Special Touches
Pop, Fizz & Clink
The sun is shining against a vivid backdrop of azure. Glasses are clinking and bubbles fizzing as your family and friends catch up and get to know each other, while they nibble on canapés and sip champagne on the terrace.
Here at South East Wedding Magazine, we love the idea of a post-church champagne reception. It provides a perfect opportunity for your guests to make each other’s acquaintance and will ease your nerves as you arrive at the reception venue with your new husband.
A firm favourite to accompany your drinks reception is a delectable selection of canapés and finger food. This will go down a treat with guests and won’t hamper their appetite for the feast that’s yet to come. For guests who may have travelled a distance and not eaten for a number of hours, a mini buffet will be a welcome sight!
When choosing the drinks for your reception, bubbles just can’t be beaten. Champagne reflects the atmosphere and ‘fizz’ of your celebrations, and for Spring and Summer weddings, rosé or ‘pink’ champagne is a wonderful alternative - add a dash of strawberry coulis and you truly have heaven in a glass.
For the prettiest accompaniment to your champagne glasses this Spring, the addition of beautiful wild hibiscus flowers (www.wildhibiscus.com) will add a spectacular touch to your celebrations. Watch in amazement as you place the vibrant crimson petals in the end of your glass and bubbles stream off the flower, slowly opening it up. Once finished, the flower can be eaten allowing you to experience its natural raspberry and rhubarb flavour – the perfect companion to champagne and special occasions.
You’ve made your vows together and now it’s time to begin your married life in style, to the accompaniment of champagne corks popping, bubbly flowing, and your nearest and dearest wishing you the very best for a lifetime of love and happiness. Enjoy!
