A company holiday party is a fabulous way to give back to your employees for their hard work, while celebrating the holidays. Make this year’s party special with our how-to guide on throwing the perfect company holiday party.

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Here at BG, we’ve been hard at work with our good friend David Tutera reviewing nearly 3,000 your incredible Pinterest inspiration boards to choose the five finalists of our Pin to Win a Dream Wedding Design by David Tutera contest.  Then, nearly 8,400 of you voted and helped choose our winner!  As we evaluated each and every entry, we couldn’t help but notice some major trends in what you, our fabulous readers, are choosing for your wedding inspiration.  Here, a few of the most popular pins from each of the hot trends.
Rustic
Homespun barn weddings, filled with branches, lanterns, and nature-inspired décor, are more popular than ever.

rustic wedding decor inspiration

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Depending on the wedding theme and number of guests you are inviting, finding the right venue can be a challenging task.  The decoration and interior design of your reception venue can really draw out the “whole picture” of the wedding theme. For those of you planning an indoor reception and don’t know where to start, feed yourself some inspiring ideas! Don’t let space limit your creativity.  We hope these fabulous reception venue designs we’ve collected for you below can get you some noteworthy inspiration.

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Not only is creating your own DIY wedding signs a nifty budget-friendly trick, it’s also an awesome way to add personal flair to your big day!Whether you DIY your own rustic wedding sign for a beautiful barn wedding, make a shabby chic sign out of an old bed sheet, or create an elegant wedding sign in memory of loved ones, WeddingMix has rounded up the best DIY Wedding Sign ideas just for our brides!
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Around here we love anything unique and unexpected.  But with weddings pouring in our inboxes day in and day out, it can be hard to get that Ah Ha moment.  What we really want to say is, Yeeees! That is so awesome! Can we have that at our make believe someday wedding, pretty pleeeease!  We scoured the web and can wholeheartedly say we have found the 21 greatest, insanely fun wedding ideas.  We think you will agree.
21 Insanely Fun Wedding Ideas
 

Hello again everyone! Hope you all had a great week and are ready for more wedding ideas. Last week our post on the top hairstyles and makeup ideas from Pinterest got such an amazing response we are going to keep the trend going for the next few weeks as we discuss the best of best from Pinterest. This week I am posting several pictures of centerpieces that hopefully inspire you to think bold and beautiful for your wedding day!
1. Pink Floating Flower

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When it comes to planning your special event, wedding or bar/bat mitzvah menu, invariably the question “what are the most popular food stations at parties?” guests asked.  The answer, at least on the East Coast, is an enthusiastic “SUSHI!!!!”  In one form or another, sushi stations or sushi bars, are a guaranteed win-win choice for cocktail receptions for discerning palates.
Sushi and sashimi are even served at children’s parties for the kids to enjoy!  Over the years we’ve designed and styled many a sushi presentation using carved ice, glass vessels, running water, river rock, custom-made wooden planks, light up tables, Lucite shelves, red lacquered boxes, gold vessels, Asian statuary, and on and on.  Below are just some of the sushi stations we’ve created for weddings, parties and social gatherings.
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It’s always difficult to pinpoint what defined weddings in a certain year — after all, every wedding (and every couple) is different! But while vintage-inspired weddings have dominated for the last couple of years, 2014 seemed to welcome a more glamorous aesthetic. Here are some of the most creative décor ideas we saw in 2014.
Lamp-Inspired Centerpieces
A new trend emerged with centerpieces: the lamp centerpiece. This smart idea adds extra lighting to your reception tables without having to burn hundreds of candles. Draped in crystals and accented with flowers, they make an elegant choice for a modern wedding.
 
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If you are looking for unique corporate holiday party themes, here are nine very different ideas that will get your group into the holiday spirit.  We’ve truly put our creative party theme ideas to work this year.  Below you’ll find a compilation of nine of the most fun and unique holiday party themes perfect for your annual company holiday celebrations.

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