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Wedding Attire

• Use tall black and gold helium balloon bouquets as decorations near doorways, food tables and corners of the room.
• Hang gold foil stars hung from the ceiling which will reflect the lights and "twinkle"
• Paint some bare tree branches in black and some in gold. Secure in sand filled pots. Add clear twinkle lights to the branches
• Drape the front of serving tables and the head table with gold colored tulle. Secure each loop at the table edge with a black and gold satin bow.
• Use candles on serving tables, desert tables, etc. for added ambience. If you can afford it, place round mirrors under the candles to reflect the light.
  

• Use black tablecloths instead of white. Sprinkle the centers with gold colored confetti. If you can buy some fairly inexpensive tablecloths, you may even wish to draw a swirled star design in the centers with gold glitter fabric pens.
  
• For table centerpieces, you could use a clear or black bowl filled with water and add gold colored floating candles.
  
• For flower centerpieces, create an arrangement of lilies, spray roses, and freesia in all shades of yellow in a tall, gold colored vase.
  
• Place 3 black shiny metal or ceramic candle holders on a mirror in the middle of the guest tables and insert gold dripless taper candles of different lengths for a simple, yet elegant arrangement.
  
• Cut out black paper silhouettes of people or items to use as place cards. Write the guest's names on the place cards in gold glitter pen.
  
• Fill clear, uniquely shaped vases with gold and black colored sand in varying patterns. Place between two taper candles on the tables.
  

• Everyone loves chocolate. Present your guests with a small box of Godiva chocolates in a gold favor box wrapped with a black ribbon.
• Fill miniature black top hat and cane favors with mints or candies.
• Wrap 2 or 3 floating gold and black colored candles in tulle. Tie with gold and black curled ribbons.