White Sugar

While being stuck in the house with restless kids from the snow, I came across this

amazing all white dessert bar designed by Lollipop Events & Designs. This is such a yummy and elegant design. The individual tags with ribbon tied the whole design together. There are so many yummy things such as: cupcakes, sugar-dusted doughnuts, yogurt pretzels, etc.

Wedding Wreck Wednesday!

Tatertinis

Get your guests involved by serving a Potato Martini Bar. This is a great interactive idea for a intimate setting with close friends, or at a wedding reception for 200. Here is what you will need to make it a success!

• Mashed Potatoes
• Gravy
• Sour Cream/Butter
• Shredded Cheese
• Sauteed Mushrooms
• Steamed Broccoli
• Steamed Asparagus
• Corn
• Olives
• Ham
• Popcorn Chicken
• Martini Glasses

Just layer the ingredients as you like and we guarantee your guests will be coming back for more!

Brunch for the Budget-Minded Bride

A surprising number of brides are going for brunch receptions these days. Well, what a great idea! Brides can save money AND put out a tres elegant groaning board of food for guests. Wedding brunches are more economical then dinner receptions and can be either seated or buffet-style affairs.

Here, are a few menu suggestion:

French toast station: Guests can choose toppings and fillings, ranging from fresh fruits to caramel and cinnamon to creams and custards.

Omelet bar, plus an assortment of seafood, meat (including ground beef), an array of vegetables from asparagus and carrots, and a selection of cheeses from around the world.

“Frushi”: rice flavored with coconut milk and topped with various kinds of fresh fruit and served in the same style as sushi.

Champagne bar with your choice of fresh-squeezed orange and grapefruit juices, peach nectar, strawberry nectar and chambord or cassis.

Boom Boom Pow!

Liven up your wedding with an astonishing fireworks display! Fireworks are a good way to differentiate your wedding from others, plus you and your guests will enjoy this fairy-tale like ending to your big day.

Customize designed wedding features are available with special effects that will make your event stand out. If you wish, a design team has the ability and expertise to digitally choreograph your display to music, chosen by the couple. There are many wonderful additions and personal touches you can include. These range from the bride & groom's names or initials either side of a heart in 3 feet high orange and yellow firework flames, or sky bursting shells which fill the sky with a huge sparkling heart.

When choosing a company for your spectacular send off, here are a few key things you may want to look for in a reputable Fire Work Company:

• Fully licensed
• Helps with all necessary permits and arrangements
• Confirm if at least ninety percent pre-loaded to insure a much safer display
• Will educate their customers on different type of firework proposals.

Photo Source: Flickr

Let there be Light

Impress your guest with a unique table setting including illuminated linens from PBG Event Productions, the exclusive distributor of LEDecor. These wireless LED fixtures are state-of-the-art, color-changing, remote controlled and environmentally friendly units.

The wireless linens are powered by battery-operated fiber-optic fabric that lights up any table or display. The illuminated linens are available in 20 color options and four trims (gold, white, black and silver) and five illuminations (white, blue, yellow, red and green). Sizes range from a 12-inch by 12-inch placemat to a 72-inch by 30-inch runner. Pillows (18 inches by 18 inches) and chiavari chair jackets are also available.

POP Champagne

For sheer champagne fun, nothing beats individual Pommery POP champagne bottles, “which always wow guests—especially the rosé which is chic and romantic all at once,” says Logan Niles of New York’s Blue Nile Catering. One client of Niles’ “even had personalized gold-plated straws made by a local jeweler with the bride’s and groom’s initials so it was a combination ‘wow’ effect and wedding favor,” she recalls. “So many times it’s not just what guests are drinking but how the drinks are served.”

The blue is a standard dry champagne, with a nice fruit flavor. It's a tiny bit sweeter than your average dry champagne but is wonderfully smooth. The pink is a sparkling rosé that has a fresh, bright taste. The blend of different Chardonnays and Pinot wines, along with a dash of red wine, gives it a pale pink color and slight red currant flavor. Neither of them are run-out-and-purchase-immediately sort of champagnes, but they are quite tasty and not just a product of marketing. They're really fun, wonderfully transportable, and will bring a little pop to your next party.

