Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Spice up your Wedding!

Looking for new ways to entertain your guest at you wedding? Check out these new trends that are fun and exciting to make your wedding memorable! A sweet treat that will delight your guest during your dessert hour. Try a chocolate fountain! They come in many different flavors, and you can have multiple dippers like strawberry's, rice crispy treats, pretzels, marshmallows, cookies and much more! This is a fun and interactive way to engage your guest with your unique menu choices so they can get up and mingle instead of staying seated! Check out Sweet Streams Chocolate Fountains located in Cranston RI for more info!

Another fun sweet surprise you can WOW your guest with are cute wedding favors! How about bride and groom fortune cookies, or cookies with a picture of you and your future husband! These personalized items will definitely leave your guest impressed with your creative ideas for your big day. Sweet Indulgence in Warwick Rhode Island can customize fun treats for yourself, bridal party and wedding guest. They also specialize in fudge, ice cream, gift baskets and fun candy bars! Candy bars are becoming quite a popular wedding trend, you can customize them to fit your theme and color. Pick out our favorite candies and share your sweet tooth cravings with your guests!

OK now that I've gotten you hungry, lets talk about other fun ideas to have at your reception. Photo booths are huge right now! All your guest get the opportunity to take fun and silly pictures at your wedding. Instead of leaving disposable cameras on your reception tables, get a photo booth and all the images will be uploaded to a website for you to look at and print. You can also print instantly right at your reception. Some companies even give you the option of putting together a quick scrapbook right on the spot! This way your guest can put the photos they took right in a scrapbook and write you a personal message, then at the end of the night you have an extra memorable present! This picture on the left was from the NBC Channel 10 wedding where Jen & Eric had an awesome photo booth at their wedding!


Another popular wedding favor that has been become more and more popular every wedding season is making a donation in your guest name to the charity of your choice. This can sometimes be a touchy and sentimental subject for the bride or grooms family because the charity of their choice is often related to a personal experience, never the less it is a great and kind gesture that your guest would greatly appreciate instead of a materialistic favor.

Remember, think outside the box with new fun, creative and personal ways to entertain your guest and yourself! This is your day so have fun with it! You don't have to be traditional in every sense of the word!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Hot color trends for 2010!



The word is out…vibrant brights and practical neutrals are the color trends for spring 2010! Why do invitation designers care about fashion color trends? Well, fashion color trends translate into popular wedding colors (bridesmaid dresses, floral designs, and linens) and those colors are often the inspiration for our wedding invitation designs. Don’t be afraid to mix your favorite fun colors like violet, turquoise, coral or fuchsia with neutral earth tones like Tuscany, pink champagne, off white, or eucalyptus. Bridesmaids are always looking for a fun pop of color that will draw attention to the overall feel of your wedding and reception.


Brides, think about wearing a bright fun colored sash to match your bridesmaid dresses to add a little extra spice. If you are getting married in the spring or summertime outside, be playful with the colors you choose; they will clash perfectly with the greens of the trees around you or a great blue of the ocean side. For a nice dramatic look, have your bridesmaids wear all different shades of purple, pink or whatever color you choose!
Don't forget about those accessories! Jeweled stilettos, drop-dead gorgeous chandelier earrings, cool metallic clutches...dramatic silver accessories give "blue-girl" bridesmaids some fine heavy metal to play with.