Discussions from Wedding Reception

So a few years back my cousin did a pay for a dance with the bride. People would pin money on her dress and theyd have a short dance. Has anyone else seen or done this? Is it cliche? They used the...

Which one did you do and why?

Hey I’m looking for a beautiful venue for under a $1000 that can seat approximately 250. I prefer doing most things myself but also have lots of friends helping me out. Any suggestions?

Some of you may remember a previous post I made about whether or not to dance with my Dad. This still weighs on my mind regularly. At the time of my first post, I wasn't even sure if my Dad would come...

What are you having for your guests to take the cookies? We had originally planned on not doing a cookie table but instead doing them as favors so I bought 3x3 white boxes to put 3 cookies in per...

Hey y'all, We are having a noon wedding in a small chapel with brunch to follow (biscuits and gravy, chicken and waffles, bacon, country potatoes, donuts, ham and cheese quiche, muffins, fruit,...

Ok...I never thought of this for some reason, but now I'm so disappointed in myself for not thinking of it sooner! Do you include your vendors in the seating chart? We are obviously paying for their...

Open bar or cash bar? I feel super awful thinking my guests will have to pay but it’s a lot of money for an open bar! What are you guys going to do?

So one of our guests reached out to me and asked what were serving for dinner. I said chicken and beef. They told me well were all Catholic and your getting married on a Friday and we can't eat meat....

We need a total of 10dz cupcakes. we are deciding between doing 4dz each of two flavors (one chocolate based, one vanilla based) and 2dz of a fun flavor, or doing 2dz each of 5 different flavors for...

Has anyone done a popcorn bar, or anyone considering one? I thought it would be a cute idea to have as a wedding favor. The only wedding favors I've truly used were the food ones 😂 I also think it's...

How tall should it be if it's the centerpiece? Is 24 inches too short?

So I found a venue that I love except the ballroom is a little bit plainer than I would like. The outside completely makes up for it but I’m trying to think of ways to dress up the ballroom. I can’t...

Our wedding colors are navy and gold with blush accents. The linens are navy, and the centerpieces and chairs are gold. I’m not too fond of our reception carpet so i want to put less emphasis on it....

Hi all, So my fiance and I are not big drinkers and are having no alcoholic beverages at our wedding. One exception may be for toasting purposes but we would not like standard champagne, we'd like...

I have passionate feelings and ideas about all of our important songs, EXCEPT the last dance! I'm curious, what are others doing? Any suggestions? I really love Sweet Caroline, but FW HATES country...

I went to look at a venue yesterday and absolutely fell in love. Sounds perfect right; well they are completely booked more than half way through 2019. They do have a select few dates available before...

Hi everyone! So I'll be having my wedding on July 28th of this year and it will be later in the evening from 5pm-10pm. My "venue" is my future mother-in-law's house (backyard wedding) which is...