Decorating Oklahoma Events- Wedding Decor, Rentals and Trade Shows: An Elegant Look for the Head Table

Decorating Oklahoma Events- Wedding Decor, Rentals and Trade Shows: An Elegant Look for the Head Table: "Using curtain lights behind a head table can really focus on the Bride & Groom."

An Elegant Look for the Head Table

Using curtain lights behind a head table can really focus on the Bride & Groom.

Wedding Ambiance

Choosing a venue for the perfect wedding is crucial for the Bride and Groom.  There are many factors involved in deciding upon the right venue.  Budget is only one factor, then, will the reception be held in the same place, or is it out as it won't hold the number, doesn't allow alcoholic beverages, doesn't allow the decor that the Bride wants.  If you are going to a hotel venue, it doesn't mean that the room can't have the ambiance as your church.

Ceiling Draping

Using fabric to bring a ceiling down, to use so uplighting can be used to bounce color around a room, and adding lanterns, balloons, lights are all ways to dd more romance or a unique excitement to a room.

Wedding Receptions

If the Happy Couple is planning on having a dance floor, nothing is as romantic as
a canopy over the dance floor.

Wedding Reception

Gone are the days when wedding receptions were all about draping, flowers and candles. Now, the Bride can choose balloons,
but not just any balloons, but sculptured balloons, designed into different looks. Using her colors and fairy lights
the Bride's reception will stand out from all the rest.

Stretching That Event Budget

Budgets have gotten trickier since money got tighter.  Now it isn't what you want, it's what you can afford, and the oft heard phrase "getting more bang for your bucks" was never more appropriate.  Streching that dollar to include linens, centerpieces, lighting and other cecor was never harder.  So now, it's time to decide what really matters.  Deciding that the dinner will be an awards banquet, or the guest speaker is allergic to flowers or balloons are key points to figure out before you begin ordering from your vendors.  Setting  the budget is the easy part. 

Years ago, decor was a percentage of the gross total to be spent.  Now, it seems it is an after-thought. It is just as important as before, maybe more important to declare that this event is special and leaves your guests feeling important and special.  Stretching the budget to include decor is the only way to make it memorable.  Find out what the venue will provide.  If it is only white linens, can you use white and add colored napkins, table runners, or overlays to provide that pop without going to the cost of additiional linens for the color pop you want?  Of course, the more upscale your event, the more important the total look, but if the budget is of greater consequence, try upscaling with smaller pieces, focusing your budget in particular focal areas.  Find out if the venue provides tables, chairs, linens, centerpieces and lighting.  Everything that the venue will provide will leave more decor dollars for you to work with.  Using lighting, which can be a budget buster, may not be, if you consider uplighting only a focus area.

Choosing Your Event Theme

Everyone wants to theme their event.  I suggest caution when choosing a theme.  Talk to your decorator before coming to a conclusion on what you'd like to promote.  For conventions, the theme chosen by the Board of Directors, will influence color choices, the brochure and program design, as well as any decor for dinners, seminars, & signage.  Choosing an oriental theme, when the program is "It's a Small World", or when the colors must stay with the organization's Pantone color match of Blue may really stretch the decorator and you may find out that although the decor may have been great, it did nothing to promote the whole agenda.  For Birthday parties, themes are usually fun and use color and texture to enhance the ambiance.  Using favorite colors, favorite sports, movies, etc. are all fun ways to bring in themes. 

Weddings are usually more conservative.  Colors more trendy.  Themes are not always a part of the wedding decor, although I've done a few western themed and Ethnic weddings.  My advice is to talk to a decorator during the process, get ideas, share yours, and your event will be everything it is meant to be, from start to finish.