Discussions from Wedding Reception

I’m getting married next month and I’m surprising my mom with a dance not only for her but my late step father. Would it be a cute idea to dance to their wedding song with her? I’m also doing a dance...

For those who are serving a buffet, are you providing take out containers for guests to take food home as they choose or will you donate it to a local shelter? I’ve seen this done at a couple weddings...

I originally had thought of things like a fruit tray, cheese and crackers, etc. for our cocktail hour, but I'm feeling uneasy about open, self-serve food with the pandemic going on. Our catered dinner...

Hi guys! I would like to ask for opinion on songs. So my parents will not be able to attend the wedding due to the pandemic. My fiance's mother offered to dance with me. So she will be new...

If my future great aunt made me a homemade garter, when it’s time to throw it… Do I ask for the garter back and give the guest a replacement that I have extra? Or how does that work? I don’t want to...

I'm working on my seating chart. It's way more complicated than I imagined. Since guest spend most of their time at the table, I want people to sit with people they know and are comfortable with. With...

My fiancé and I are thinking about having our reception turn into a pool party. We’re trying to keep it informal but tasteful. The ceremony would be informal and then we would want a band playing by...

I have a hard time deciding if I should invite some friends to my wedding. In this time we are looking to save some money for our new house. Still want to celebrate big and nice!

Can you serve pizzas and have a salad buffet at wedding reception or is pizza to tacky?

So, a little back story...I am getting married for the 3rd time. I've always known what song I wanted to be my first dance song. I never wanted to waste it on either of the previous husbands. I met...

My fiancé's mother is no longer with us, so he will be dancing with his sister, any ideas on what songs would work for this?

I’ve been to 2 weddings where cupcakes were given out instead. I am thinking about doing that with a small cake on top of tier for us to “cut the cake” we eat the cake as we feed each other too! Any...

We’re having a fall wedding and I thought a medium sized cake and an assortment of mini desserts would be cute like mini pies, cookies, cake pops. Or should I just do cake?

Hi Ladies, I’m 4 days out (09.25.2021) and just got some bad news from my venue. Venue is on a college campus, so we imagined we could take pictures on the pretty parts of the campus since the...

We plan to do cupcakes and don't want to get a small cake because it kind of defeats the point of saving money and coordinating rentals. Is anyone else doing this? Are you planning to cut a single...

We are having a family only ceremony around lunchtime, followed by a lunch with those 18 family members. That evening we are then having our reception/party with the rest of our guests. I am having a...

Finalizing Song choices with our DJ next week and I have no clue what song to choose for the entrances during the reception ! I don’t want the same typical song everyone does but I also want to make...