{"id":458,"date":"2011-10-01T13:30:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanorrestaurant.com\/blog\/?p=458"},"modified":"2023-01-03T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:42:56","slug":"wedding-decor-decorating-with-family-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wedding-decor-decorating-with-family-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding D\u00e9cor: Decorating With Family Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A growing trend in <strong>wedding d\u00e9cor<\/strong> is the creative showcasing of the bride\u2019s and groom\u2019s family wedding photographs. It\u2019s long been a tradition, especially among our New Jersey wedding couples, to display framed family wedding portraits at the reception, giving guests the chance to see the bride\u2019s and groom\u2019s parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and siblings in their fabulous wedding day attire, standing before stunning scenery in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toptentopten.com\/topten\/summer+wedding+themes\">wedding garden<\/a> <\/strong>or aligned on a grand staircase. Especially in wedding portraits from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, the details of the bride\u2019s dress and bouquet can be quite breathtaking.<\/p>\n<p>Such a display pays tribute not just to wedding fashion, but to the couple\u2019s relatives and ancestors, including the marriage relationships that served as great inspirations to the bride and groom. Relatives in attendance at the wedding are especially touched to see generations of family honored in this way.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re not limited to the traditional arrangement of family photos lined up on a long table by the reception\u2019s entrance, as you\u2019ve likely seen time and time again at other weddings. Today\u2019s fresh take on family photos as <strong>wedding d\u00e9cor <\/strong>offers the following display trends:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Switch family photos <em>carefully<\/em> from their original frames into all-matching, coordinated frames such as sleek and simple silver frames or ornate filigree frames for a unified look.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Display family wedding photos in colored frames, including pastel pearlized designs or brightly-hued frames.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Scan all of your differently-sized family wedding photos and print them onto photo quality card stock in 3\u201dx5\u201d or 4\u201dx6\u201d size. Frame each small photo in a clear plastic frame, and use colorful or black and white ribbon to hang each from a potted, living \u2018family tree\u2019 that stands next to your guest book table. After the wedding, the potted tree comes home with you and is planted on your property.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Display photo frames at different heights. Place some on table level, and some on glass or decorative ceramic footed pedestals of varying heights, with a collection of colorful votive candles and flower petals interspersed between them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Pair each framed photo with a separate, smaller frame containing your computer-printed notes on who\u2019s in each picture, where and when the photo was taken, and perhaps even a treasured anecdote about that couple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Skip the framed photos and edit a slideshow of family wedding photos that play on a small plasma television set on your guest book table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Replace the \u2018all about us\u2019 video montage that opens some <strong>wedding receptions<em> <\/em><\/strong>with a \u2018memory lane\u2019 video presentation featuring wonderful family wedding portraits and other images. Guests will be so impressed that you chose to open your reception with a tribute to the loved ones who came before you, displaying the importance you place on family and your lineage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n<p>Michael Mahle, Director of Communications, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pleasantdale.com\/wedding-places\/best-wedding-venues-new-jersey.html\">Pleasantdale Ch\u00e2teau<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing trend in wedding d\u00e9cor is the creative showcasing of the bride\u2019s and groom\u2019s family wedding photographs. 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