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Laura
Menus, necessary?
Laura, on July 22, 2022 at 2:46 PM

Having a really small, but lush 30-35 person wedding. Plated dinner— sitting w/our guests on one large 40 foot rectangular table. We had them select between chicken & steak but have other options...

Michelle, Aug 3, 2022 11 854
Michelle
Best vs worst food and cakes
Michelle, on July 21, 2022 at 12:01 AM

What have been your favorites as a guest and what did you absolutely hate?

Joanna, Aug 2, 2022 16 780
Kelly
Dessert at wedding reception
Kelly, on July 26, 2022 at 10:29 PM

We were just doing wedding cake but I feel like I need one other item or two. I also have 3 vegans which is making it difficult. None of the bakeries offering me a dessert table do vegan and the vegan...

Kelly, Aug 2, 2022 19 763
Deanna
Cake/bridal Bouquet
Deanna, on July 24, 2022 at 8:46 PM

Need advice!!! Bridesmaids, centerpieces, and my bouquet are red roses… would it look odd if my cake had white roses? I’m torn because the cakes that I’m falling in love with are mostly all white with...

Deanna, Aug 1, 2022 19 744
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Sharing playlist (70s/80s) since we had a hard time...
Spark, on August 1, 2022 at 10:55 AM

Dance and Dinner tunes! Hope this is helpful to some. We didn't want any line dancing songs. I am not a fan. Artist Song A Flock Of SeagullsI Ran (So Far Away)AbbaDancing QueenAndy GibbI Just Want To...

Spark, Aug 1, 2022 1 576
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Sunday wedding
Ariel, on July 28, 2022 at 7:48 PM

We are getting married on a Sunday in august of next year and its OOT for most people (about 3 hours away). Its the only day available. Most people are saying they’ll take off Monday. I want it to...

Bailey, Aug 1, 2022 6 622
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Store bought cake?
Regina, on July 30, 2022 at 1:20 PM

So I have been corresponding with a cake baker and she is not really,um, communicating with me about prices or whether she will be doing the cake. I send her messages and she is not responsive. So...

Sarah, Jul 30, 2022 9 812
Kelly
First dance
Kelly, on July 28, 2022 at 9:26 PM

Ok ladies: so, we had our sing picked and even almost finished dance lessons, but I hurt my hip! I’m just starting to recover finally 3 months later so we aren’t going to aggravate it continuing...

Kelly, Jul 30, 2022 2 540
Bailey
Weird anxiety about guests not partying?
Bailey, on July 25, 2022 at 5:12 PM

I'm a pretty big party girl, I love all kinds of music and I LOVE to dance! We are getting married in MX, 2023 with around 80 people I think. Most of them will be our age and I'm sure I'm greatly...

Amanda, Jul 30, 2022 19 867
Kelly
Parent dance song: help
Kelly, on July 7, 2022 at 6:37 PM

Ok ladies. By far, this is the one thing I have had waiting for months. All my songs, I was able to find the perfect song or one I had always wanted. But for my mother daughter dance (dad passed and...

Rosebud, Jul 29, 2022 5 1,522
Cynthia
Venues - no time restrictions
Cynthia, on July 19, 2022 at 2:12 AM

Hello, Are there any woody videos the without en time restrictions or early restrictions.

Cynthia, Jul 29, 2022 3 135
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Table assignments...how to deal with uneven numbers
Emily, on July 28, 2022 at 11:26 AM

Our guest count is going to close to the maximum capacity of our venue. We're trying to work on the table assignments, but we have a lot of groups that don't align with the table size. The table size...

Imani, Jul 28, 2022 3 1,334
Amy
Dry wedding wording for invites
Amy, on July 13, 2022 at 4:54 PM

What is a good way to write we are having a dry wedding on the wedding wire app?

Bailey, Jul 28, 2022 5 373
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Alcohol at a wedding
Jessica, on June 6, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Hi there! I am having a dry wedding due to costs but want to let some of us sneak in alcohol, could we get in trouble by our venue?

Claire, Jul 27, 2022 8 758
Traci
Dance routine
Traci, on July 25, 2022 at 11:04 AM

My FH and I will have a slow dance together, then we will go into a fun upbeat dance routine....to get the party started. Anyone else doing this. What are some good songs?

Traci, Jul 27, 2022 4 3,061
Erin
Cute Signature Cocktail Name for Gin + Tonic?
Erin, on May 12, 2022 at 1:10 AM

My venue is letting us set signature drinks for free as long as they’re made of stuff the bar package we paid for already has. For FH’s drink, since he’s super into beer (I technically am too, but...

Erin, Jul 27, 2022 8 5,438
Kaitell
Unorthodox wedding idea, friends only wedding
Kaitell, on July 25, 2022 at 11:55 AM

So I’m having a destination wedding in Mexico and the villa i’m paying for everyone to stay in has very limited space. After agonizing about who can fit in for the last few weeks I’ve decided to just...

Sloane, Jul 27, 2022 7 771
Crystal
Food Menus
Crystal, on June 16, 2022 at 3:33 AM

How are you doing your food menus? Per plate? Per table? Plated? Buffet? If you do a buffet do you still use food menus on the plates/at the tables?

Mrs.evans, Jul 26, 2022 32 964
Marissa
Will this timeline work with the shoe game?
Marissa, on September 29, 2020 at 3:00 PM

So we only have the venue from 3pm-10pm and we're not doing any big group dancing or spotlight/parent dances, only our first dance. My main question is about the reception timeline and if the...

Danielle, Jul 25, 2022 15 2,114
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Cutting the cake with a sword?
Anonymous, on July 12, 2021 at 5:17 PM

Hello! So just as a little nod to one of our favorite movies, my fiancé and I are thinking of using a “The Princess Bride”-themed wedding cake topper that I found on Etsy (has Westley and Buttercup...

Ann, Jul 25, 2022 4 2,503
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