An art gallery wedding with style to spare
Whitney and Rhasan’s wedding at Swarm Gallery in Oakland, California definitely have awesome style (just check out Rhasan’s pants and Whitney’s awesome ink!), and looks both creative and delicious.
Hire a food truck to invade your wedding reception with deliciousness
Food trucks are big business in cities like Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and Austin, and currently only my own city of Chicago is still being ornery about food trucks. So what better way to satisfy late-into-the-night-party cravings than a visit from your local mobile food dispensery?
Stephanie & Matthew’s music wine burgers and love wedding
Take tons of music, a musical seating chart, favorite band centerpieces, an amazing wine bar, and an awesome cake decorated with the family in their pajamas and you’ve got this blended family wedding. There’s also a really touching memorial to the bride’s mother who died on 9/11 — totally tear-worthy.
Alicia & Cody’s fiery dragon and phoenix art gallery wedding
With amazing gradient mobiles that match the bride’s earrings that match her dress that matches the cake that matches the fiery candles… WHEW! Seriously, this wedding is a sight to see and totally authentic to their tastes. Plus, the bride painted a spectacular (seriously) triptych for the ceremony that made my day.
Casey & Adam’s local school-themed wedding
The bride works in education, and with library card menus, “brown bag lunch” favors, school lockers, a big yellow school bus, and a yearbook guest book, this wedding was a perfect fit for our Bookish theme week. Plus, they took an unwanted extra wall in their reception area and turned it into a giant chalkboard for amazing chalk art! You will love this school yard-meets-marriage wedding.
7 tips on stretching your wedding food budget
We know that you can NEVER have a shortage of budget-stretching ideas. I previously gave you these recession-friendly wedding budget ideas, but let’s get food-specific in this installment, shall we? Here are 7 ways you can stretch your catering budget.