Ice Cream Bars are becoming increasingly popular. You can offer a variety of different ice cream flavors for your guests to choose from (or just select a few), and have an assortment of cute glass containers full of candies, nuts, cherries, bananas, hot fudge, berries, cookies, sprinkles, brownie pieces… you name it. Oh, and don’t forget the whipped cream! Your Ice Cream Bar could be self serve, or you could have someone staff the table during your reception to serve your guests. It would be a refreshing late night treat, after hours of dancing the night away – or if you’re truly a non-traditional bride, you could offer an Ice Cream Bar instead of wedding cake!

Popcorn Bars have also become popular recently – you can offer it as your take-home favor for guests, or as a novelty treat during your reception. Offering a few different flavors to choose from would be a nice option (you can pre-make the flavors at home prior to the wedding) – and offer a few mix-in treats such as nuts, M&M’s, Sour Patch Kids and other types of candies. If you don’t want to try to pull it together on your own, you can hire someone to do it for you.

We’ll be featuring a Seattle-area based popcorn vendor called Pop! Gourmet Popcorn at the Tacoma Art Museum during the Wedding Walk Tacoma on February 20, 2011. You can check out their popcorn mix-in station to see if you’d like to include popcorn at your wedding. Hope to see you there!

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Ryan and Katherine were married the morning of Saturday, July 11th, at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, and then, making their way quite slowly past the Wallingford Seafair Kiddie Parade & Street Fair, partied the afternoon away at The Canal, a fabulous location with wonderful staff. Ryan and Katherine planned and designed their wedding day with the help of local colleague, Jill Glasgow. Due to an emergency just one week away from the ceremony, Jill called RLE and asked us to fill in for her day-of coordination services. Their design included differing shades of green and purple, along with periwinkle and white to add depth to their decor. Those colors were carried over to their fun and simple cupcake display provided by Cupcake Royale, as well as their bridal flowers which were provided by LaVassar Florists. Ryan, Katherine and their guests would have extended their reception well into the evening if not for another reception following them shortly. Here are a few shots of their momentous day.

Photos by Studio 6