Guest Resources

At Pole Barn Chic, we want guests dancing, laughing, celebrating and enjoying themselves. We want vendors to have what they need to do their jobs. We want the wedding party to feel taken care of, along with the guests.

And we want the couple to be able to look around and think:
“This is exactly how I wanted today to feel.”

Good rules create boundaries behind the scenes so that, inside those boundaries, everyone can relax and celebrate.

Spring weddings and farm venues were practically made for each other. Fresh greenery begins appearing across the property. Trees start filling in. Flowers return. The days get longer. The landscape seems to wake up almost overnight. And for couples planning a spring wedding, that beautiful natural backdrop creates one very important question:

What wedding colors look best at a farm venue in the spring?

At Pole Barn Chic Events in Springfield, Illinois, we believe a farm wedding does not have to look overly rustic. In fact, quite the opposite.

A farm can provide the perfect neutral backdrop for an elegant, romantic and beautifully styled wedding. The secret is choosing colors that complement the natural surroundings instead of competing with them.

From timeless sage and ivory to romantic blush, sophisticated black and white, dreamy dusty blue and cheerful butter yellow, here are some of our favorite spring wedding color palettes for an elegant farm wedding.

DJ vs. Playlist: Why Your Wedding Entertainment Matters

When couples are planning a wedding, there are certain expenses that are easy to understand. You need a venue. You need food. You probably need a photographer. You need something to wear. Then someone looks at the entertainment budget and asks:

“Do we really need a DJ? Couldn’t we just make a playlist?”

Technically, yes. You can create a playlist filled with every song you love, connect a phone to a speaker system and press play. But there is one very important thing a playlist cannot do: A playlist cannot run your wedding reception.And it definitely cannot bring the vibe.

At Pole Barn Chic Events in Springfield, Illinois, we see firsthand how much the entertainment affects the entire atmosphere of a wedding reception. The DJ isn’t simply the person playing songs in the corner. A great wedding DJ reads the room, keeps the evening moving, makes announcements, manages transitions, works with your vendors and knows when it’s time to change the energy.

Most importantly? The DJ helps turn a room full of wedding guests into a party.