Use decorative wedding plates at your wedding reception.
Spend your wedding budget on important things like a special wedding gown and dream honeymoon. Drop the posh dishware rental for some quality paper plates to improve your bottom line. Party and wedding suppliers provide sturdy, colorful plates for a percentage of the cost of traditional china. With paper plates, you will eliminate the need for transporting and returning expensive dishes.
Color Contrast
Purchase contrasting plates to dress up the dinner tables. Choose a large plate in a dark color to serve as a charger. Set a light-colored plate on top as the dinner plate. Above the plate settings on the left, place a small cake plate in a bold color. Color examples are dark raspberry for the charger, shiny silver for the dinner plate and light pink for the dessert plate. Tie the tabletop design together with a floral centerpiece that combines those colors. Other good color schemes include chocolate brown, light blue and dark blue. Some companies offer napkins that match the colors of the plates. Pick one napkin color to tie the set together.
Specialty Plates
Order paper plates printed with the couple's last name initial. Pick a plate color that matches the bride's wedding colors. Choose gold or silver as the monogram color. Glue some of the monogrammed plates onto wooden skewers and tuck those into wedding centerpieces. Alternatively, print the couple's first names or a special message on the plates. Order a fancy calligraphy script or font that dresses up the plates. Ask for a fancy border like Greek blocks to be printed around the edge. Select plates that have a special shape, texture or embossing. Wedding ring plates or elegant rectangular plates create a one-of-a-kind table setting.
Themed Plates
Pick oriental-style square plates if sushi is on the wedding menu. Add chopsticks to the place settings by laying them across the center. For couples heading to an exotic honeymoon location, choose a theme relevant to the honeymoon. For example, couples heading for Paris would enjoy plates featuring the Eiffel Tower.
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