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Cake flavors!!!
Skylar, on July 30, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Hi all! What flavor cake do you plan to have at your wedding? And how do you plan to decorate it?

Skylar, Oct 11, 2024 21 163 1
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Alcohol at weddings
Leah, on October 17, 2024 at 6:44 PM

Hi, This is my first post. My fiance and I recently got engaged. We've been together for nearly 11 years (we were high school sweethearts). We're planning on having our wedding in the fall of 2026 but...

Hannah, Yesterday at 7:45 AM 1 38
Pirate & 60s Bride
Cake Tasting! Which Flavors?
Pirate & 60s Bride, on May 29, 2018 at 3:15 PM

Who's going cake tasting??? If you went, which flavors did you choose? For our local reception, we thought about just ordering by phone but because we made a trip to the area we scheduled a cake...

Serena, Oct 16, 2024 37 3,284
Alexandria
Anyone else not give a crap about a guest book?
Alexandria, on June 10, 2018 at 8:49 AM

I just don't care about having a book, map, picture..... Nothing. I don't care to have anything guests can sign. I saw a cool looking map that I liked because my FH and I are from different countries...

Manuel, Oct 16, 2024 35 4,924
Chandra
Guest book wording?
Chandra, on December 9, 2018 at 11:14 PM

Hey ya'll....I'm kind of having a brain fart/over thinking moment. I'm getting ready to make a sign for our guest book. I'd like people to write us a short message rather than just sign their name, so...

Manuel, Oct 16, 2024 13 4,508
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Checkered dance floor on multicolored carpeting?
Christine, on October 15, 2024 at 3:31 PM

My fiance and I are getting married in 2026 at a hotel that has hideous multicolored carpeting. I have always dreamed of having a black and white checkered dance floor but now I am worried it will...

Christine, Oct 15, 2024 17
Mia
Long banquet table - seating chart help
Mia, on July 10, 2018 at 10:58 PM

I'm having trouble trying to figure out a seating chart. We are having 4 long tables that are end to end banquet tables with 15 chairs on each side. Do I assign by row? Do I split each long table in...

Gina, Oct 13, 2024 10 7,565 1
Lauren
When should games be played at reception?
Lauren, on August 15, 2019 at 2:54 PM

We have some games picked out to play at the reception. (Already married, big reception in about a month.)I'm struggling with when to do them. When guests arrive, they will also have a Wedding...

Wenyue, Oct 12, 2024 8 3,188
Alaisha
Need Advice and Opinions
Alaisha, on June 10, 2024 at 8:47 PM

I’m having a destination wedding and decorating myself just want advice if this looks okay?

Eb, Oct 11, 2024 8 185 1
Lindsey
Breakfast for dinner reception
Lindsey , on February 9, 2019 at 8:56 PM

We are getting married at a normal time 4:30 or 5pm and are thinking of having a breakfast for dinner reception. Breakfast is our favorite meal and we personally do breakfast for dinner all the time....

tiffany, Oct 6, 2024 27 3,793
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Cancelled reception fee
Pretty, on September 27, 2024 at 11:17 PM

I had an event venue who waived their fees but since I’m cancelling 17 days before the event, they are making me pay a cancellation fee. Is this ok? I do not have any contract with them whatsoever....

JA, Oct 3, 2024 2 101
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Honoring loved ones
Mallory, on September 29, 2024 at 10:42 PM

Between my fiance and I we have a fairly long list of family members we’ve lost. I have none of my grandparents out of 4, he only has 1 living out of 4, and that’s only the grandparents. Anyway, a few...

Andrea, Sep 30, 2024 1 64 1
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Salsa bar during cocktail hour setup??
Christin , on May 17, 2018 at 2:36 PM

I’m looking for suggestions with the salsa bar that we will be having during cocktail hour. Background: Cocktail hour will be 30-40 minutes immediately following short ceremony. Guest count about 125....

Saqib, Sep 27, 2024 14 2,215
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Need help planning an idea!
Sydney, on September 20, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Hey! So my partner and I were thinking of doing something fun right when we walked into the reception but I don’t know how tacky it’ll seem. My FH and I are pretty reserved but we’re trying our best...

Andrea, Sep 24, 2024 3 81
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Corazon Cabo Resort & Spa
Nina, on June 30, 2024 at 11:56 PM

Hi wedding friends! My fiancé and I are thinking about getting married at Corazon Cabo Resort & Spa in Cabo next April. Wondering if anyone else has been a guest, got married or thinking about...

Nina, Sep 20, 2024 4 46
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Seating at dinner
Sarah, on September 20, 2024 at 10:36 AM

So I'm getting married next September its a Viking inspired/ theme.. ( my hubby will want lots of Viking decor, I'm inspired by the natural, rustic, and traditions) and I really would love our seating...

Andrea, Sep 20, 2024 7 118
Kellykay
Help!!! do i have to postpone my Wedding??
Kellykay, on September 18, 2024 at 1:41 PM

My younger brother sold the Chevrolet truck our dad got him for his 18th birthday last year, we initially agreed he was going to help with getting things in place for my wedding dated for some time in...

Cece, Sep 18, 2024 2 168
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How to approach disappointing vendor over wedding set design disappointment?
Courtney, on September 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM

I’m paying a professional haunted house group $11k to create custom haunted games and set design/photo booths for our Halloween wedding (contract specifies materials, labor, setup, etc). It’s...

Michael, Sep 15, 2024 1 93
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One sided reception
Stephanie, on September 12, 2024 at 3:24 PM

So, it’s going to be a very small guest list anyways. A courthouse ceremony and restaurant reception after. Out of 19 guests I only have 3. My mom, stepdad and sister. He has his entire family and...

Michael, Sep 12, 2024 1 73
Sierra
Dances in reception timeline
Sierra, on September 10, 2024 at 5:33 AM

As of right now, we have a grand entrance into the reception planned after our photos followed immediately by our first dance. The only other dance we have planned is a dance with my kids, where my FH...

Sierra, Sep 11, 2024 4 348
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