For the Sweet Tooth...

As many of you may have seen, Candy Buffets are a trend that has popped up at a lot of weddings lately and that trend is here to stay for the summer! The great thing about the Candy Buffet is that there are endless possibilities of how to personalize them. It is also an inexpensive and fun favor idea!


For a vintage feel…

A soda shop style candy buffet is a great idea for a fun vintage wedding. Using jelly beans, old-fashioned stick candy and licorice you can transport your guests back to simpler times. Toss in some glass coke bottles or personalized soda pop and they’ll be ready to rock around the clock!

Add some international flare…

A candy buffet is also a great way to incorporate international flavors into your wedding. If you have guests coming from other parts of the world, order in some special favorite candy from their home. It will not only be a new adventure for your local guests, but it will make your international family and friends feel special.

For the elegant bride…

With a little research, a candy buffet can have a very elegant look. The increased popularity of this fun wedding idea has provided the bride with endless options. You can do a beautiful candy buffet full of black and ivory confections if that suits your taste. Guests can fill champagne glasses with candy personalized to your wedding, which will suit there sweet tooth and your elegant style.


Whatever the look, style and feel of your wedding, a candy buffet is a great way to have guests interact with each other, learn a little about your personal style and take home a treat that they will love!


Come visit us for many more fun tips to create the perfect candy buffet!

"Rock The Reception" in Saskatoon!

One of the newest wedding trends is to have a choreographed, surprise first dance. Traditionally first dances have been slow, romantic songs however; some couples prefer to forgo tradition and choose a fun and upbeat song to surprise and sometimes shock their guests!


As a wedding planner with a dance background I couldn’t be happier to accommodate my clients who want to (literally) shake up the norm with some funky moves and cool tunes. I have had the honor of choreographing several first dances for my clients and it is always a blast!

Surprise first dances come with a few challenges and you want to be sure you are well prepared so that the first dance is not something you are stressing about your entire wedding day.

• Start early and give yourself plenty of time to rehearse

• Consider your gown and what moves will work with your style of dress

• For clients that are nervous about being the complete centre of attention you might consider including your bridal party

• Try your best to keep it a surprise from your guests but be certain to let your photographer and videographer know so they can capture every moment

• If possible try to rehearse in your reception space. Sometimes nerves can set in and the new dance space can mix you up and turn you around

Amanda & John busted a move to “I Like to Move It”.

 

Tawnya & Dean's first dance involved a country/ hip hop showdown between Tawnya and her Dad and Dean and his daughter.

Jade & Nathan's entire bridal party helped pull off their first dance surprise.

Personalizing Your Wedding

“How do I make my wedding unique”? It’s a question I get from all of my clients and it’s one I love answering as we definitely do not do “cookie cutter” weddings here at RSVP Event Design.

The best way to make your wedding unique is to personalize it and make it about you. What was cute at your sisters wedding might not work for you if you and your sister have nothing in common and have completely different style and taste. Think about what makes you and your fiancé you and how your relationship is unique. Maybe you love camping and campfires so you want to do s’mores at your midnight lunch. Or maybe you love watching old movies so your table names are in honour of your favourite movie stars of the past.

Here are some great personalizing concepts my clients have done at their fabulous weddings:

Tawnya and Dean apparently eat ketchup with EVEYTHING so their favours were personalized mini ketchup bottles with their name and wedding date.

John & Yuki work on a cruise ship so they had a cake in the shape of a cruise ship for the groom’s cake.

Kim & Vito came up with a heart felt and fun way to honour the loved one’s they have lost to breast cancer. They greeted each guest with a pink Baja Rosa shooter as they went through the receiving line and then made a donation to the Pink Ribbon fund for cancer research in their guest’s names.

Daley McIntyre & John MacDonald had a fun and yummy way of playing up on the fact that both of their last names start with Mc! They had a martini luge for their signature cocktail which was a Cranberry 'McTini'.

Jade & Nathan had fun honouring their family’s farming background by using grain in their centerpieces and also having photos of themselves holding the table card number to correspond with the seating chart.