Am so happy!! Just wanted to throw out some questions for those who have gone through the wedding pre-post reception deali.
What do you do with the extra garter? Use it as scrunchy??
Do guest like to give $ or get the gifts from the couples registry?
What do you do with the money/card box? Mined is silver/glitter metal???
Should you provide hard liquor or is wine and beer acceptable?
Should you seat people with other acquaintances or strangers?
I just got married last year, so I will give you my words of wisdom!
[QUOTE=Evelyn;98659]Am so happy!! Just wanted to throw out some questions for those who have gone through the wedding pre-post reception deali.
What do you do with the extra garter? Use it as scrunchy?? I didn't do the whole garter thing...we didn't want to break up the awesome party with 'organized' wedding traditions.
Do guest like to give $ or get the gifts from the couples registry? Most gave $ for the wedding gift...some brought gifts but not too many were off the registry.
What do you do with the money/card box? Mined is silver/glitter metal??? We put it on a table by the guest book. The place we had the reception had a table set up in the corner for this.
Should you provide hard liquor or is wine and beer acceptable? FULL BAR...at least for my friends...I guess depending on your guests, wine and beer could be acceptable.
Should you seat people with other acquaintances or strangers? We sat people with people they knew for the most part...if there were a few straggler couples, we tried to group them with people we thought they would get along with...and it seemed to turn out well. However most people at our wedding didn't spend much time at their table. We tried to make the sit down/food part as quick as we could so people could get their party on. We did the bride/groom dance while people were eating their first course, then we had the dinner and then PARTY. It ended up exactly as we wanted it...all or our pictures of the reception show people dancing, laughing, and having fun none were of people sitting at their tables.
Should you provide hard liquor or is wine and beer acceptable?
This comes down to a budget issue I think. You want to make sure you have two things when it comes to the drinks: enough & NO CASH BAR.
If your budget allows you to have a full open bar great... if not, if limiting it to wine & beer allows you to offer an open bar without fear of running out mid-reception on your budget go that route. I doubt anyone would have an issue with an open bar that featured maybe 2 reds, 2 whites, and maybe 4 different beers.
i've never been married, but i've been to a LOT of weddings.
for alcohol i think beer and wine are fine. A good option for providing some hard alcohol without spending a fortune is to servea couple signature drinks.
My friend did drinks with the theme "Something Old" (Manhatten); "Something New" (Cosmo - it was "new" when she got hitched), "Something Borrowed" (Borrowed Time, you can google for a recipe) and "Something Blue" (Blue Hawaiin). it was a big hit.
Am so happy!! Just wanted to throw out some questions for those who have gone through the wedding pre-post reception deali.
What do you do with the extra garter? Use it as scrunchy??
Do guest like to give $ or get the gifts from the couples registry?
What do you do with the money/card box? Mined is silver/glitter metal???
Should you provide hard liquor or is wine and beer acceptable?
Should you seat people with other acquaintances or strangers?
I actually pulled off the wrong garter LOL My wife kept hers.
I got a lot of $$$ and checks at the wedding so thats fine....just have a nice big box for them so they arent wandering around with cards in their hands.
Our box was on the present table....we also had a large collage of photos...one side was all mine and the other was all of her with a nice photo of us in the middle.
I had wine, beer and hard liquor.....I wouldnt go without hard liquor....I bought all of it for our wedding....and we still have plenty at the end. 120+ people showed up at the wedding so it really wasnt small.
Try to seat people with people they know....its not bad to seat them with people they know but try your bewst to make them comfortable.
We just got married in August so if you have any other questions let me know.
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What do you do with the extra garter? Use it as scrunchy??
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Do guest like to give $ or get the gifts from the couples registry?
we asked for money, paid the honeymoon, part of the wedding, and bought some household stuff with it.
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What do you do with the money/card box? Mined is silver/glitter metal???
don't remember mine, I guess it was similar to what you say with flowers macthing the decor, etc.
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Should you provide hard liquor or is wine and beer acceptable?
both, plus beer, champagne, etc, etc
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Should you seat people with other acquaintances or strangers?
we only reserved the main tables for the closest family members and us, other than that, guests sat down wherever they wanted.
Don't forget to serve "chupe" or "arepas" for the guests around 3 am, before wrapping up.
Oh!....and it's tradition in Venezuelan weddings, to spend the wedding night in a threesome with the maid of honor (if she happens to be family, or too old, or too ugly, the groom might select a replacement during the reception)
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What do you do with the extra garter? Use it as scrunchy??
>> We skipped the garter thing. I did have one on just in case. It now sits in a drawer. That scrunchy idea might be a good idea.
Do guest like to give $ or get the gifts from the couples registry?
>> We got most of the stuff we registered for. The registry made it easy for people who wanted to give us a gift and were not sure what we needed. Otherwise people gave us money.
What do you do with the money/card box? Mined is silver/glitter metal???
>>Put it on the table were people will put gifts.
Should you provide hard liquor or is wine and beer acceptable?
>> Beer/wine is fine. If you can do a full bar. Don't do a cash bar if you can help it.
Should you seat people with other acquaintances or strangers?
>> Acquaintances and those left over keep people you think would be compatible together.
Remember to enjoy the day, it will go by fast.
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