| I recently attended a wedding where the ceremony | | | | Other spaces had white wicker sofas facing each |
| took place in a small one-room church - think Little | | | | other to create easy conversational seating. |
| House on the Prairie - and the reception was held in | | | | And other spaces just consisted of lighting. Large |
| the backyard of a small farmhouse. A huge white tent | | | | candles housed in hurricane vases and tall decorative |
| was put up, and the natural view of lush greenery, and | | | | iron glass encasements lit the grounds beautifully. |
| rolling grassy hills spreading over several acres was | | | | Everywhere you looked, people found great places to |
| quite breathtaking. I had never been to an outdoor | | | | gather. With the sun shining through the tent walls, |
| wedding before, and had thought that it would be | | | | children found their gathering place behind the tent |
| cramped for spacing, after all, we were in a tent. What | | | | creating shadow puppets. |
| I quickly learned and what was ingenious to me was | | | | It's not everyday that you get to attend an outdoor |
| that the reception area was not contained to the tent. | | | | wedding reception; I'd never been to one until recently, |
| With So much spare space, small and cozy sitting | | | | and I was pleasantly surprised. With all the charm of |
| areas were set up around the tent. Some consisted of | | | | the outdoors, how can you resist? That's the great |
| white washed iron chairs with a small table, elegantly | | | | thing about using nature for your reception venue. |
| decorated with blushing pink rosebud pillows. | | | | |