How to Keep Your Guests Grooving on your Wedding Day

Weddings should not keep your guests from enjoying and grooving especially when they are at the reception. What makes a wedding alive are the people who don't just sit around but will go dancing with your wedding music. Your choice of music can greatly affect the atmosphere of your wedding so you should choose wisely your wedding songs. Here are some tips for a great wedding atmosphere.

Play a variety of genres of music. What appeals to your friends might not appeal to your current office mates. Mix things up and play some of each genre so the people who would go for ballroom dancing will have time to rest when hippy and techno music plays.

Be aware of your audience preference. You will not invite some stranger in your wedding so it is a lot easier to know their music preference. You might want to consider their ages too and the popular songs during their time. You can also make the initiative of asking your audience their favorite songs.

10 Unique Wedding Reception Ideas

Nothing is more memorable and exciting than a wedding with a twist of uniqueness. You can incorporate never before seen materials or add-ons at your reception venue that your guests can enjoy. Here are some ideas that can help you create a fun and exciting wedding.

1. Personalized Welcome Drink. With personalized and specifically designed drinks welcoming your guests, your wedding would be one of a kind and would be enjoyed by your guests even at the start of the celebration. You can also try putting a note like "James and Jenny's Mix of Love" to make it more creative.

Candy Wedding Drinks by Swizzle Mobile Bar

2. Photo Booths. Having one can help you better remember everyone who attended your wedding. It can also serve as a wedding souvenir to your guests with your names and wedding date in it.

Wedding Photobooth by Pic Me Photobooth

3. Heavy Pica Pica/ Antipasto Buffet. Having a pica pica or Antipasto Buffet can help you out with the obligation of serving a full five course meal. You will have more options like having a full cheese and salami platter on one end and laying out a Sushi and sashimi selection on the other.

Antipasto Sampler by Don Pedro Catering Services

4. Juice/Mobile Bars. Why not serve fruit juices or wines of different flavors instead of the typical soda and iced tea? It is a better way to refreshen your guests after a very long wedding ceremony.

Mobile Cocktail Bar by Planet Shakers Mobile Cocktail Bar

5. Cupcake Tower. Having a cupcake tower rather than a wedding cake is more trendy, fun, and handy. It can also help you save a lot of money since it can be given out as souvenirs at the end of the wedding.

Wedding Cupcake Tower by Top Cakes

Summer Wedding Cakes

Summer is a great time to celebrate a wedding. Best if you can have it in your favorite beach destination - Batangas, Boracay, Bohol, Cebu, Palawan....But if time and logistics will not allow it, you can always have it in an alternative wedding venue, with of course the summertime flair on your wedding details - like in your wedding cake!

Here are five ways to give your wedding cake the summer taste and look.

Flavors. Your wedding cake can have the taste of summer by adding up berries and fruits. Instead of the plain buttercream filling, consider a mixed raspberry filling or a lemon cake. If you are considering a chocolate cake, you can still incorporate a summertime taste by filling it up with berries or cherries. Top summer fruits in the Philippines are mangoes, watermelon, rambutan, and avocado.

Miniature wedding cake by Joy San Gabriel-Young

Colors. The color is a main consideration when designing your summer wedding cake. You can't go wrong with a palette of preppy white, navy, and cherry red or a bold and bright mix of pink and green. For a subtle look, a simple chocolate ganache-covered wedding cake with simple white dots, or any ivory buttercream cake trimmed in light yellow. Or let the summer colors pop with an ivory cake accented with sugar-molded honeybees or birds.

 Wedding Cake by Apple Blossom Bakeshop