Wedding Reception
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I can’t find any napkins like color. Can someone please help me out?
With the state of things right now my fiancé and I have decided to only invite my family, his family, and a few close friends to join us for our wedding ceremony in Europe. We are planning to have a...
Background: our wedding is in the US but requires flying for over 90% of our guests. We are 10 days out from the RSVP deadline and have 58 yes, pending to hear back from 117 (this includes the plus...
I’m considering a backyard wedding at my parent’s house, but they have a good sized pool that takes up a lot of space. Was wondering if anyone knew how much dance floor pool coverings cost?
Hi ladies! I wanted to ask around and see what people are spending more on, the food or the bar? We are doing a buffet style for food and having an open bar. However we just cannot decide on if we go...
Ladies (or Gents), Anyone here doing alternative entertainment? We are hosting in a small venue (historic home) & we are not having a dj or dancing. Our reception (cocktail to exit) is 4 hrs &...
I think I've got my ceremony extras figured out, and now am trying to make a list of all of the reception extras. Here is what I've got so far: -guest book/related materials (sign, book, pens/markers,...
Hi all! I'm 3 months out TODAY from our wedding on June 23, 2018, and we are just putting the final pieces/touches together. The biggest head-scratch for us is the send off. We are exiting at...
So like many recent brides, I had gotten married last year to my husband in a very small and intimate ceremony. Now that the big deed is done and we are already married, I was wondering if anyone had...
FH is very introverted and shy and does not fare well with public speaking at all. For this reason it makes sense to the both of us that I give our thank you speech on behalf of the both of us. Would...
HI!! so i refuse to spend thousands of dollars on a cake for 200 people so I'm only doing a tiny 6 inch cake for cutting and the rest will be mexican sweet bread and donuts with coffee. I found this...
I am interested in having our guests each leave us a personal message on our wedding day. I don’t think our videographer will go person to person (I will ask), and we don’t have a video booth option,...
Would love your opinion. Want to have a fun wedding but also I don’t want it to be jam packed to the point where it seems over the top . There’s just room in our budget ! For ceremony we’re having...
Hi everyone. I’m struggling on deciding a father daughter dance song. My dad is a huge Prince fan, and I really want to choose a Prince song for this. But can’t pick one that seems appropriate for...
Has anyone put out a few board or card games at the reception to keep guests entertained? If so, what was your experience? Did people play them?
Hi all! My husband and I eloped during covid as we had to postpone our wedding a few times and we are FINALLY getting to have our wedding in April 2022! We are so excited to finally celebrate with our...
My Fiancé is Catholic so he believes in getting married in the Catholic Church, but I want to have a pretty reception area and none of the churches really seem like an option for that. So it seems...
I would love to see your guest book ideas. I'm stuck and really can't come up with anything the just jumps out and says this is what we should do. I had a co-worker create a Shutterfly book of them...
Anyone doing these? If so what are you putting in them?
Has anyone set up a Polaroid camera station for a guest book or just for fun souvenirs? If so, how did it work out? Did people do it? Thanks! 🙂
