Wedding Reception
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Hi! My first post! I have a venue booked and it’s perfect for us! But they have told us that the catering vendor must be “self-contained”... what does this mean?? I’m unsure how to search for caterers...
I know everyone does not do these.. and that is ok. We have decided to go ahead and do them! I know a few people do some cute things and was curious if anyone is doing anything 'special'! We are...
So I will be using one of the side rooms at my venue to set-up for cocktail hour. I may do a dessert bar, not sure....but I'm doing a wine station with crackers, cheese and grapes surrounding the...
I'm not sure what order to do our songs for our reception. I know our dance goes first but, the dances to follow I dont know what order to put them in. FH says do them however I want. After our first...
Our wedding party consists of the two of us, 6 people on his side, and 5 people on my side. With their SOs, we're looking at 20 people. We're having a hard time coming up with a seating arrangement...
Hi all! I’m having a outdoor wedding at a pavilion/grove - in the woods of northeastern Pennsylvania. The location is owned by a local restaurant/catering company. - Little back story. The business...
Hi all! I’m looking for options. Me and my FH are NOT doing a first look. But we also don’t want to miss our cocktail hour (we are having a live Latin band). How can we get the pictures taken with our...
Right now I have “a moment like this” picked out but not 100% sure. What a some good songs for first dances? Not country and I’ve looked all over YouTube . Thank you
I want to have a small and casual wedding/reception... being that it’s at a church, alcohol and a DJ just aren’t plausible... if I set it for right after lunch.... what are good ideas for the...
I have about 78 people including vendors I have to feed. Should I only order 1 serving per guest? or do I have to order extras? This will be a BBQ buffet and will have a server for the meat to make...
We are having an outdoor evening reception in a local park ramada but not sure how to decorate? I know for sure I want string lights but any other recommendations?
What are some good soul foods to have at a wedding?
What are your signature drinks? Are they going with your theme or are they the couples favorite drinks? Are you naming them something cute wedding wise or using their actual drink names? Or are you...
Ladies I need help I have been searching through father daughters songs but all I can find is country music or Mexican theme song. My dad and I are from South America Perú to be exact and Mexican and...
So I have a lot of family members abroad and while I'm not inviting/expecting them to all come, I would like to invite a specific couple. We are limited to facebook messenger, so I won't be able to...
Did everyone here do a grooms cake? Everyone keeps suggesting I should do one because it's the tradition, but for one, FH hates cake, won't touch it. Two - I'm getting a cake big enough to feed at...
Hi all, I’m reworking my budget today and trying to get a better idea on how much we’re going to have to spend on alcohol. We’re planning on 100 guests, and just having wine, beer and cider, and two...
I had to share my excitement... FH and I have been together for 7.5 years (almost - 2 more days 'til that) and never had a song that we dubbed "our song". This weekend we were listening to songs we...
Hi, we are looking to do a milk and cookie bar instead of cake/cupcakes. We are not big cake fans. Roughly 180 people, any thoughts/suggestions on how many dozen cookies?
So I like very little country, so the only country music im allowing to be played at my wedding is shania twain and johnny cash who i absolutely love. Ive been looking at father daughter dance songs...
