Wedding Reception Ideas

Here are our favorite wedding reception ideas to help you have a superb reception that will set the bar for the rest of the brides in your town. In addition, these are ideas that you can do yourself and save a load of money. After all, why spend your entire wedding budget on the reception, when it would be much more fun to spend it on some exotic honeymoon location.

Wedding Reception Ideas

1. The Wedding Guest Book is passé. Now instead of a boring book that your guests sign when they enter the reception, provide a stack of small cards with matching envelopes. These could be placed next to a basket or large jar decorated to match the wedding colors with a sign asking guests to write down their best marriage advice, favorite quote or scripture or anything they choose. Later, these cards can be mounted in a collage around a photo of the couple and displayed in a picture frame in the couple’s new home.
   
2. Plate Chargers Decorate the Tables. You can make quick and easy chargers (those small mats that sit between the plate and the table clothe or placemat) out of craft items you pick up at your local dollar store. The design is only limited by your imagination. If your wedding reception is going to be more informal, without formal table settings, you can use chargers to decorate the buffet table, cake table, gift table, etc. http://www.do-it-yourself-weddings.com/charger-plate.html
   
3. Wedding Favors are those small tokens of appreciation that are given to your guests for sharing this special day with you. You don’t have to spend a lot of money on these little gifts. In fact, the idea we liked best was the gift of flower, vegetable or herb seeds packaged in small cloth bags, colorful paper packets, small jars or tins wrapped in ribbon. With a handwritten tag with planting instructions.
   
4. Wedding Reception Music does not have to be handled by a DJ that you have to hire at an exorbitant price. Instead you can download to your iPod or burn to a CD your favorite music. Ask someone to be in charge of the music, turning it down during the speeches, changing CD’s or iPod playlists for special moments like the first dance, etc. This is one way to ensure that the music you like will be played and not something that would totally ruin the memory of your wedding reception.

There are a number of other wedding reception ideas that you can use for your wedding reception. With a little creativity you can have a beautiful and memorable wedding reception without spending a lot of money. By doing it yourself not only will you cut costs, but you can know that everything is unique and one-of-a-kind.