Valentine banquet ideas needed please..

leahkate

I am in charge of the Valentine banquet at our church this year. It will be on the Saturday before Valentine's Day in our fellowship hall. We're having a catered steak and shrimp dinner and some kind of dessert. We're going to play a few games that they've played in the past. It's going to be about 50 couples. I really need decor help. We'll be using those long rectangular tables that seat 10, and we have white linen tableclothes to fit them. I'm thinking about red or fuschia runners and lots of candles with a flower arrangement in the center. But I want to see some pics. Can you guys point me to any blogs with Valentine's Day stuff? I've been looking at sites all day but none of them are like the blogs that I see posted on here.

Also, if you have any ideas, I'm all ears!

Thanks!

laclifto

Do a Google images search for "Valentines tablescapes" and you'll get a lot of really pretty stuff. That's what I did for our church Christmas dinner.

SBS0628

You may also think about searching for wedding table inspirations in the color scheme you're looking for. Something like this:

I searched "hot pink wedding centerpieces" on Google Images to find that. You could do the same with "red" or "light pink."

Hostess with the Mostess is my go-to blog for inspiration ideas. Here's a Valentine's Day one that you may be able to gleam ideas from:

http://www.hostessblog.com/2011/01/i-heart-valentines-day-this-party-theme/

leahkate

Thanks so much! Beautiful ideas!

SA7206

I love the look nested vases, with the smaller/inner vase holding a bouquet of flowers and the space between the vases holding valentine's day candy.  This is always my go to decoration for the holiday:

 

 

 

Jim&Jaime

Don't be afraid of carnations. Yes, they're cheep and get a bad wrap, but cut down in a small vase and massed together, they look really, really pretty. I would stick with one color for each vase, but you could mix and match for the room and/or tables with different colors.

leahkate

AWESOME! I love the candy hearts as vase fillers. And that's a good point about carnations.

lsgarver

Some florists will give you a bag of rose petals for really cheap (not sure about pricing around V-day) and you could sprinkle them down the tables.

wldktz10

I would do short vases with big red flowers in them. Maybe tea light candles and some silver heart confetti or rose petals around.

FloppyWhoppy

check out Martha Stewart's Feb issue - it has some amazing ideas - makes we wish I was having a party!