Weddings

June 11, 2015

To divide up or lend warmth to a sprawling reception space, planners are using fresh alternatives to draping. At the Knot Gala in New York, ribbons and bistro lights offered the illusion of a lower ceiling.

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Lace is also showing up in wedding decor. At a Los Angeles luncheon hosted by Beverly Hills event planner Mindy Weiss and Wedding Paper Divas, a room with heavy draping by Revelry showcased a lace-topped table.

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San Francisco firm Events of Distinction incorporates custom fabrics based on clients’ preferences into bar façades, lounge furniture, and pillows for receptions.

Photo: Courtesy of Events of Distinction

Austin, Texas-based Caplan Miller Events set up a personalized whiskey bar cart in honor of the groom at a wedding at the Four Seasons Austin.

Photo: Courtesy of Caplan Miller Events

At a wedding by Brilliant Event Planning, guests were challenged to match the clues on their escort cards to a table chart, which listed different places that were significant to the couple’s relationship.

Photo: Courtesy of Brian Dorsey Studios

Escort cards on custom drink stirrers were placed in glasses of white peach sangria at a summer wedding produced by Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based catering and events company the JDK Group.

Photo: Courtesy of the JDK Group

Costumed Servers

Masked servers roamed Revel's event during the cocktail hour. The evening's design was inspired by "a fashionable twist on a fairytale, with hints of mystery and sex appeal," said a company rep. The servers held an appetizer known as the "Vegetable Garden," which comprised raw spring vegetables with a trio of dips.

Photo: Erika Dufour

Dessert Tables

Drawing on the event's signature hue, its dessert table offered light purple miniature cupcakes, swirled lollipops, and more.

Photo: Wedding Editorials

Chairs surrounded the central all-white ceremony area on three sides. Black-and-white garden images were projected onto white draping that hid the altar from view as guests arrived. As the clock struck midnight, Blackmann kicked things off by singing “You Make Me Feel So Young."

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Kaley Cuoco's Wedding

For her New Year's Eve nuptials, actress Kaley Cuoco had an upside-down wedding cake created by Kimberly Bailey of the Butter End Cakery in Los Angeles. During the wedding, Cuoco posted a photo of the cake to her Twitter and Instagram accounts, and “our traffic went insane,” said Sara Beveridge, director of operations at the Butter End. “We have 3,000 new Instagram followers ... and 2,000 new Facebook fans.”

Photo: Claudia Craig Photography

After the ceremonies, the newlyweds and their guests headed to a lunch reception, for which Bailey created three separate tabletop looks. The winter table was covered in a sequined linen and was set with Something Different Party Rental's sparkly Silver Sea Sponge glass chargers and blue Ariana goblets.

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Awash in icy blue light, the first ceremony had a winter theme. Levy Lighting projected a snowy scene behind the altar and bare tree branches onto the white aisle runner.

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