Discussions by orchid21

My aunt generously offered to host a bridal shower for me. However, she put me in charge of the invitations and I'm a little confused about who to invite. The shower will be held at my aunt's house...

A florist here in Phoenix quoted me $185 for a bouquet that will have about 30-40 white ranunculus and 10 stems of lily of the valley. (I showed her the bouquet on the front of Real Simple...

A catering company just sent us a quote for the following menu: Roasted chicken, Wild rice pilaf, sauteed seasonal vegetables, salad w/ dressing, rolls w/ butter, lemonade and water; buffet linens and...

Hi again! I'm looking for ways to incorporate cranes into our reception. After fiance and I met and became friends, I moved to another country for awhile. When I'd come back to visit, he'd leave...

Hi Everyone! Ive asked on here about poppies before, but now I'm looking at some alternatives and wanted to know your opinions. (I guess with poppies, you have to burn the bottoms so they won't leak,...

I don't want to freeze our cake for a year because I think that would be gross, but do you think we could save it for a month and eat it on our first anniversary? We ordered a sheet cake in addition...

Hi again! We're having a small, intimate ceremony and I'm trying to work out seating issues etc. We have two people on my side and two people on FH's side, so including us, that would be 6 of us...

Some of the posts on here got me thinking about this topic, so I thought I'd bring it up. (I'll probably post more about it too when I'm not so sleepy).

I've read some threads on here about favors being a waste of money (except for edible ones) so I'm considering whether or not to keep them in the budget. I found boxes w/ black ribbon and a monogram...

I had someone tell me the other day "you seem so calm" about the wedding. Well, if only they knew! hehe I'm excited about the wedding, but I was feeling stressed today and ended up doing something...

Hi again. A relative wants to throw us a reception at the Florence Joyner Olympiad Park in CA. I'm nervous about it though because I've never been there before. I've googled it but haven't really come...

Hi everyone! We're having a dessert buffet and I need ideas for non-alcoholic drinks to serve with it. We're serving bite-sized tarts (key lime, raspberry, banana, coconut, and other fruit); chocolate...

Hi everyone. Have any of you ever ordered the dessert platters from Whole Foods? Would they be nice enough to serve at a dessert reception? We already have a large wedding cake from a separate baker...

This idea could work several different ways: When guests arrive before the ceremony, there would be a vase of flowers somewhere near the guest book as well as some pens. Each guest could take a flower...

There's an icecream place here called Sweet Republic and they can bring their '59 chevy ice cream truck to where I'm getting married and cater it that way. Guests would order what they wanted with the...

Hi guys. Sorry to bug you again, but I need a little help picking out my bouquet. Our colors are mostly black and white b/c there's going to be lots of colorful artwork everywhere (bridesmaids are...

Martha Stewart has a video on her website about prescooping ice cream and freezing the individual scoops ahead of time. This way, the individual servings are ready to go and you don't have to spend...

I'm trying not to worry about things since we are so close to the wedding, but it's keeping me up at night lately. We're having a ceremony with just parents, siblings, and some friends. I'm having a...

I saw some 10 inch glass cake stands at Target today for 7.99 so I'm thinking of putting one in the middle of each table and stacking favor boxes (with chocolate inside) on each stand. Then I'd put a...

Awhile ago, I think you posted the idea of carrying two roses down the aisle to give to the moms... I'm not sure I'll use that idea yet, but it's nice that there's an alternative to consider, you...