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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:23:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:28:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:03:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:51:00 +0000

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!

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:14:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:36:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:45:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:53:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:55:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:12:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:04:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:04:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:17:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:30:00 +0000

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.

Wedding Catering :: The Mini-Burger

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000

Your guests will enjoy this finger licking good comfort food appetizer, the mini-burger. Perfect for an outdoor reception, accompany the burger with a condiment area for your guests to add their favorite toppings including tomatoes, lettuce, a variety of cheeses and sauces such as guacamole, spicy mustard and classic ketchup. It's a simple, yet sophisticated treat.

Cupcake Wedding Cakes

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:17:00 +0000

Cupcake wedding cakes have become the latest craze among modern couples. The opportunity to make an impact is almost endless! We stumbled across these absolutely beautiful white chocolate and raspberry cupcakes by Gigi Cakes and immediately fell in love. These cupcakes are so beautiful on their own that we would keep the tiered stand simple and modern. We suggest either making or ordering a clear acrylic box and placing a small uplight in it for added drama. Get the recipe to make these cupcakes yourself here.

An Eclectic Centerpiece of Mixed Flowers

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:17:00 +0000

Rachel Ray's "Centerpiece of the Month" collection features this centerpiece tip from Matt and Ted Lee, where they use inspiration from the canned food isle to craft an eclectic, yet stylish wedding centerpiece. Mix color and variety of flowers to complete this Southern-inspired design.

Wedding Flowers :: Make Your Own Colored Roses

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:49:00 +0000

Another favorite of ours, Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade shares tips for easy, do-it-yourself entertainment. In this tip, she turns white roses into a bold blue by filling a vase with water and dropping in a few drops of food dye. Within a day or two, depending on how dark you want the color of the roses to be, you will have transformed your roses to match your wedding.

Unique Wedding Invitation :: Vintage Postcards

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:18:00 +0000

For a touch of elegance, nostalgia and classic charm to your wedding, transform your wedding invitations by using vintage postcards to replace the traditional stationary. Depending on your overall style, select the perfect postcard to match. Look for inspiration by sending vintage postcards from your hometown, a favorite pasttime, a genre or beautiful scenery. Visit your local book or antique store, or search online to find the perfect ones. We like the idea of using different postcards with the same theme.

Inexpensive, Beautiful Wedding Centerpiece with Carnations

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:44:00 +0000

Real Simple shared an article with their readers that we love, "How to Upgrade Grocery-Store Flowers". Perfect for brides on a budget, or those wanting a no hassle, elegant wedding centerpiece, they transform two bunches of carnations by cutting the stems and filling a round vase, leaving no room between blooms. An added plus, carnations come in hundreds of varieties and colors, so pick the bloom that matches your wedding perfectly.

Citrus Wedding Cake

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:37:00 +0000

Aside from the dress, the cake is often the second largest decision to make for your wedding day. Wedding cakes come in many different shapes, colors, flavors, and designs. It can become overwhelming with so many options to choose from! We recommend taking queues from your wedding theme to help you narrow down your choices. Ask yourself the following questions: Is your wedding modern or traditional? Outdoors or Indoors? What season is your wedding in? We found an adorable, modern cake from Maisie Fantaisie in Londen that would be elegant and fresh for a spring, outdoor wedding. The fruit adds an unexpected element of surprise to the traditional wedding cake and the array of colors are breathtaking.

Spring Wedding Treat: Watermelon Drink Cooler

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:19:00 +0000

Making an impact doesn’t have to mean shelling out money. We looked to watermelon for inspiration! Simply cut a watermelon in half, hollow out, fill with ice and you have a fresh, adorable drink cooler. We set one at each table at a springtime wedding and filled with pre-made watermelon martinis. Garnish the glasses with a thin slice of watermelon for added impact. Your guests will surely leave talking about this delight for months after the wedding.

Wedding Desserts: Colorful Cookies

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:06:00 +0000

Sometimes one slice of wedding cake just isn’t enough to keep your guests energized for an all night celebration. We love the idea of having a dessert station complete with freshly baked cookies and delicious brewed coffee. A beautiful wedding is all about the details; so don’t forget to bake cookies that match the colors of your wedding! Don’t have any confectionary genes? Do some searching online and bring pictures of treats to your local bakery. The cookies featured in the photo above came from Swallowtail Farms and can be ordered online.

Wedding Day Favorites: An Old Fashioned Lemonade Stand

noreply@blogger.com (poppyseed.) — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:18:00 +0000

Nothing says summer like a refreshing glass of freshly squeezed lemonade. If you're thinking about having an outdoor summer wedding, offer up a fun place to cool off in the shade with an old fashioned lemonade stand. It will be sure to stir up childhood memories and act as a great conversation starter among guests. To dress it up for adults, offer a yummy lemon Champagne freeze served in a martini glass. Click here to get the recipe.