Activity for Deb

A close friend is planning her daughter's wedding and has just told me it will be black tie...not just for attendants, but for guests. These are not people who belong to a country club or hang with the Trumps or Kennedys. They are in white collar...

We have glass coasters that we want to use for place cards (they have an opening to insert a photo or a name). Do we just lay them flat on the table at entrance to reception, or is there a way prop them up so names are easy to read

I think a black tux needs a white shirt. A black suit can have any color shirt, but a tux needs white. The tux shop says the shirt has to be ivory because the gown is ivory. What does everyone think? Has anyone had the black with ivory, and how did...