Congratulations Sheldon and Jennifer

This reception; with a color scheme of black, white and red; had some unique aspects that I’m sure you future Brides and Grooms will love to hear about. For the wedding cake, there wasn’t one! Instead, they served assorted cheesecakes. You know the guests loved choosing between all the delicious flavors: pumpkin, blueberry, plain, chocolate, you name it!

For favors, the Bride and Groom had decks of playing cards on the tables. They were tied with a red bow and had a tag reading “Suited for Love.” Too cute! At one point, I saw some people sitting around a table, playing cards and having a great time. A young boy apparently decided he was good at card tricks and took his deck around to everyone saying “Pick a card” and then he’d try to guess what you had. Anyway, to match the card favors, Sheldon and Jennifer had a playing card guest book. As the guests entered, they wrote a message to the newlyweds on a vintage playing card, which was dropped into a bowl. I’m sure the cards will later be mounted in a cool album for viewing. The card favors were chosen because Jennifer and Sheldon met while playing poker.

This was another wedding that had a lot of kids and you know I loved it! There were so many adorable little ones playing on the dance floor. It was so cute! One nice touch I noticed was that the Bride and Groom provided coloring books and crayons for the kids, and I saw the kids enjoying them. And get this – the Bride and Groom’s picture was on the front of the coloring book, which was titled, “Happily Ever After”.

After the first dance, Jennifer dancing with her brother and Sheldon dancing with his mother, we did an Anniversary dance. I’ve discussed this in previous posts, and I always love the response it gets. Not only is it a great way to kick off the dancing, but it’s a nice way to honor marriage. The longest married couple at this reception had been married 31 years. What a great example for the Newlyweds!

After a nice toast by the Best Man; a fun cake cutting (in which the Groom got a little cheese cake on his face); the bouquet and garter; and an afternoon of music, dancing, and fun; Sheldon and Jennifer took off. Congratulations to the Newlyweds and enjoy your honeymoon in Las Vegas!