Top wedding ideas from the top wedding planners in the industry:
- Props as Centerpieces – Use themed props to hit home your wedding theme
- Kids fun bags – with activities and toys for children to play with will keep them busy during the formalities.
- Make time to mingle – your guest have made an effort to be at your wedding spend some quolity time with all of them.
- Brand your wedding – get a logo and branding designed just for your wedding maybe your initials
- Personalized candy – the new trend, colour coded or even printed for your wedding.
- Wish Bowl or Wish Tree – guests place good wishes or mottos on small cards and add them to the bowl or tree.
- Signature Frame or Platter – guests write wishes on the frame or platter and then it is fired or varnished and kept forever.
- Have meeting space – the best receptions have an area where guests can interact and take part in fun activities.
- The intro job – part of your job is to make guests feel welcome and to meet other guests this will keep them at your party for longer, arrange interactive games and get your bridal party to introduce people.
- Let loose and celebrate. the bride sets the tone for the party so party hard and they will follow.
- Invite one or two party groups that you know will get the party started.
- Cocktails - add frozen fruit skewers to each as a funky garnish.
- Slide-show – make a slideshow that touches everyone. Mix emotional music and photos and most of all make memories in your guests.
- Scented welcome – scent the room before the guests enter
- Avoid having your wedding around Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day as the cost of flowers skyrockets then.
- Cost cutting – Have your reception earlier in the day so you don’t have to give guests dinner and drinks.
- Cost cutting – Have a cash bar
- Cost cutting – Use a culinary arts schools or cooking school they will cater for less
- Wedding Dress – supply bag with needle and cotton and a stick of chork incase you get a dirty mark on your dress.
- Cakes - Have different flavored tiers. Offer your guests different flavors. Make the wedding cake part of the good bye gift and put it in little boxes to go…and have a spotlight shining on your wedding cake.
- Dance - learn an unusual dance for your first dance like a tango or a cha-cha to impress your guests.
- Centerpieces for the tables should be high so they don’t interfere with the guests’ vision across the table.
- lightup the walls with downlights or fairy lights to give the room a glowing look.
- bring in tall plants or trees to bring interest to the room and make it feel homely
- Use a fog machine during your first dance to create a romantic flow