It took all of Friday and literally dozens of willing hands to make the gym into a lovely reception hall. The ceiling was strung with lights, then draped with fabric. Each of the 180 chair covers had to be ironed (thanks, Kelly, Sarah, Anja, and Grandma!) and tied into place with tulle bows (I’d thank everyone individually, but I don’t even know how many people worked on that!)
(Anja took a lot of these macro shots of little wedding details – good job, Lee, they’re some of my favorite of the day!)
In the next post I’ll show pics of the girls getting ready, meanwhile, here’s jumping ahead – as soon as the girl’s pre-ceremony pictures were done, I ran back into the reception hall and finished decorating the cake with fresh roses. Theresa, a cousin of the groom, did an awesome job on the cake, and I had so much fun adding the last touches!
And here is what the reception hall looked like as we all left to attend the wedding…
I love the picture of the ceiling! What kind of fabric did you use? I am hoping to do something similar for my wedding! Thanks!
Noelle, I bought up bolts and bolts of cheap 50/50 polyester/cotton fabric I found for 1.50/yard. in the end though we had probably 4 different fabric types and even shades of white. But it didn’t matter, you couldn’t see the differences when it was up on the ceiling!
Wow, I absolutely <>love<> the fabric and lights on the ceiling!! Trina, when I get married will you come do my wedding?! ๐>>Amy
Everything really was lovely!!
Yay! I found your blog! ๐ I love how it looks.