Chill backyard wedding

Looking for ideas to elevate your summer hosting? I’m sharing my favorite entertaining tips for your next backyard party, outdoor soirée or family gathering.

Kate and Anil's waterfront Lakeland wedding was the definition of picturesque, as it took place on the lawn of the bride's childhood home overlooking Lake

Backyard weddings are getting more and more popular because they are informal, simple,cozy, relaxing, and better yet, won’t require a big budget. The best part of having backyard wedding is that you can personalize it without any restrictions…cover the trees with lights and garlands or hang your family photos on them, use the existing blooms in the garden to create bouquets and boutonnieres and leave them put for the guests to enjoy rather than spending money for fresh flowers on the tables…

Lindsay Abrams married Brandon Richter at Troutbeck in Hudson Valley New York. She wore Carolina Herrera, Lela Rose and custom One/Of.

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A summer Detroit backyard wedding, this one was hot and sticky but full of so much love and laughter. Backyard weddings are always chill!

Having best of both worlds with a small wedding but big reception with a backyard wedding. An elopement purposefully ignores the hubbub of a traditional wedding. It takes a lot of courage for a couple to go outside of the norm and choose to elope. There's a lot of pressure when it comes to planning a wedding, and sometimes you can lose track of what the day is about. An elopement can truly remove some if not all of that stress and allow you to focus on the excitement of marrying one another.