Wedding Reception
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We are planning an outdoor wedding with a large tent on our farm. I've been saving for a while since we've been planning for 2 years (ugh covid). We recently got the quote for flooring over the grass...
My wedding is in August and I’m worried about having enough food and options due to serving an all appetizer/light fare dinner. My ceremony starts at 4 and the reception will be outdoors under a tent....
We had another couple drop out so are down to 47 guests, BUT the plus side is we can now use six 8-foot (8 person) farm tables with only one "gap seat" so that works out better for our table setup!...
Hey guys, wanted to get your opinions on giving our guests digital portraits as wedding favors. Basically, we'd have 2-3 artists on iPads walking around during the reception to sketch portraits of our...
Hi guys, wedding coming up this Saturday, and super nervous. Does anyone have any links to youtube videos on how a Bride and Groom should enter the reception? All the ones in youtube I've seen are...
My venue has a beautiful entrance with an overheard sign with their name lit up. But part of their sign has been broken since April. I reported it back in April and was told “their sign guy was made...
Should you "practice" your first dance, father/daughter dance, and mother son dance prior to the reception? Nobody in the group dances...ever, so I want everyone to be prepared but I don't want to to...
The only bar option our venue offers is a consumption bar. We're expecting ~150 guests for probably a 5 hour reception. I'm incredibly nervous about the bar tab - because I know my friends + guests...
So we just got our Wedding Board in and I am sooooo excited!! Does anyone else have any cute unique guestbook ideas!!? Share share share!! Below is the picture of mine that showed up today!!
I want to be sure people have as much fun at our reception as possible. Besides the sweetheart table, desert table, gift table, favors table, beverage table, what kind of other table can we put out to...
I had place cards printed already and I had a table of 6 people (4 coworkers and 2 were bringing significant others) so I figured I could squeeze in my 2 photographers and 2 DJs to make a table of 10....
Hi Have any of you set up a DIY photo booth at your reception? Was it hard to do?
Has anyone had a wedding or been to a wedding with non traditional food for the dinner? If so, what did you think about it? My FH and I have never liked traditional foods like steak, chicken, seafood,...
My fiancé and I are getting married on 10.29.22 in Topsfield Massachusetts. We are looking for catering recommendations that are affordable we would like to stay under 5,000 for the catering. Any...
Trying to figure out the menu. We have a good deal of vegan/GF/DF/nut allergy folks in the mix. We will have a big appetizer spread before (charcuterie boards and dips) Right now I'm set on a chicken...
Hi everyone! We are almost a year out from our wedding and need some help. Our wedding starts at 6:30 and we’re doing a Catholic ceremony but just doing a partial mass so it should be about 30-45...
Hi , I am having a hard time picking a song for my dance with my dad since he understands more Spanish vs English . Any songs you ladies recommend I would love to listen to a few
Girls give me some ideas for decorations our backyard for our wedding, 40 guests, rustic stile in Dallas lol
I’m having a backyard wedding with 40 people. I need to do assigned seating. They will be sitting at the tables during ceremony and for dinner. How do I go about setting this up so people know where...
One of our vendors (videographer so not an important vendor to me) is specifying in the contract that they need to be served the same exact meal as guests when it is served. I'm totally happy to serve...