Sorce: Pommery Champagne

Tea Sampling for Events

Coffee shops are abuzz with trendy tea offerings, and now the warming favorite has hit the event circuit in a big way. Portsmouth Tea Co. offers elegantly packaged tins of pretty, loose teas full of flowers, peppercorns and candied hearts. In lieu of a coffee bar, white ambrosia, “shooshy la la chai” and chocolate cream truffle teas make a beguiling row of hot drink options — perfect for wedding and shower guests to sweeten, sip and savor.

Source: Portsmouth Tea Co.

It's Child Play!

Most likely, you'll have kids attending the reception. With a few special touches, you could make them the happiest age group around. Below are a few ideas to cater to the younger crowd.

Be sure to hire a babysitter for the table to ensure they don't join you during the father/daughter dance or throw spaghetti at Aunt Mable.

• Check if your reception hall has booster seats, high chairs and diaper-changing stations. If they don't, contact the parents to make sure they bring all necessary supplies.


• If you choose to have a kid's table, cover it with a paper tablecloth so they can draw on it.


• For a centerpiece, provide a bucket of crayons, several cartons of play-dough or travel games.


• Check to see if your reception or catering company offers kid's meals at a reduced cost.


• Before the traditional bouquet toss and garter throw for adults, have a candy toss for kids. This way, the kid's can participate but you won't be caught in the awkward situation of having a garter-toting, 6-year-old boy traveling up the leg of a 30-year-old.


• Maybe the chicken dance makes you cringe, but kids love it!


• For favors, send them home with candy or a small toy. Just make sure it isn't anything they'll choke on.

Trendy Meets Traditional .....

Wanna have some fun with your feast? Perfect for a late-night wedding snack, mini pot pie stations give comfort food a contemporary twist. Serve you favorite Chicken, Seafood, Ham or you can even go ethnic by serving curry chicken or Sheppard’s pot pies.

Royal Cakes...Wow!

When you see wedding cakes like these--literally, tremendous works of art meant to be admired and enjoyed--you have to wonder what the rest of the wedding is like. I was certainly curious about it, so I checked it out. Of course I had my speculations .Were the cakes real? I decided that we're pretty certain that none, or only a small portion of the design is actual cake. Structurally it is nearly impossible to make these designs in cake and we think it is most likely styrofoam. Just the fondant alone would be heavy. I was certainly curious about it, so I checked it out.

Here's the scoop on Kuwaiti weddings!As you'd expect, Kuwaitis adhere strictly to the teachings of Islam, which has specific rules regarding marriage and its related customs. In the case of marriage, the bride and bridegroom will have been approved of, though not necessarily chosen, by both sets of parents. This tells me that most Kuwaitis are permitted to marry for love.

I looked on the internet and found an article about Chef Omar in the Al Watan Daily, where he quotes the cakes start at 600 Kuwaiti dinars (roughly $2000) to 3000 ($10,000) Kuwaiti dinars for a replica of Versailles. Those are decent numbers for sure. Check out the article here. His designs are being talked about around the world!

Don't you just love "mini's"?

Dont't you think everything is cuter when it is smaller? The hottest growing trend at wedding receptions has been finger food. I have seen mini ruebens, soup served in shot glasses, fries served in a juilep cup, mini corndogs..the list goes one.My all time favorite mini is the "Mini Macaroni & Cheese"compliments of Martha Stewart. People love mini foods at wedding, but keep in mind, there are a few rules you need to follow:

1. Make it Tidy-There is nothing worse than biting into a tiny bit of finger food and having it gush/squirt/or crumble all over your party dress. Avoid foods that are too flaky or contain a lot of liquid sauce inside. Sushi is good as long as it is not drippy. Stuffed mushrooms are another stable but elegant finger food.

2. Make sure it has a dip-Dips can transform ordinary raw fruits and vegetables into a novelty. They can ad diversity, elegance, and even a little fun to your menu without vastly increasing the cost. Some good dips for sweet food are: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, caramel, cream, plain white chocolate or flavored white chocolate. Lime is a popular flavoring for white chocolate. For savory foods ranch, cheese, salsa, or artichoke dip are excellent compliments

Follows those 2 simple rules, and your mini's will be a hit at your next event.