Beautiful Do-It-Yourself Centerpiece :: Organic Pansy, Grape Hyacinth and Asparagus Arrangement

GoodHousekeeping showcases this beautiful grape hyacinth and pansy arrangement wrapped in asparagus as a do-it-yourself centerpiece. For brides that desire a casual outdoor wedding or those looking for an organic-inspired wedding reception, this arrangement would make the perfect addition. If grape doesn't match your wedding's color palette, simply substitute the type or color of flower to match.

For complete instructions on how to create this arrangement, click here.

Cupcake Wedding Cake Liners

Cupcake wedding cakes are popular, trendy and an adorable alternative to a traditional wedding cake. Whether you choose to make them yourself or have a local baker prepare the tasty treats, add your own touch to match your wedding by using fun, colorful cupcake liners. Here are a few of our favorites:

Burgandy Stripes

Yellow Stripes

Filigree

Gold Foil

The Wedding Toast - Family Style

This personalized barrel top lazy suzan from WineEnthusiast.com puts a "spin" on the wedding toast celebration. This addition would be perfect pre-set with champagne glasses your guests can spin and grab their glass from or make an elegant display of wines for the table to taste and share. What's even better is WineEnthusiast.com will even engrave it with your name! It's untraditional, unexpected and definately at the top of our list for any wedding reception or cocktail hour.

Custom Menus

Food is the key to making a celebration spectacular and can often set the tone for the rest of the evening. Show off your menu from cocktails and appetizers to the main course and wedding cake with your own custom printed menu covers. Speciality shops have selections from sewn covers to brushed metal, ranging anywhere from $1.50 to $22.00 and up. It's a unique treat that your guest can takeaway to remember your special day. 

Bubbly Jell-O Parfaits

Try this kid-friendly tasty twist on the classic champagne celebration with bubbly Jell-O parfaits. Simple to make, this is the perfect treat to toast to after a night of dinner and dancing. Tie a note on each glass with ribbon thanking your guests for celebrating with you for an extra special touch.

Bubbly Jell-O Parfait via FamilyFun.com
1. Using club soda, seltzer or ginger ale follow the instructions on a box of Sparkling White Grape Jell-O.
2. Chill the Jell-O in champagne flutes and add a ribbon or sparkling garland from your local party store.

For best results, they suggest making the day of the party to ensure the best bubbly appearance.

We're Back!

Well after a busy holiday schedule, we're finally back and are ready to uncover the latest trends in wedding planning and design. If you have an idea or photos you'd like us to share send us an email! We'd love to hear from you!

Tiki Torch Centerpieces :: Beach Wedding Reception

PartySpotShop sells miniature tiki torch centerpieces to spark up the party at your beach wedding reception. Use these as centerpieces, as lighted accents around the card table and food buffet or create your own unique aisle to guide your guests throughout the night.

Classic Dessert :: A Cool, Refreshing Root Beer Float

It's the simple things in life that bring smiles and joy for people. We love the idea of serving up a classic root beer float at your summer wedding reception to refresh and impress your guests. For a classy spin on this old favorite, use hurricane or martini glasses, place one scoop of vanilla ice cream on the bottom, fill with root beer and garnish with an old fashioned root beer flavored candy stick. To add a personalized touch on the traditional root beer mug, have speciality mugs printed or engraved with your initials and add a fun quote for a dessert that doubles as a gift.

Hawaiian Wedding Flowers : A Beautiful Bouquet of Plumeria

FlowerHawaii.com boasts their beautiful, tropical wedding bouquets for a ceremony on the island. These exoctic, colorful masterpieces of plumeria are stunning to look at, excuding the colors of the sunset surrounding. Plumeria grows abundant in Hawaii and may most commonly be found in yellow and pink and color.

Peppermint Stick Drink Stirrers

A fun addition to any cocktail, these peppermint sticks are wonderful to eat, eye-appealing and will add a unique touch to any wedding reception affair. These will make a festive addition to a Christmas wedding as a delightful after dinner snack accompanied with a peppermint or chocolate martini. For some mouth-watering delightful chocolate martini recipes, visit Best-Chocolate-Recipes-Online. Their list of chocolate drinks including the "Chocolate Between the Sheets", the "Death by Chocolate" and the "White Chocolate Martini" definately caught our attention -- and our appetite to party!

Elegant Wedding Dresses

To view several wedding dress styles, from the dramatic, flowing trains to a simple strapless, The Rose Dress is an easy to navigate site filled with pictures of dresses from different designers. We like the idea of using this site as a starting point to gather inspiration as to the style of dress and elements you are looking for i.e. a long, detailed train, type of fabric, color, fit and style.

Hawaiin Wedding :: The Wedding Lei

The Hawaiin Lei Company offers this beautiful dual twist Ginger Lei, among their extensive floral collection. Check out their website to choose the lei that matches your beach-inspired wedding. We love the light yellow reminiscent of the morning sunrise, woven within the pure white.

Red Sox Cookies for the Perfect Groom's Cake

If your groom-to-be is a baseball fanatic, try an alternative, inexpensive solution to a groom's cake and stack these all American favorites around the table or individually wrap them to give out to your guests. At $24 for 24 hand-decorated cookies, this fancy treat will bring a suprising, fun twist that your guests can take with them to savour.

Beach Wedding :: Orchid Boutonniere

West Van Florist offers a variety of orchid boutonnieres for your wedding, including this simple fuchsia orchid intertwined with beads. Perfect for a beach wedding, the orchid is an understated unique stray from the traditional rose.

Spring Wedding Tulip Arrangement

Springtime brings a vast assortment of flowers. Topping the beauty charts are the classic tulips. An arrangement of tulips can add charm to any wedding setting; indoors or out. This arrangement of tulips featured by Country Living magazine would compliment a table setting in the country perfectly. If you are considering growing your own tulips, plant the bulbs in the fall so they’ll be ready for your springtime affair.