The most affordable way to cater your wedding is to know exactly what it costs to do it yourself. Knowing everything involved with the catering of a wedding will assist you with your overall wedding plan through more accurate timing of various stages of the ceremony. Having a book of international recipes will allow you to select the most affordable, make in advance hors-d’ouvres, chocolates and fancy deserts.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Wedding Garter & Tossing Garter
Gone are the days we simply buy the one garter and whomever catches it, gets to keep the prize. Rather than asking for it back or throwing one you fell in love with that you paid big money for, brides have gotten wise and now purchase two so they can have a memento as well.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Ready to Fire Your Wedding Party Because You Can't Find Great Gifts?
Most brides struggle over what to get their wedding party in the form of gifts for all their help. If your bridesmaids have had a lot of responsibility or traveled a long way to be in the wedding for you, then you should spend up to $50 on each of them or more if it is a major affair with a large budget. If they have done very little and you have a wedding coordinator, then token gifts like cosmetic bags and costume jewelry will do just fine.
Everyone has an opinion of what should be given, but as with everything in these modern times, anything goes. Today, groomsmen have been known to receive gifts in the form of a monogrammed money clip or handkerchiefs. If you have a mother or mother-in-law who wants to ask the wedding party members for you while you’re not around, you have a better chance of actually getting the gift they desire.
If you don’t have any ideas, buy personalized wedding tokens like your last name with your wedding date engraved on a charm for their wine glasses or a laser paperweight of your engagement photo. Most of the wedding shops referenced on this site have a section for bridesmaid gifts with substantial discounts from on-line wedding shops, jewelry outlets to the luggage shops.
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Everyone has an opinion of what should be given, but as with everything in these modern times, anything goes. Today, groomsmen have been known to receive gifts in the form of a monogrammed money clip or handkerchiefs. If you have a mother or mother-in-law who wants to ask the wedding party members for you while you’re not around, you have a better chance of actually getting the gift they desire.
If you don’t have any ideas, buy personalized wedding tokens like your last name with your wedding date engraved on a charm for their wine glasses or a laser paperweight of your engagement photo. Most of the wedding shops referenced on this site have a section for bridesmaid gifts with substantial discounts from on-line wedding shops, jewelry outlets to the luggage shops.
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Doves, Flowers, or a Miniature Bride and Groom?
Wedding Cake Toppers these days can be just about anything as long as it fits on the top tier of your wedding cake. If you are using a professional cake service, chances are they will have many books of selections to choose from for not only the overall look of your wedding cake, but also for the keepsake cake topper.
If you are having a friend or a local grocer create your cake for you, you’re usually on your own when it comes to finding a decorative piece for the top of the cake. Most major department store chains with a wedding registry will have knowledgeable staff to direct you to the best local wedding stores for a unique cake topper.
If you don’t have this luxury, then you will have to rely on internet searches. On-line wedding shopping typically provides the best bargains, but you have to make sure you are buying from a reputable established company with solid customer ratings. There are many stores who have a nice selection of cake toppers to choose from on line that you can trust. I've located one that has some hilarious wedding miniatures.
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If you are having a friend or a local grocer create your cake for you, you’re usually on your own when it comes to finding a decorative piece for the top of the cake. Most major department store chains with a wedding registry will have knowledgeable staff to direct you to the best local wedding stores for a unique cake topper.
If you don’t have this luxury, then you will have to rely on internet searches. On-line wedding shopping typically provides the best bargains, but you have to make sure you are buying from a reputable established company with solid customer ratings. There are many stores who have a nice selection of cake toppers to choose from on line that you can trust. I've located one that has some hilarious wedding miniatures.
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Destination Wedding Planning - making it affordable for your wedding guests to travel
One of the hardest things to coordinate is the arrival of family. You will have to deal with where to put the relatives, who picks them up, where they will sleep if immediate family, what to feed them for several days, transport back to the airport while you’re on your honeymoon, etc. Nearly a third of the rsvp’s to a wedding are last-minute "no shows" even if the wedding is local. And, there always seems to be too many relatives to pile into your own home.
Making a master chart of wedding party and relatives as to who arrives, when and where, is not as easy as it sounds but about the only way to stay in control of arrivals and departures for your local wedding party to manage for you. One of the best ways to stay in control is to create a flow chart of who is arriving with a number for each couple in addition to a time line chart on individual poster boards using a pencil to fill in names with who is picking whom up, etc.
If you are planning a wedding out of the immediate area, accommodations are even more difficult with cancellations and last-minute self-invited friends to accommodate. If you are having a wedding somewhere other than in the local area and are in need of more than ten out-of-state reservations, I would highly recommend getting professional help.
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Making a master chart of wedding party and relatives as to who arrives, when and where, is not as easy as it sounds but about the only way to stay in control of arrivals and departures for your local wedding party to manage for you. One of the best ways to stay in control is to create a flow chart of who is arriving with a number for each couple in addition to a time line chart on individual poster boards using a pencil to fill in names with who is picking whom up, etc.
If you are planning a wedding out of the immediate area, accommodations are even more difficult with cancellations and last-minute self-invited friends to accommodate. If you are having a wedding somewhere other than in the local area and are in need of more than ten out-of-state reservations, I would highly recommend getting professional help.
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