Monday 24 March 2014

10 Fun Ideas to Make your Wedding Rock

It’s impossible to express in words how special the wedding day is in any person’s life. To the person getting married, it seems like the universe, for once, revolves around them. Although getting married is in itself a huge celebration, adding some charms to the wedding day can make the occasion even more joyous for you and your guests.

Your wedding should represent your personalities, your likes and your relationship. Here are 10 awesome wedding decoration ideas that you can use to customize and enliven your wedding design.

 1. Install an Irresistible Epicurean Delight – A Chocolate Fountain
A rich, dark brown fountain of the most divine of all foods looking just about ready to melt – a chocolate fountain – is tasty, and at the same time decorative. Order one in a size you require, in a shape that most appeals to you. Your customized chocolate fountain will add oodles of charm to the wedding venue.

2.   Capture the Classic Romantic Vibes of Flowers and Candles
Some things never lose their charm; flowers and candles are two of them. They work an effortless magic on the minds of the beholders. Even simple ideas of decoration with natural flowers and ordinary candles make the ambience beautiful and romantic. You can get loads of them and work out some decoration ideas on your own to give a personal touch to the wedding décor.

3.Play with Some Ice: Decorate Your Wedding with Exotic Ice Sculptures
So appreciated has the concept of ice sculpting been, that presently there are unlimited varieties of it available. You can get spellbinding structures made of just ice, build complete ice bars equipped with ice luges and ice glasses or have ice tables for your guests to dine on. Personalized logos and name inscriptions give the desired personal touch. Canadian weather makes sculptures of ice incredibly suited for events here.

4.  Print Some Funny Pamphlets
Some personalized jokes, funny pictures of you two as a couple, and witty one-liners: you can print a bundle of some fun pamphlets for your guests to enjoy during the wedding. The idea is unconventional, quirky and fun.

5.  Allow Your Guests to Shoot Videos
Equip your friends and family members with a few light video cameras and request them to shoot a few videos. This will make your wedding video candid, eliminate the cost of a photographer and amuse your guests as they shoot. You can edit all the videos and combine them into a single film.

6.  Build a Lovely Little Photo Booth
When people are dressed their best, they want to click some nice photographs. Let them get their best shots by arranging for a small photo booth with appropriate lights and decorations. Give them the environment for a nice click, and they’ll remember your wedding every time they see the perfect pictures!

7. Decorate One Wall of the Venue with Your Engagement and Other Romantic Photographs
This is a great way to display pictures that otherwise go into oblivion. You can display them in photo frames or create a slide show of them playing on a huge screen for everybody to watch. Do remember to get creative in the displays – colors and drama never hurt!

8. Create an Ethereal World with Feathers and Fans
This is a totally traditional and wedding-perfect idea: you can mold this it in any way you like. Get some decorative fans, create beautiful feather structures like wreaths, and put it all together for a delicate, romantic vibe.

9. Have a Picnic Theme
If you are getting married on a bright summer day, an unconventional idea is to dress down the wedding. Make it a less formal, more fun event by replacing chairs and tables with picnic mats, cushions and blankets. Put a basket on every mat containing chocolates, dry snacks and a bottle of wine. Inform your guests well in advance if you are keeping this theme, so that they can dress accordingly.

10. Adorn the Loo Too!
How about a fragranced restroom with doors and walls decorated with ribbons, flowers and feathers? Would surely stir some surprised smiles and praises! You can also use natural plants and decorate them with lights – all in the little room.


Whatever be your budget, you always have the means to make your wedding grand. Therefore, get your creative juices flowing and set the stage for the biggest celebration of your life! 

Tuesday 4 March 2014

10 Creative Ways to Sweeten your Wedding with Chocolate

It is not a mere co-incidence that chocolates have come to be associated with lovers and are seen as a symbol of affection. In 1615, it is said that Anne of Austria gave King Louis XIII of France chocolate as a wedding present. Drinking cocoa concoction was part of the wedding ceremony of Mayans and Aztecs.

Keeping in tune with these traditions, even today, a wedding is not complete unless chocolate is a part of it. If providing an assortment of chocolate or desserts seems too boring an idea; then you have come to the perfect place. Variety is the name of the game now.

You do not have to stick to any one idea, of course. You can bring about a novelty and opt for unique flavors, shapes, colors and sizes of chocolate desserts. Following are the most creative ways you can serve chocolate at your wedding:

1. Chocolate Ganache served as topping to Vanilla Ice Cream
A perfect accompaniment for a summer outdoor wedding. Ice-cream covered with ganache – do not mistake this for a simple chocolate ice-cream. The ganache is made from cream, dark rum, dark chocolate. You can give your guests topping options, this would add another dimension to your dish.


2. Chocolate Fountain
What’s better than a cups of hot, steaming cocoa? A chocolate fountain, certainly. Melted chocolate from a chocolate fountain smells awesome, tastes wonderful and looks beautiful. If you hire a professional chocolate fountain artist, you can even use different colors.



3. Chocolate Fondue
This may not be the newest thing on the block, however just picture a smooth, flowing chocolate in a fondue bowl. Fondue has never failed to impress guests, especially if it is strategically placed. Give your guests fresh fruits, cookies, coffee and watch them have fun with it. Pure bliss!


4. Color the Chocolate
Color the chocolate to your wedding theme. This is a good way to add more color and exuberance to your wedding. Do not worry about the color availability; there is an array of colors available to choose from.

5. Glass full of chocolate
Pick your two favorite chocolates and fill them in martini glasses. Place them where your guests are seated or any place where your guests can access it easily.

6. Churros and Chocolate
How about having churros and chocolate dip instead of a regular wedding cake? They have never disappointed us. The idea of something fried and something sweet – together – can’t get any better than this. Fried pastries with hot chocolate dip on a cold wintry night – can you ask for anything more?


7. Chocolate Tacos
Yes, a sweet taco instead of the regular savory one. A choc taco is made to be an ice-cream dessert wrapped in a waffle and finished by dipping it in chocolate sauce. These are made in front of the guests. Not only do your guests have a wow experience to take back home, its taste is something they will remember for a long time to come.

8. Hot Chocolate
Yes, we are talking about the regular hot chocolate but with a twist. Most weddings have a coffee and tea stall along with the desserts. Why not make things interesting with a warm cup of hot chocolate? You can have spicy Mexican or other flavors of hot chocolate.

9. A Chocolate Cocktail
Why not serve the chocolate in a glass as a cocktail? There are many sweet and signature cocktails available, or better yet – you can whip one up as your signature chocolate cocktail and serve it in your wedding. Call them Chocolate martinis.

10. Liqueur Chocolate
Customize your liquor chocolate. Add your favorite
liqueur and come up with a customized and smooth liqueur chocolate. You can experiment with different tastes, colors and textures.

You can color your chocolate, add different types of flavors of it, match it to your wedding theme, put it in a glass, wrap it in a decorative paper or make something completely new out of it like Chocolate Fountains add a unique touch of class to your wedding. There is no end to the number of number of possibilities when it comes to chocolate. All it takes is a little creativity and before you know it, your guests would go home with a chocolate affair.