A Black and White Reception

For months, I’ve been looking for black and white reception images that were similar to what we were thinking.  And finally, after much stalking here they are. 

We were struggling between black table runners or a 60″ square black overlay over the 72″ round.  And after seeing the room and the bold earth tones – we booked Greektown Hotel Casino while it was still undergoing construction- the tables definitely need a more bold look to pull off our black/white theme.   We’re using a deep red (or even burgandy) and a deep purple as accent colors for a dramatic look.  We’ll carry this out with the flowers/centerpieces.  (Mom might be making the overlays to cut cost… and we’ll craigslist those bad boys later.)

I love this look – though I prefer all white chair covers and black sashes.
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Finally, here’s an example of the purple and red flowers against black.  We’re using roses and lisianthus’. 
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Chair sash tie – Twisted to look like a tuxedo bowtie.  ( I don’t know what’s this is called, do you?)
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