Add Elegance and Social Distance to Your Outdoor Wedding Reception
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Planning an Outdoor Wedding Reception During the Days of Coronavirus
In recent days, many couples have had to rethink how they are going to have their wedding reception. It’s no secret, many couples have been forced to postponed large indoor gatherings. However, in some cases, couples may not schedule their date. So, what is the solution? Instead of having an event inside, some couples may decide to have the festivities outside in the fresh air. Even with taking precautions, some couples may want to take extra steps to keep themselves and others safe.
Moreover, just because the celebrations are taking place outside doesn’t mean that the décor needs to be boring. Many creative alternatives can help keep guests safe from cross-contamination while yet producing an elegant event. Here are several ways to have an elegant outdoor wedding reception while reducing the spread of unwanted germs.
Hire a Professional
To begin, realize that you don’t have to go it alone. Professional event planners and event designers can help transform a simple backyard or outdoor space into an elegant garden retreat. Often times, event planners have a collection of accessories available for rent that can beautifully fill a space. With nature serving as the backdrop, this can cause event planner’s creative juices to flow.
One sure way to make an outdoor wedding reception stand out is to add beautiful china, flatware, and stemware to the decor.
Skip the Lines
Usually, when there is an outdoor activity, it is common to have guests serve themselves at a buffet line. Understandably, just having an event outdoors lends itself towards being more casual. However, during these days of caution and social distancing, reducing areas touch-points is wise. By removing multiply touched serving utensils and other items, this created an opportunity for the host to upgrade the dining experience from a buffet to a plated meal.
Water Bottles
This next suggestion addresses two concerns. Providing personalized water bottles adds customization while also eliminating the need for guests to share water pitchers, which may become contaminated by germ-ridden hands.
Candle and Lights
The right light in a space creates the perfect ambiance. The simplest outdoor space can be enriched with a perfectly placed candelabra. That coupled with decorative string lights warms a space while also providing overhead visual perimeters making the space feel more intimate.
Paper Dining Ware
Perhaps a more casual elegance is desired. This can easily be achieved by using formal china inspired paper plates and accessories.
This provides glamour with the convenience of quick disposable dinnerware.
Elegant paper plates
Greenery and Natural Elements
Just because the event is outside doesn’t mean that additional greenery can’t be added. Adding sprinkles of greenery and flowers enrich the décor and pulls the design together. So, whether the designer is embellishing the area with fresh cuts, dried floral, or sawed-off moss-covered log centerpieces, these decorative elements make a major decorative statement.
If having the wedding reception in the cool of the evening, there is nothing more comforting than having a hot cup of tea among friends. One way to make it more memorable is by giving your guest their own customized jar of honey to complement the tea. This is the perfect wedding favor that guests can enjoy days after your reception is over. This also helps guests only touch items that they will have contact with.
Add a Little Privacy
If keeping prying eyes away from the event is the objective, then adding a twig privacy fence may be the answer. Not only will it add privacy, but it will also give the space a more visual rustic feel.
Adding little touches like these can transform a dull outdoor space while making it safer for guests.
