of personalising wedding reception |
| fantastic party for all your wedding guests and it | | | | is through the favours. There have been many |
| is very popular to include 'the personal touch' with | | | | couples that have made their own favours, like |
| your decorations. | | | | making gingerbread men to go with their bonfire |
| Many couples have a theme or a colour scheme, | | | | night theme or mulled wine when their wedding |
| which is incorporated into the day through subtle | | | | has been in the winter. |
| touches like the flowers, chair covers, wedding | | | | If you would prefer you can provide small |
| stationery and bridesmaids and even your menu | | | | lavender bags or bath products (you can even |
| choices. | | | | make your own bath bombs). |
| Reception Stationery | | | | I have been to many weddings where the |
| To add a personal touch to your reception why | | | | favours have been very personal to the couple. |
| not hand make all of your menu's, place cards, | | | | One wedding I went to the bride had grown up in |
| table plans and table numbers? Many couples | | | | Spain but had moved back to England so she had |
| include a theme into their stationery. For example | | | | traditional Spanish favours of pearl pins. Another |
| one couple got engaged in New York and | | | | wedding I went to the Bride was welsh and |
| therefore had their colour scheme as black and | | | | therefore provided everyone with traditional |
| white, their reception tables were named after | | | | Welsh love spoons. |
| famous monuments in New York and the table | | | | Decoration |
| plan incorporated images of these monuments. It | | | | There are many ways that you can decorate |
| was a lovely touch, as all the guests knew that | | | | your wedding reception room. There may be a |
| they had got engaged in New York and | | | | stunning focus point of the room which you can |
| appreciated the theme. Another couple enjoyed | | | | highlight and also incorporate your flowers i.e. |
| their confectionery so much that they included | | | | there may be columns in the room which could |
| this into their day by having images of sweets | | | | have some ivy, lights and some of your wedding |
| printed onto their stationery, having the tables | | | | flowers pinned to or it could be something as |
| named after different sweets and placing a bowl | | | | simple as tying some ribbon around the napkins |
| of the sweets on each table for the favours. If | | | | on the tables in your colour scheme. |
| you don't have a particular theme it doesn't mean | | | | However you decide to personalise your reception |
| that your reception can't be personalised, you can | | | | just remember to add the touches that are |
| still do this by using your colour scheme on all of | | | | important to you both. |
| the items including your wedding cake! | | | | |