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INSTYLE WEDDINGS Doing It Your Way Summer 2003 ANNOTATE THE PROGRAMS. Claudia Hanlin, owner of the company that planned Laurence Fishburne's wedding, worked with a Jewish couple who used their programs to explain certain traditions, including the breaking of the glass. Another couple included a brief history of the church in which they were getting married and an explanation of why they had chosen that spot. ARRANGE TABLES IN UNUSUAL SHAPES. Claudia Hanlin organized a reception with unique seating: Four banquet tables were arranged to form a giant X. Forty people sat at each leg, and where the tables met in the center was a round table adorned with an enormous flower arrangement. GIVE KIDS A SEAT AT THE BAR. When a small group of children is attending the reception, Hanlin suggests seating them side by side on bar stools at a tall rectangular table. Hire a waiter to stand behind the table and serve milkshakes and hamburgers so, she says, it's like they're eating at an ice cream parlor. MAKE A COUTRSHIP BOOK. One groom's mother was a children's book author who used the format of a popular kids' book to tell a story about the bride and groom, remembers N.Y.C. planner Shira Citron. The mother had the story made into a professionally bound and illustrated book that was given to all the guests. Other couples draw pictures (stick figures are OK!) that illustrate special moments in the bride and groom's courtship. The pictures can then be photocopied and bound into books for kids to color during the reception. You can create harmony in your bridal party by choosing dresses from the same color family - while still allowing for variations that reflect each attendant's personal style. IN THE PINK - far left: Strawberry silk dupioni halter dress, Saeyoung Vu Couture, $270; 323-653-1345 or www.vucouture.com
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