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When your guests arrive to celebrate your big day, have wedding directional signs displayed so they know exactly where to go. While you're familiar with the location, some of your guests may feel lost when they arrive. Wedding directional signs make your guests feel comfortable right away.
Once your guests reach the reception area, they look for their place cards to determine where to sit. Before the wedding, you create a seating chart so you can determine who will be at each table. The tables are numbered so guests can easily reference which table they are sitting at. Use decorative items on each table so guests can readily find the table number.
At each place setting, put a themed favor with the guest's name. There are literally hundreds of different place cards to choose from. If you have a formal wedding, use embossed roses on ivory place cards. You can have western themed items at a country wedding. For an added touch of elegance at your wedding reception tables, display them in beautiful place card holders. This makes the place cards easier to find and becomes a lasting keepsake for your guests.
Place card holders also make eye-catching wedding reception table decorations to make the theme of your special day. Even if you use plain place cards, decorative place card holders make them fancy. Use a vase place card holder filled with a silk blossom your guests can take home to remember your wedding. At a beach or waterfront wedding, silver plated shell shaped place card holders bring the sea to your table. An Asian brocade snap purse is an ideal place card holder at Oriental themed weddings. At a garden wedding, use a tulip in a silver pot as a place card marker.
Once your guests arrive at the table and find their place cards, they will sit down and look around at the other table decorations. Make sure your tablecloths and napkins match the colors and themes of your wedding. Decorative napkins rings add a touch of class to your tables. Make sure there are adequate utensils for all the foods being served.
Flowers are a traditional part of your table decorations. You may have a florist create arrangements with live flowers, the reception facility may provide certain flowers or you can create your own floral arrangements with real or silk flowers and a bit of creativity.
Choose attractive vases that won't overwhelm your tables or block the view for your guests. Create interested by using square vases in various sizes. Fill the vases with water and add polymer pearls that expand into attractive spheres in colors such as pink sapphire blue, aqua, clear and black to match the theme of your wedding. You can even use water and pearls with silk flower arrangements to create a "live" effect. After the reception, these flowers become lasting keepsakes for you and your guests.
Table centerpieces add life to your tables without distracting your guests from talking or the activities during the wedding reception. Your wedding reception table decorations should be attractive and functional. Consider place plates in the center of each tables that spell out "L-O-V-E" and fill them with mints, candies, chocolates and nuts. To really give your guests a special treat, set up a heart-shaped fondue maker in the middle of every table so guests can dip strawberries in melted chocolate.
Add colorful shells, rocks or candies to the center of each wedding reception table in clear, glass cylinders. Turn a simple cylinder into something fabulous with colorful fillers and ribbon accents. If you have a country themed wedding, you can use a glass contained shaped like a western boot to hold goodies in the middle of every table.
Finally, the favors to the guests are also attractive wedding decorations. From silver plated wine stoppers to a small frame featuring a photo of the happy couple, favors are table decorations as well as tokens of thanks.
Wedding reception table decorations put your guests in a partying mood as soon as they arrive.
Anita Jones is the co-founder of Stylish-Wedding-Favors.com and loves to help couples who plan their wedding with how to articles and information they need to feel confident when their big day arrives. Anita publishes articles on interesting topics for brides and grooms-to-be, in particular, on beach wedding decorations and party favors.
Variety of Greek Vases Tell the Story of Ancient Greece
Withstanding time, thanks durability, Greek Pottery has been a large key to the world's comprehension of the ancient Greek society. Mostly found in the Etruscan Tombs, Greek Vases and Greek Pottery were canvases as most Greek paintings failed to survive.
Beginning with the Minoan civilization that existed in Crete, the culture made remarkable contributions to Greek way of life; especially, in the artisanship of pottery and vases. Minoan potters designed pottery for food gathering and storage. A practical need became an expression, with the potter looking to nature to influence the designs that beautified the piece.
As time progressed, Minoan's created shapes that were used for specific purposes. For example, the Amphora is a swollen vase with a large mouth and two handles. It was used to carry and store liquids such as oil or wine. Adorned with grass and flowers, and life of the sea, the Minoan's set precedent for future designs.
During the Protogeometrical Period, Greek vases were decorated with simplistic designs mainly patterns of circles. The Geometric style followed with new motifs, building upon the latter with triangles, wavy lines and meanders. In the middle of the century, the first depictions of human figures were seen adorning the Greek vase, and by the end of the period, mythological figures told their stories while decorating the pieces.
The Orient-influenced style came after trade-links with Asian Minor islands. The popularity of human depictions settled during this time, and the artisan used the Greek vases for depicting lions, griffins and sphinx with lotuses as accents.
A Corinthian invention, the Greek black-figure technique, artists used iron-rich clay that turned reddish-orange after firing. They then sketched the design as an outline, and filled it with clay as paint. The Greek Pottery would be fired in a kiln at a temperature of 800 degrees Celsius. After oxidation, the pottery would turn a reddish-orange color. Next, the temperature was raised to 950 degrees Celsius, and the piece would turn black. Finally, the kiln vents were opened to allow the oxygen to flow, and the pottery would turn back to the reddish-orange color, but the paint layer remained black.
The Corinthian used the vases to depict animal friezes, and then the Athenians painters developed a narrative method, depicting battle scenes, mythology and legends.
Replacing the black-figure method, the red-figure method was developed in Athens. Simply, the process is exactly the opposite of the black-figure method. Depictions were applied to the Greek pottery, but to unfired pieces after they were dried. The Athenians drew outlines on the pottery or vase with a blunt scrapper. It was erased during firing, but after the contours remained and were filled with a glossy clay slip.
The Greek designs and innovations not only inspire potters and artists, but left the world with a path to the past. Archaeologists have been able to piece together much of the history of ancient Greece through the patterns and stories depicted on the Greek vase.
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could my cat be poisioned?
i noticed for the last 3 days my cat had been chewing on some stems of an oriental/stargazer lily which I had put in a vase recently. After some curious research online, I realised that lilies were extremely toxic to cats and immediately removed them. However my cat appears to be fine. There is no sign of salivation or vomiting. Could he still be poisoned?
Yes. Any part of the lily plant is toxic to cat. you need to have him evaluated by a vet and have some blood work done. It is important to monitor his kidney values. Follow your vet's instructions.
Asheville artist lives in a Kenilworth still life
ASHEVILLE — The pink flamingo is the least of it. What in other people’s houses might be the quirky centerpiece of a table display is just a detail in the still life of S. Tucker Cooke.
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