Decorating rectangular guest tables

I’ve never had the pleasure of decorating straight guest tables — only round ones. And it wouldn’t be the same as decorating a head table — you can’t drape a guest table, and you can’t use large, display-like arrangements along one side of a straight guest table because both sides of the table need room for seating.

Flickr photo by Chuck The DJ

Decorations for straight guest tables usually include rose petals, candles and vases of flowers placed at intervals along the table. This wedding happened right around Halloween, hence the pumpkin giveaways. There are a few more things you can do to punch up a long table though…

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Decorating the ceiling with fabric

I’ve never decorated a ceiling, yet its one of the most common questions I get — how do you decorate the ceiling? How do you hang fabric from the ceiling? What fabric do you use to decorate the ceiling?

Flickr photo by eugene

I can understand why everyone wants to know how to do this — just look at the above picture. Decorations like this really make a venue look special. (Fabric + lighting = WIN!) Unfortunately, I’ve never decorated a ceiling myself, though I have decorated at venues with permanent ceiling decorations. I do have some thoughts on this though.

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