Food is for eating, and drinks are for drinking, right? Mostly, yes. But you can use food and drink for all sorts of things on your big day. Here are some unique ways to incorporate food and drink into your reception.
Your reception drinks can set the entire theme for the rest of your wedding reception. In 2013, vintage wedding receptions were rife, starting the theme off with a bang. Traditionally, your reception drinks would be a simple table cloth + glass + drink combination. But gone are those days! You can do all sorts wtih your reception drinks. Funky drinking vessels, vintage drink crates, beautiful straws and fancy cocktails. These drinks can look as beautiful as the rest of your decorations!
By layering heights, textures and colours you can create a beautiful centerpiece for the reception room or outdoor reception.
Fruit has also been seen used as a wedding decoration. This wedding in the woodland features fantastic, raw and natural centrepieces made entirely of apples. Simple green and white flowers have been added to keep the whole theme subtle but beautiful.
You can also use fruit for your place names. Apples and pears are such beautiful shapes and colours, you don't need to spend lots of money on place names. Spray paint your chosen fruit gold for a more decorative place name, or keep them plain for a natural feel.
Clear glass vases of fruit are an extremely effective way of colour blocking. Layer oranges, limes and lemons in a bowl for a beautiful centrepiece for a summer wedding or fill oversized cocktail glasses with winter berries for a festive feel.
This year, a huge trend is going to be unique and interesting bouquets featuring fruit, vegetables and herbs. Last year saw the rise of the herb bouquet, with rosemary being extremely popular. However this year, you will be seeing more striking and interesting additions such as artichokes and crab apples.
Now, we're not quite sure how many vases made of squash you might come across at weddings this year... but we stumbled upon this on Pinterest and thought it was such an amazing idea! Whacky, but amazing.
Sweets and cakes have been an extremely popular way of decorating weddings last year, and we hope to see more of it this year because it works so well! Use candy floss as a way of colour blocking for a pastel palette wedding.
We cannot believe how popular macarons have been this year. Such versatile little treats, you could use them like a cake pop and put them into a tall vase to decorate your dessert table, or alternatively poke name flags in for your place names.
Finally, how about a centrepiece made of cake? We like the sound of that. Instead of having a traditional bouquet of flowers in the centre of your tables, why not use beautifully iced cupcakes?
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