Groom's Wedding Dinner Decorations And Ideas

I am finally getting a little rest after the wedding this past weekend when our son married the love of his life. It was a beautiful and happy occasion.

As the groom’s parents it was up to us to provide and host the Groom’s Dinner. These are just a few pictures from the dinner.

The wedding colors were light aqua, ivory, white and black. I incorporated all of the colors for the dinner as well. I used ivory chair covers with white chair ties. I opted to tie them in a knot on the side rather than a bow in the back. Real silverware adds to the formality of the occasion, rather than plastic.

I used white round floor length table cloths with a large lack silky overlay. Then on top of that I place a bluish/aqua 28 in. fabric square, and on top of that a few dictionary pages laying in a pile. I found these perfect napkins to place on the plate. Don’t you just love the mercury glass center pieces?? They each had lit tea lights during the dinner.

This is the drink table. I used 2 types of jugs and labeled them with homemade chalkboards (Tutorial for that later). We served flavored water. The fruit water had strawberries, lemons, and limes. The mint water was fresh mint leaves and water. Easy simple and pretty. I also filled a vessel with mints and added the chalkboard sign. Cute!!

A view of the whole drink table.

The was the buffet table. (I was almost finished decorating it) I made doily banners with twine (Tutorial for that later, too). I also used the white and black table cloths as I did with the guests tables. As you can see, I used more chalkboards to label our food.

This is a closer view. I added the barn wood boxes similar to what was used for this wedding and for our son’s reception. I added the bluish fabric, so the bread would stay clean. I loved using the dictionary pages so much, I made a runner for the buffet table as well.

This was my favorite part of the whole room. My friend Ashley is so very talented and painted the banners for me. I used more dictionary page banners to fill in-between. I also made book page banners (Yep, another tutorial for that soon, too), tissue paper puffs, and added some coffee filter banners to bring color to the vignette.

For the center, I added a simple book page banner with their names stenciled on each page. Simple and yet, so effective.

This is the Bride and Groom table. All in black with a candelabra. The little tags were added to their champagne glasses. One says “I do” and the other says, “Me, too”. I just used some left over tags for that, and $1 stamps from Michael’s. Easy!!

In the background you can see some small chairs Since we have SO many small children in our family. I covered a long table with the same banner paper, added 4 boxes of crayons and the kids we so happy to have their own special place to sit!!

To add to the flow of using the chalkboards I made the “Mrs. and Mr.” signs for their chairs.

This was our son’s view for the evening. I was pleased with the over all look. We had the lights dimmed with the tea lights lit, it was very nice.

I hope you had fun seeing what I have been up to. It has been fun to share it with you. Next weekend we are hosting an open house here for the newlyweds. So more creativity and more pictures!!

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Comments

Janel@nelliebellie says

November 8, 2012 at 2:50 AM

very sweet!! Love the dictionary pages added!

- Meegan says
  
  November 12, 2012 at 7:37 PM
  
  Thanks Janel!! I LOVED using the dictionary pages!! So fun!!
  
Joel Jones says

November 8, 2012 at 2:56 AM

So much planning and organizing. Great job! My favorite part was the banners, also. They came out fantastic, beautiful, and so creative. Glad you have pictures. Unless someone has been involved with an event like this, they have no idea how much it takes to make it happen. And, then, it takes no time at all to take it down.

- Meegan says
  
  November 12, 2012 at 7:37 PM
  
  Thanks for all of your sweet compliments!! We couldn’t have done it without you either! It was a really great day!!
  
Heather @ new house new home new life says

November 8, 2012 at 1:09 PM

It looks lovely, Meegan. Congratulations on the wedding and a job well done. Now I have one question: what is a groom’s dinner (was it the rehearsal dinner usually hosted by the groom’s parents the night before the wedding)? It’s a tradition I’m not familiar with here in Canada.

- Meegan says
  
  November 12, 2012 at 7:34 PM
  
  Thanks Heather!! I appreciate your sweet compliments! I love your blog and your ideas! Thanks for stopping by!! I will email you about your question :)
  
Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. says

November 12, 2012 at 11:59 PM

Just beautiful! I love the soft colors and again all the personal touches! Aren’t weddings such fun! Huge congratulations to the bride and groom!

Jessi @ Practically Functional says

November 13, 2012 at 7:26 PM

It all looks wonderful! I love the candle centerpieces, very stylish. :-) Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!

Pamela says

November 14, 2012 at 1:55 PM

Meegan everything looks fabulous. I know you put a lot of work into it!

- Meegan says
  
  November 14, 2012 at 5:02 PM
  
  Thanks Pamela!! It was fun!! I appreciate you coming by!!
  
Aimee - It's Overflowing says

November 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM

Everything looks GREAT! I love the chalkboard labels…so cute! XO, Aimee

- Meegan says
  
  November 14, 2012 at 5:03 PM
  
  Thanks Aimee! It was a lot of fun to pull it all together!! I LOVE your compliments!!
  
Holly Lefevre says

November 15, 2012 at 5:34 AM

So many special details. I bet you had fun planning! I love the “mint to be together.” Congrats on a wonderful event in your lives!