Items on a table create 'Love' - spelled with scrabble-like cubes for the L, V, E, and two rings used to create the O.

The Whimsy Chronicles

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A collection of thoughts on creating your ideal day, local venues and vendors, crafting playful experiences, our design journey, the history of games, and much more.

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Vertical shot of the Great Room at The Ellis Inn, a wedding venue in Colchester, Vermont. It shows a large, stunning room with black walnut walls and dark wood floors, a built-in bar, pool table, large glass doors leading out to the patio and other curated details.
Vermont Wedding Vendors

The Ellis Inn: a Quirky, Inn-timate Wedding Venue Full of Charm

Planning a small wedding with big personality? The Ellis Inn might be the hidden gem you’ve been hunting for...

Two brides kneeling with their golden retriever, who has a collar of flowers and greenery around his neck. One of the brides is kissing his head. At Sugarbush Resort in Vermont.
Design
Puzzle Games
Real Weddings

Puzzles, Pups, and Pastels: a Taylor-made Wedding Experience

What do Taylor Swift, a golden retriever, and a puzzle game have in common? Livie and Ashley’s unforgettable wedding!

Fierce wedding portrait of two strong brides at Bill Miller’s Castle in Connecticut. One bride is seated; while other stands beside her; both hold cut glass goblets from The Vermont Tent Company. In the foreground is a pastel blue and yellow tablescape with stained glass table number and table meadow.
Design
Puzzle Games

Snow White, Rewritten: Designing a Modern Fairytale Wedding

Get a look behind the scenes at our design process for our Snow White-inspired shoot!

Wedding portrait of couple holding clear umbrellas on a grassy lawn in front of Gregoire Castle - a Bavarian-style, stone castle with turrets. Bride is in white, and groom is in a blue suit.
Vermont Wedding Vendors

Gregoire Castle: Your Vermont Fairytale Wedding Awaits

For those dreaming of a fantastical wedding venue, an insider look at Vermont's incredible Gregoire Castle!

Bride and groom dressed all in black playing a custom Poe-inspired puzzle game at their goth wedding in New Hampshire. Groom is reading a scroll while bride looks on, holding a feather.
Puzzle Games
Real Weddings

Puzzle-Filled Reception at an Alternative Wedding in NH

Rose and Blackwell needed help creating an interactive experience suitable for their nontraditional handfasting...

Wedding hors d'ouevres tray filled with many parmesan frico (with vermont ramp arugula basil pesto mousse and pine nuts), held by a server and decorated with several brightly colored flowers. By Susanna's Catering at The Inn at Mountain View Farm in East Burke, VT.
Vermont Wedding Vendors

Susanna's Catering

Susanna's Catering offers incredible, internationally-inspired food made with local ingredients and mad skills.

Dapper man using elegantly rustic open-air photo booth in Vermont.
Photo Booth

Capturing Memories: your guide to Vermont photo booth rental

Thinking about a photo booth for your wedding, but not sure where to begin? Check out our guide for what to consider!

Fanciful wedding dessert spread by The Goose Chase Cake Design, with a 3-tiered ombre butterfly cake, mushroom-shaped meringues, macarons, and cream puffs on rustic wood cookies with fairy lights and florals.
Vermont Wedding Vendors

The Goose Chase Cake Design

The Goose Chase Cake Design creates delicious, delightful desserts that will make you wish you'd ordered a few more...

Cocktails in textured copper mule mugs, with ice and pomegranate garnish.
Design

How to Create Your Custom Wedding Cocktail

Thinking about a signature cocktail for your wedding? Check out our tips for the process and personal experience!

Happy wedding couple under an umbrella in front of a large vine-covered wall.
Vermont Wedding Vendors

Hannah Photography

Looking for your dream wedding photographers? Learn about some of our favorites (and the ones who shot our wedding)!