Birch Wood Centerpiece Vessels

Wine-colored flowers and thistles rested in rustic birch boxes at the center of each reception table, along with scattered votives and candlesticks. “I wanted it to feel casual, glam, and cozy,” Allison says of her backyard reception at Leslie-Alford-Mims House in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Each place setting had a wine-colored napkin and a magnolia-leaf place card hand-lettered in gold.