Wedding Reception
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I was talking with my parents the other day and they were saying how they had disposable cameras at their wedding and they loved it! I thought it was a cute idea but do you think it’s outdated or...
The average length of a wedding reception - cocktail hour included - is 4-5 hours. Which means there’s plenty of time for eating and dancing! How long will your reception be? Over or under 4.5 hours?...
What are yours that you are planning to serve or have seen as a guest?
Any ideas on games to play at my reception in January that are indoor and church friendly?There’s no dancing, secular music, or alcohol at my reception but I need some form of entertainment. Ideas are...
Hi friends. I have been going back and forth with my parents recently on the bar packages for our venue. When we first started planning months ago, we had originally agreed on a 5 hour, limited...
Hi ladies! I am so happy with the progress I have made with wedding planning, it finally is coming all together. This site and all of you have been extremely helpful! So my next question is, what type...
My wedding is November 12,2021. What are some dinner ideas. We are thinking of doing a buffet style but we will need a back up just in case Covid is still here...... so any ideas will help. Thank you!...
I know photo booths aren't mandatory but it definitely makes for fun memories. Has anyone ever gone to a wedding that didn't have a photo booth and even noticed or cared?? Thanks
I’m planning a wedding for October 2022. I found a barn I love and I saw a couple that married there before used a food truck or 2 which I love the idea especially to keep costs down! This venue is...
What was/is everyones guest count? Just curious to see the different sized weddings. Our minimony was 35 of our closest family and friends. For our big wedding March 2021 our guest count right now is...
So we are reserving The Cadre Building for our wedding/reception. Has anyone else used them or will be??? What does your catering/drink bill look like? Right now we are at 200 guests and the bill for...
I am curious if people are planning on doing signature (or his and hers) cocktails for their weddings and what they are! Also what made you decide to do a signature cocktail? We plan on doing two...
I am having my wedding at a private dining room at a restaurant venue. For people who have done this, what is the cheapest way to go about serving alcohol? The open bar packages at the venue come out...
There are several special song selections you’ll need to make for your wedding, but none more important than the first dance! Have you decided what your first dance as a married couple will be? Or...
Okay so originally we wanted to have a hosted bar. Several venues had a per person flat rate amount. However, the venue we ended up falling for does not have a flat rate. Our options are to leave a...
We were originally set to get married March 21,2020 but of course covid hit and our venue cancelled. I originally told them that we would just postpone. Then we decided to buy a house this year...
Which type of bar will you have/have you had at your wedding? Why? For our minimony we had open bar/bring your own and we will have open bar for our big wedding in March 2021. We want our guest to...
We are planning our wedding for October of 2021 for 150 people The baker I'm speaking with suggested we get a 4 tier cake and I agreed. Well we just got the invoice for $1450 and $850 of...
I'll be honest, I only made this post to gloat about the fact that I ran into this bride who was selling a bunch of left over beer left-over from her wedding! I was able to get over 88 cans of beer...
This is mostly a venting post, but also any suggestions will be appreciated as I’m sure most of you are going through this as well! My wedding date is March 13, 2021 and since it’s about 4 months away...