I really love looking at purple decorations for the reception. It’s kind of hard to find the right shade of purple -  you know, NOT lavender. But I ran across quite a few today so I want record these ideas for when the time is right. Also, I’m not sure how people feel about renting vs. buying some of the bigger decorations. It seems like you can get chair covers and table runners for fairly cheap. I’m surprised, but it might be worth it to do this and then try to sell them (sites like WeddingBee.com have a classifieds section just for this kind of thing).

Can’t you just imagine chairs wrapped in this with a matching table runner:

Then have a cute little favor boxes filled with, um, something tasty, lol, at each setting. I wasn’t sure I was really into the polka dots until I saw those boxes. I like the idea of using them sparingly with the purple and black theme. The rest of the table would be pretty simple, maybe some tulips in a small square vase with some tea lights around it.

And then (get ready, I’m almost foaming at the mouth over these), I’d scatter these around the table:

BUTTERFLY CONFETTI!!!! The precious, I wants it. I may have to buy these now cause I’m afraid they’ll disappear before I’m ready to buy. Dreamy sigh.