Category Archives: Receptions

Wedding Chair Decorations

Danielle Nicole Barr

Wedding chair decorations

While gorgeous tablescapes are certainly the first thing your guests will see when they walk in, don’t skip out on the opportunity to customize all aspects of your venue. Since your guests will be spending a majority of their time sitting at your reception or party, why not dress up their seats?

Wedding Venue: Sunset Playhouse

Danielle Nicole Barr

Wedding venue: Sunset Playhouse

Sunset Playhouse in Elm Grove is a not-for-profit community theater organization, incorporated in 1954. It was the first theater in Wisconsin to be built entirely by a community theater group. Now, the intimate space is available for rent for small wedding ceremonies, bridal showers, and receptions....

Fall Style Shoot: Inspiration For Engagement Parties, Showers

Danielle Nicole Barr

Fall style shoot: Inspiration for engagement parties, showers

Fall parties top the list of some of our favorite things to do as the leaves begin to tumble. There’s nothing better than gathering up friends, sipping cider cocktails and crafting a great food menu to go along with the festivities.

Milwaukee Boutique Event Design Studio - Mint & Lovely

Danielle Nicole Barr

Milwaukee boutique event design studio – Mint & Lovely

Milwaukee brides, you have to meet the dynamic duo behind Mint & Lovely Studios, a brand new boutique event design studio in Milwaukee. As event stylists, they help clients define the color, style, theme and mood of their event, and specialize in custom stationary, paper goods and desserts.

Bucci's Bridal Style Shoot At Rustic Manor 1848

Danielle Nicole Barr

Bucci’s Bridal style shoot at Rustic Manor 1848

It's not every day that you get to play dress up. But that's exactly what happened when Melissa Bucci, owner of Bucci's Bridal, asked me to be a part of their style shoot at one of Milwaukee's newest wedding venues - Rustic Manor 1848.

$20,000 Military Wedding Giveaway From Potawatomi

Danielle Nicole Barr

$20,000 Military Wedding Giveaway from Potawatomi

Just in time for Memorial Day, Potawatomi Bingo Casino is saluting troops by making one lucky military couple’s dreams come true with a $20,000 dream wedding. You read that right!

Top 5 Items To Have On Your Wedding Day

Danielle Nicole Barr

Top 5 items to have on your wedding day

You’ve got the dress, the shoes, the jewelry, the flowers. Your hair is done, your makeup is perfect, you have thought of every last detail, and now you are ready to go. But wait! Here are 5 items many brides forget to have on hand for their big day.

New Wedding Venue: Rail Hall

Danielle Nicole Barr

New wedding venue: Rail Hall

Engaged couples looking for a raw, hip and urban wedding venue will love the new Rail Hall - a recently renovated warehouse space in Walker's Point.

Ceremony & Reception Venues

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Ceremony & Reception Venues

Deciding where to have your wedding is based on more than a few things – like religious affiliation, the guest list and the time of year, just to name a few. While it’s been a tradition for couples to get married in a place of the bride’s family’s choosing, nowadays weddings ...

Green Wedding Inspiration

Danielle Nicole Barr

Green wedding inspiration

With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, we've rounded up some of the greenest wedding inspiration we could find. Some of our brides chose to use green as the prime color within their wedding, while others used hues of green as accent colors.

Milwaukee-area Vendors At Lake Lawn's Bridal Show

Danielle Nicole Barr

Milwaukee-area vendors at Lake Lawn’s Bridal Show

One of the best parts about planning a wedding is attending bridal shows - especially when they're free! Grab your girlfriends or fiance for a mini road trip to Lake Lawn Resort this Saturday, March 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bridal Event: Keys To Creating A Great Wedding Registry

Danielle Nicole Barr

Bridal event: Keys to creating a great wedding registry

Creating your wedding registry is tons of fun, but can also be a daunting task. How on earth do you make sure you register for everything you could possibly need? What if you forget something? How do you make sure you have enough items in a variety of price ranges for your guests to choose from?

Milwaukee Wedding Showcase: Iron Horse Hotel

Danielle Nicole Barr

Milwaukee wedding showcase: Iron Horse Hotel

Looking for an intimate wedding venue? The Iron Horse Hotel is hosting a wedding showcase on February 8. There, couples will be able to tour the hotel's unique event spaces (both indoor and outdoor), meet vendors and sample select hors d'oeuvres and champagnes.

Wedding DIY: Mr & Mrs Sign

Danielle Nicole Barr

Wedding DIY: Mr & Mrs Sign

Over months of planning, I knew I wanted a silver sequin tablecloth for our head table. Well, combine the fact that they are difficult to find + expensive to make + pricey to rent, I had to improvise. Instead, I chose to add sparkle in another way - by creating this DIY Mr & Mrs sign for our hea...

Enter To Win A Dream Wedding Giveaway

Danielle Nicole Barr

Enter to win a dream wedding giveaway

For the second year in a row, Zilli Hospitality Group will make dreams come true for one engaged couple. Zilli is a Milwaukee-based event planning, catering and entertainment services company and has planned thousands of weddings in the area. The prize package includes: $5,000 for catering with the ...

Brides On A Budget: Wedding Specials With Marcus Hotels

Danielle Nicole Barr

Brides on a budget: Wedding specials with Marcus Hotels

If you're a bride on a budget, take a look at the newly designed Marcus Hotels wedding website. The site showcases the company's three exclusive Milwaukee properties: The Pfister Hotel, InterContinental Milwaukee and Hilton Milwaukee City Center, and offers discounts for non-traditional wedding days...

Boutique Brookfield Rental Company: Plates Etc.

Danielle Nicole Barr

Boutique Brookfield rental company: Plates etc.

Brides looking to add an eclectic touch to their special day can start at Plates etc. Owners Barbara and Louise officially opened the business in August 2013. As a locally-owned boutique company, they specialize in renting mis-matched china as if they had belonged together all along.

Local Milwaukee Wedding Favors: Treat Bake Shop

Danielle Nicole Barr

Local Milwaukee wedding favors: Treat Bake Shop

Looking for a unique wedding favor? How about something delicious and local to add to your in-room welcome bags for out-of-town guests? Treat Bake Shop offers just that with their spiced pecans.

Local Wedding Gift Idea: Lemon Curd Designs

Danielle Nicole Barr

Local wedding gift idea: Lemon Curd Designs

Lemon Curd Designs creates custom products perfect for a unique wedding gift. Fill their burlap bags with goodies for your bridesmaids!

Top 5 Vintage Rentals - Relics

Danielle Nicole Barr

Top 5 vintage rentals – Relics

Vintage weddings are still all the rage for 2013 - and it's hard to image this trend will end anytime soon. The co-owners of Relics Vintage Rentals shares their top 5 props.