Tips for Choosing Your Wedding Reception Meal

Tips for Choosing Your Wedding Reception Meal

Depending on the caterer you choose for your wedding reception, you’ll likely have a wide variety of appetizers, entrees, and desserts to choose from. At Stillwater Event Center, your meal will be taken care of by Scheel’s Catering, who has a large menu full of...

Tips for Planning a Winter Wedding 

Tips for Planning a Winter Wedding 

There’s so much to love about winter weddings! Snowy days make for the best photos, stunning, long-sleeved dresses, dark color palettes—the list goes on. All weddings take careful planning, but with unpredictable Minnesota weather, there are some extra things to...

Ways to Incorporate Your Color Palette into Your Wedding

Ways to Incorporate Your Color Palette into Your Wedding

After choosing your wedding colors, the next step is to figure out how to incorporate them into your décor, attire, table settings, and more. You don’t want to go overboard with your colors, so it comes down to knowing which ones to use and where to use them. Here are...

Wedding Reception Games and Activities

Wedding Reception Games and Activities

While not every wedding has them, couples have been adding games and activities to entertain guests at the reception. Some are meant to keep guests busy during cocktail hour, while others are designed to be enjoyed throughout the evening. If you’re thinking of...

Fall Wedding Trends for Autumn Brides

Fall Wedding Trends for Autumn Brides

Fall is a beautiful time for weddings—the changing leaves make for stunning photos, and there are so many colors to play with when decorating. Let’s check out some wedding trends for this wonderful wedding season! Nature-Themed Centerpieces When it comes to...

Tips on How to Have a Stress-Free Wedding Day

Tips on How to Have a Stress-Free Wedding Day

Planning a wedding can be a stressful time—vendors have to be booked, the dress needs to be altered, people are taking too long to RSVP, etc. After months of planning and organizing, the last thing you want is to be too stressed to enjoy your own wedding. Here are...

The Pros and Cons of Indoor vs. Outdoor Weddings

The Pros and Cons of Indoor vs. Outdoor Weddings

There’s a lot that goes into planning a wedding, and one of the first items to check off your list is selecting a venue. But even before that, you need to decide if you’d prefer to have an indoor or outdoor ceremony and reception. If you’re having trouble choosing,...

Wedding Preparation: A Helpful Checklist

Wedding Preparation: A Helpful Checklist

Planning a wedding is no small feat! Although it is certainly a fun period of time, it can also be a stressful one. But, if you have some friends or family by your side and a handy checklist to make sure you’ve got all you need, you’ll be able to pull off the wedding...

Spring vs. Summer Weddings: The Pros & Cons of Each

Spring vs. Summer Weddings: The Pros & Cons of Each

Spring and summer are the most popular times of the year for weddings, with May being the unofficial start to what those in the business call wedding season. There are many great things about weddings in both seasons, but there are some downsides to each as well. In...

Why Stillwater, MN is a Great Location for Your Wedding

Why Stillwater, MN is a Great Location for Your Wedding

Photo cred: Wiggins Photography Location is a big factor when selecting a wedding venue. Are there hotels nearby? What’s the scenery like? Where will you take photos? All of these questions and more come to mind when deciding on a venue for your wedding ceremony or...