Are you having an “East Coast Style” reception with dancing FIRST?
A lot of American wedding receptions follow this formula: a grand entrance followed by a meal, speeches, and finally dancing. But in what’s been dubbed an “East Coast Style” reception, dancing happens right away with intermittent boogie-ing down between meal courses, too! It sounds pretty rad to me and gets everyone out of their seats and into mingle and mix mode right away.
20 light-up wedding signs & marquees for spectacular photo ops (and home decor!)
Lightbox and neon wedding signs are super trendy right now and we’ve been spotting them all over wedding receptions with good reason: they look rad AF! Plus, they light up which means they can point out your candy buffet, favor table, ice cream bar, whatever… in the dark. But the secret reason I want to snag some of these light-up wedding signs is that they can turn into some of the most epic home decor after the wedding. It’s all a big scheme to reuse everything later on.
Find your favorite LED sign, customize it to your names, your wedding hashtag, your motto, your subversive “eff you,” etc. and light up the night…
Have guests riff your wedding with an MST3K photo booth
When I saw this killer photo booth idea (or guest book idea!) from Jane and Matt’s wonderfully weird Austin wedding, I knew it was a winner. Prompting guests to roast you Mystery Science Theater 3K-style is a perfect way to snag laughs. I recommend grabbing a camera and making sure to catch it on video, too.
Kombucha mocktails as your signature cocktail? It’s a thing and we’ve got recipes!
If kombucha is your thing, and it is for some of us, then get ready for a new kind of signature cocktail for your wedding: kombucha mocktails! These non-alcoholic drinks are full of cocktail-style ingredients that make them yummy for everyone. Here are a few of our favorite kombucha mocktails recipes…