Craft a quest adventure game for your reception
If you’re a gamer and want your reception to both celebrate games and give your guests rad ways to interact, this quest adventure game is right up your alley. Rebecca and Greg had a game-themed reception at Level 257, a Pac-Man-themed restaurant, arcade, and bowling alley in Illinois. Because they both rock the gamer life, they created their own specialized game rules, chainmaille and dice favors, and quest scrolls. Let’s see how they pulled it off…
More than just advice, this is a THEMED advice guest book idea that you’ll want to steal
Sam and Justin’s Chicago Halloween wedding featured handmade costumes, vinyls, a flower girl throwing googly eyes, and a first look in a cemetery. One detail we LOVED was their themed advice guest book idea. From general newlywed advice to Halloween costume ideas to “draw a bear,” the themes are WILD and super fun.
Have a reception caricature artist (as favors and entertainment!)
Marissa and Josh’s red rockabilly wedding featured a reception caricature artist sketching their guests. I fell in love with the idea that their guests would come away with a really amusing and customized piece of art after the wedding.
The best part if you’re trying to find the budget for a caricature artist: they can replace favors and even the DJ (if you’re not into dancing).
Use these funny bounce house rules to save your deposit
If you’re going to rent a bounce house/bouncy castle/moon bounce/inflatable castle (whew there are a lot of terms!) for your outdoor reception, you’ll need to make sure rowdy guests don’t go too wild in there. Having some well-explained and humorous bounce house rules on hand should ensure that you don’t have to pay any repair fees when it goes back.
9 in-depth tips for planning your food truck wedding
Food truck weddings are super Pinterest-board trendy right now, and if you’re going for a casual, urban feel for your wedding, having great local food trucks cater your event is definitely the way to go. We did it, and we’d do it again in a heartbeat, but we encountered a number of problems that I wish someone could have warned us about that were unique to having our catering on wheels. So here are nine things to keep in mind when planning your food truck wedding.
34 of the BEST mother-daughter dance songs EVER
My dad passed away when I was two and I’ve been raised by my incredible mom since then. Through all my research, I’ve yet to find a list of songs for mother-daughter dances. While most of the father-daughter and mother-son songs would work, I’d love to pick your brains to see if you have any recommendations for a less gendered list for mother-daughter dance songs lists.