midnight wedding snack: buddha dog

There were a lot of things that I loved about the wedding I attended last weekend at Hart House (University of Toronto campus).  This post is dedicated to the most creative thing that I saw grace the tables just before midnight: Buddha Dog.  The bride and groom treated guests to make your own hotdogs for a late evening snack and what better hotdogs to select than Buddha Dog.  They are all natural, fresh and locally produced unlike the usual street meat. 

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 Buddha Dog is a Prince Edward County born hot dog shop that was created to promote all things local.  From the site, their mission was to “to bring together the best local suppliers – Farmers, Dairies, Bakers, Butchers, Chefs, etc – to make exceptional hotdogs and let it represent the best of their region and culinary tradition.”  From Prince Edward County, they expanded to Toronto and are taking taste buds by storm.   I first visited Buddha Dog last year at their Picton, Ontario depot and had a very tasty dog with some flavour bursting condiments/sauces.  I was really surprised to see Buddha Dog being rolled out at a wedding but hey, why not get creative and expose + treat your guests to your favourite local, small business.  It’s great for business and great for guests alike.  Truly win-win for brand exposure.  Great idea guys!

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dee’s mini doughnuts: a cake alternative

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Dee’s Mini Organic Doughnuts are cute, small, portable, come in different colours and are , get this- organic!  And just who is Dee and where do you find her doughnuts?  Dee’s Mini Organic Doughnuts was founded by ex-retail marketer, Diana Firmage.  She created the recipes from scratch using local ingredients instead of opting for a pre-packaged, processed mix.  The company is slowly expanding locations outside of Marin, California including one that is supposed to be opening in San Fran (I am not sure if it is already open yet).  In a post where Diana was interviewed (read interview here) she states that “their blend (doughnut recipe) is clean and wholesome” and they use whole wheat flour- non traditional for doughnuts.  

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I saw a post on Green Wedding Shoes about a couple who chose a doughnut tower for their wedding cake alternative using Dee’s Mini Doughnuts and the end product looked just as great as if they had chosen cupcakes or a full cake.    

Here are a couple other examples of doughnut cakes (doughnuts not from dee’s)

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One more example:

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Creative Invoice

Just when you thought invoices had nothing to do with events and design think again.  The fabulous font and graphic designers of House Industries in Delaware came up with a creative application of an invoice for their company.  If I was to receive an invoice like that, the beauty alone  would encourage me to pay on-time!  Be sure to check out their website, they have a lot of great designs if you are into bold, strong, colourful graphics.

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Picnic Flowers

With autumn upon us, I thought this flower arrangement idea that I saw posted on my favourite food blog, Sunday Suppers,  was a great  if you have any lingering of flowers left in your back yard that you would like to salvage for a table top dinner.  Mis match old glass jars, interesting vases or in this case, salt and pepper shakers.  So sweet!

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Fall Folliage Invite

Keeping with the fall theme of posts, how cool is this wedding invitation done by the talented shop, Linda and Harriett in Brooklyn?

Really innovative stuff!

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