Reception Display Ideas

At most wedding receptions, the moment guests enter they are greeted by a table containing the reception book for them to sign, pictures of the bride and groom and their seating assignments. You want every moment of your wedding to be perfect, so why not plan a reception display that will charm the dress socks off your guests? You don't have to sacrifice tradition to make your display interesting.

Customized Wallpaper

Display all of your photographs at your reception display at once with your very own customized wallpaper. You can hire a graphic designer to design a single roll of wallpaper that features photographs, text, drawings and whatever else you want. Work together with the designer to get the effect you are imagining. You can design the wallpaper as a timeline of your relationship or even a timeline of your entire lives. If that doesn't appeal to you, you can design the wallpaper to look as though your photographs are set in frames, which are actually drawn by the graphic designer and not three-dimensional. This would make the backdrop to your reception display look homey. Putting the photographs on wallpaper instead of in an album will allow several of your guests the opportunity to see them together at once, rather than having to wait for a line of people to flip through a book.

Clothespin Photo Album

If you are having a casual, outdoor, beach or barbecue wedding, or even a small event in your backyard, you can still put together a reception display to hold your reception book and photographs. A simple card table to place the album on might look a bit bleak. Instead, display your photographs on a clothesline, pinned up with clothespins. This display is casual and fun. Best of all, you don't need to hire a professional to help you with this decoration. You can do it yourself, possibly with things you already have around your house.

Silhouettes

If you want to do something really special for your reception display, hire a silhouette artist to draw portraits of you, your new spouse and your entire wedding party. Then display the portraits on the wall behind the table you have your reception book on. The bride and groom can face one another in the middle. The bridesmaids and ushers can face each other from behind the bride and groom. This display looks cute, and when the wedding is over you can give the portraits of your bridesmaids and ushers to them to keep as souvenirs.