Tag Archives : wedding reception

Video Projection at Your Wedding

Happy Wedding Wednesday! A fun element to add to your wedding reception or ceremony is video projection! Projection technology has come a long way throughout the years! Three -dimensional projections are more popular on the outside of large buildings where the images are truly more effective. Top end lighting companies use super bright projectors and [...]

Wedding Flower Ideas- Hydrangeas and Peonies

Last week I talked about unique roses for your wedding! The Wedding Wednesday flower fun continues… We are all familiar with the standard colors of hydrangeas and peonies.  If you like a little bit of tradition mixed with something new, consider other varieties of old standards like the stunning coral peonies (pictured below) or tri-color [...]

Two Fun Food Ideas

For your Monday morning, we wanted to share two fun food ideas for your wedding reception or next event! How many of you grew up with pop tarts as a breakfast treat? Of course we know how bad they are for us, but we’ve taken them for a spin. The possibilities are endless. For example, [...]

Wedding Bubbly

The champagne toast is controversial these days. My take on it is pretty simple. If the bride and groom love Champagne, then you should serve it. Otherwise, just do the toast with whatever drink you have in hand. We throw away a lot of champagne at weddings and it pains me to do so. You [...]

Potato Chips at a Wedding?

Of course! Our house made potato chips have been wildly successful at weddings and events. We serve them standing upright on a bed of coarse rock salt with various dippers. We’re now taking those same house made chips and topping them with a sliver of tuna tartare and wasabi, or black bean puree with a [...]

Wedding Table Design Hints

It’s easy to get carried away with numerous ideas for reception décor.  It is important to narrow your thoughts down to one theme and stick with it. Clean lines and repetition of form is the key to making a statement with your table design. This isn’t to say that you can’t have alternating heights of [...]

Organized Wedding Planning

Planning a wedding can be wonderful and stressful all at the same time. Today’s Wedding Wednesday post is a tip for organization! If you are about to loose your mind with all the details you’re trying to keep track of,  try MindNode for Mac.  It’s probably the most exciting way to organize your thoughts on [...]

Design Your Wedding Tables Online

For today’s Wedding Wednesday post I wanted to share this really cool online resource! BBJ Linen, a company out of Skokie, IL., offers a virtual table design center on their website. You can choose from an extensive selection of linens, runners, chair covers, napkins etc. It’s fun to play around with and is rather addicting! [...]

“It’s not a Circus, it’s Your Wedding!”

Think about the last bridal show you attended. Wedding shows have become sensory overload for many of those involved. The average bride leaves the show with their head spinning and the fallout is even worse. Unfortunately, some of these shows have become such fierce competition to gain your attention that the sole purpose of the [...]

10 Tips for an Eco-Friendly Wedding

I have seen a wonderful trend of bride’s interested in going green for their weddings! This trend will just continue to grow. If you are confused about making a green impact, these tips will help! I recently stumbled upon the blog Intimate Weddings. It is packed full of wonderful inspiration, DIY ideas, and fantastic tips [...]