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Your reception should be a statement about your personality and taste, so that guests go to the site and immediately know that it is your wedding. Whether you work with a designer or do it alone, by putting together a formal and casual home is not as difficult as it seems.

Formal style

If you dream of a wedding with tuxedos and wedding dresses, then you need to meet a royal reception. Bringing a touch of luxury to your room can be as easy as crystal champagne flutes and silver cutlery or extravagant than hiring a chandelier for the occasion.

Director of Touch of Spice Weddings, Jacqui Spice says, if you have an official reception, you start to think about lighting. Not just rely on what your site offers you table lamps in muted tones are glamorous mistresses, so that may chandeliers ivory fluted vases. "As night based on the lighting is very important. You do not want something bad, you want mood lighting," says Jacqui. "We love the chandeliers at the moment. Whether big or small, they look so elegant and are a clear statement. "

If you opt for a chandelier, make sure your flowers are dramatic enough to match. "I think the addition of each floral arrangement adds" wow factor "you really want to be an official reception," says Jacqui.

When it comes to colors, you really can not go beyond elegant white on white, but Jacqui also fuchsia mixed with silver, gray or gold. "Fuchsia adds a lot of punch and color is very fresh." Perfect for a formal wedding in the summer.

Keeping it Casual

Wives increasingly ditching the traditional wedding favor a relaxed but elegant meetings, where friends and family spoiled with extras.

"I can not get enough candy bar / station lolly / dessert buffet!" Sydney Wedding stylist said Nadia by Nadia Postnikova events. "Whatever you want to call it, it's like a great idea, and your guests, from seven years, there is 70 years. And remember, it 's is not only always on the stem are fruit and cheese for more diversity. "

As well as a convenient way to ensure that your guests do not go hungry, a dessert buffet act as a real statement piece and bring a little color to your beautiful reception. Imagine hot pink macaroons in glass bowls or drops of lemon juice in different shaped vases. Make the treaty truly special family recipes and saying cute labels, which was cooked.

Is a casual wedding, is to preserve the memory, so be sure to make the guests to share many ways to celebrate. Nadia offers a photo booth with props like taking a pleasure for everyone to create their own special moments. "Or you could have an artist who not only want to be entertained, but also all of your guests," she said. Just be sure to have a place where people can escape from the noise and relax. Pillows, Blankets and even sofas in different textures and colors to create a chic and easy way to create a comfortable living. luster Add a table and some old family photos for a memorable touch.