How To Incorporate Non-Traditional Décor in Your Wedding

Wedding reception table decor with bright colors and mismatched plates

ADD PAPER.

When one of our brides told us she was allergic to flowers and basically anything green, we began searching for alternative ideas for her bouquet. We came across incredibly talented people who create paper-flower bouquets and were blown away by how real they looked.

That was the moment we thought, how cool it would be to create an all-paper inspiration shoot? We love the idea of using unconventional elements and still create a sophisticated and elegant table setting with them.

ADD SYNTHETIC CRYSTAL.

We started looking for the perfect décor, paper elements, and collaborators to help make this vision come together. Adding to the paper items, we found an amazing partnership with Libby Morris, owner of Giardini di Sole, and included her synthetic crystal collection of glassware, bowls and serving pieces. This was the perfect combination of texture, style and elegance using more unbreakable materials.

The color palette included varying hues of turquoise and fuchsia, which popped against paler shades of peach, coral and yellow. The table was covered with flax colored linen and layered with a crisp white runner, paper laser-cut placemats, a gold and white paper charger, and colorfully printed paper plates. Rose gold plastic cutlery looks as regal as the vintage, sterling silver “Grand Baroque” Pattern by Wallace. The lace and rose patterned paper napkins compliments this vintage feel and modern elements. Delicate white ribbon with turquoise trim helped tie the place cards securely to the napkins and was also used to trim the cake stand.

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Flowers by paper artist, Jessica Smith, were custom hand-made and crafted to coordinate with all of the colors in the table décor. She used a mix of tea and garden roses, daisies, zinnias, cherry blossoms, and snap peas to create the centerpiece. All of the flowers are individually cut by hand, and dyed or bleached by Jessica to manipulate the colors.

ADD EDIBLE PAPER.

The cake was a classic two-tier round with white frosting, white cake and raspberry filling. For a whimsical touch, it was decorated with edible paper butterflies.

Warehouse XI where the photo shoot took place was the perfect setting for this colorful scheme. The table popped against this clean urban, industrial space with white painted-brick walls and natural light. This styled inspiration shoot was beautifully captured by talented photographer, Katii Tornick.