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Planning Tips Sailcloth tent wedding reception with long tables, wooden poles, and string lights

Venue Spotlight: The Elegant Crane Estate in Ipswich, MA

A long, grassy allée rolls from the doorstep of a 1920s mansion all the way down to the Atlantic. That’s the view that greets guests at a Crane Estate wedding in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and it’s why the Great House at...
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Wedding Photo Booth Rental Guide: Booth Types, What’s Included, and What It Costs

A wedding photo booth gives your guests something to do between dances, gets your quieter relatives in front of a camera, and sends everyone home with a keepsake. It also gives you hundreds of candid photos your photographer would never...
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Venue Spotlight: The Iconic Boston Public Library in Copley Square, Boston

Few Boston wedding venues make guests stop in their tracks the way the Boston Public Library does. The Central Library in Copley Square pairs a 50-foot barrel-vaulted reading room with an Italian Renaissance courtyard and a fountain at its center,...
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Company Holiday Party Ideas: Entertainment, Music & Planning Tips

A company holiday party is the one night a year the whole team is in the same room with nothing on the agenda except each other. The best ones feel easy for guests and take real planning behind the scenes....
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Estate & Garden Wedding Venues Across Connecticut, Part 3

We’ve covered a converted airplane hangar and a garden café so far in this series. Part 3 closes it out with the most traditional “estate wedding” of the three: a Beaux Arts mansion built for a colonel who wanted his...
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Estate & Garden Wedding Venues Across Connecticut, Part 2

    Part 1 of this series took us to a converted airplane hangar on the Connecticut coast. Part 2 stays inland, in a garden that’s been open to the public since 1904 and holds the record for the oldest...
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Estate & Garden Wedding Venues Across Connecticut, Part 1

  Connecticut doesn’t get the wedding-destination reputation that the Berkshires or the Hudson Valley do, but the state holds some of New England’s most distinctive properties for a wedding built around land and history instead of a hotel ballroom. Over...
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Wedding Uplighting 101: Colors, Costs, and How It Changes Your Reception

Last updated October 2026 Walk into the same reception room before and after the uplighting goes in, and it barely looks like the same space. Bare walls take on your wedding colors, columns and arches stand out, and the room...
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5 Questions to Ask Your Wedding DJ Before You Book

  Your wedding DJ controls the energy in the room from the moment guests arrive to the final song of the night. They shape how your ceremony feels, whether your cocktail hour flows, and — most importantly — whether that...
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Beat Train Productions Wins Best of 2026 Wedding DJ Awards from WeddingWire & The Knot

  Beat Train Named Best Wedding DJ in 2026 by WeddingWire & The Knot   We’re proud to announce that Beat Train Productions has been recognized with the Best of 2026 awards from WeddingWire and The Knot—two of the most...