Wedding Reception
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Hi all, question on vendor meals. My photographer has a clause in her contract for vendor meals but my other vendors don’t. I want to make sure that meals are provided to all the appropriate vendors....
Has anyone supplied their own bar, or is planning on it. We have bartenders, and all that, but I’m needing to get cups for our reception. The bartenders are saying plan on 3-4 per person, but I just...
Hey everyone! My reception dinner is being served with stations that you can wander up to in any order you would like. The dessert is a flaming donut station. Being these are served flambé, they must...
I am having a country rustic themed wedding I work in city so I wanted something remote away from people with little to know cell service. I am needing a list of music ideas country and anything else...
What have you picked? We are having trouble making this decision. Thanks for sharing!!
I’m going back and forward about having a seating chart. So what are the pros and cons of it?!?
From past experience I all/any need help! Wedding is 5/1/22 so lots of time to get this sorted but our current contract for the venue is 4PM-12AM. Catch is we are responsible for set up and clean up,...
Hi everyone! I am trying to figure out how much alcohol to purchase for my wedding reception. We are getting married in December and are anticipating a maximum of 150 guests. We are planning on...
Hi, I am getting married at a Catholic church and the latest time available for the ceremony is 1:30PM. With this in mind, were planning to start cocktail hour at 4:30PM, as we don't want to have too...
I'm doing a garden wedding, and I'm very much an environmentalist. There's of course some waste that is inevitable with big events but I want to have some sort of positive contribution to the...
Long story short that's actually long no one in my family has ever been married. Family's full of old school single black women and single mothers so my family is taking this wedding as a big deal...
Son’s wedding date is same day as brides parents anniversary. Want to do something for the bride’s Parents that night as well but not to take away too much from the bride and groom. We already have...
Hi everyone! We are getting so close to our BIG DAY! 37 days away and I'm so excited! We chose to go with Nothing Bundt cakes for our wedding cake and I'm interested to know if any of you other brides...
I’m doing our seating chart and wondering if seating 6 people at a 66” round table (which typically holds 8-10) will make the table feel way too big? I have different numbers of guests at our tables...
Any thoughts on ways to introduce the bridal party without the walk in and do something cheesy aspect? Maybe just walk in and wave? One idea we were thinking of was having them walk in and form a...
What kind of activities did you have at your wedding? I have no clue or idea what to do or how to do it… how did everyone you had in your wedding make an entrance?
Hey i was just seeing is anyone going to pass out wedding favors? if so what are you going to put in them. i been searching on what to do and i don't know if people still do wedding favors i haven't...
I am currently planning a destination wedding in Vegas. Our venue is the valley of fire at 9 a.m. (it will be in June, and we don’t want it any later since it will be incredibly hot), and we are...
Hey all! Would love to celebrate with the bridal party and sit everyone at the head table, but we have 10 total (5 each) plus significant others (about 20 total 😬). Any creative ideas for an...