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Wedding reception decor gets creative, personal

More personal, more inventive.

Those are the dominant trends in wedding receptions, experts say, in an era when brides have all the resources of the Internet to plan, share and often produce their own affairs.

Many are drawn to something beyond the traditional banquet/speeches/garter throw-and-go reception of the past.

Pins, plans

Sites like Project Wedding, The Knot, Wedding Wire and Pinterest show a wide variety of designs for fabric and paper decorations, centerpieces, color schemes, food table displays and party activities. A bride can take on the creative task herself with friends, or...