You can if you book your wedding at the Fleet Center like Robyn Long, the first bride to hold her reception there. Last September, Long and her husband held their cocktail hour in Legends, the private club for season-ticket holders, and booked their reception in the arena, where a basketball net was lowered at each end. Seating assignments were printed on authentic Celtics ticket-stock and the bridesmaids and ushers all wore Converse hightop sneakers. Hebert Candies in Shrewsbury also makes milk or white-chocolate lollipops shaped like lobsters and anchors. If you'd rather make these lollipops yourself, Brenner's in Saugus stocks molds and chocolates.
Candles make practical, reasonably priced favors that speak of New England's candlelit past.
Yankee Candle, the country's largest maker of handcrafted candles, offers sampler candles bearing your personalized wedding message in 47 fragrances. The internationally famous company uses the finest silk satins and laces to customize each gown, and each is handmade in Charlestown. If you can't afford such luxury, you can still incorporate Priscilla's elegance into your wedding by purchasing a veil only. Or attend Priscilla's annual spring sale, when samples and discontinued gowns are discounted by as much as 80 percent. Only 50 women are allowed in the store at a time, but get there early.