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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 21 228 1
Blaze
Grand entrance song ideas
Blaze, Today at 11:57 AM

Looking for modern rap or pop songs for our grand entrance song from 2020s

Blaze, 25 minutes ago 3
Satara
Mr and Mrs Jordan
Satara, Yesterday at 3:01 PM

javonte Jordan satara West

Satara, Yesterday at 3:01 PM 16
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...

Isa, Nov 3, 2024 6 3,263
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How to do alcohol with out breaking the bank
Katherine, on November 1, 2024 at 2:40 PM

So we are not having an open bar at our wedding. We will be either doing a BYOB or purchesing all of the alcohol our selfs and having the ones who plan on drinking pay us per drink. If we buy them our...

Katherine, Nov 1, 2024 8
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Bulk Flatware
Ashley, on March 14, 2019 at 12:43 PM

Looking for places that sell bulk flatware at decent prices. We need about 120 sets of gold flatware for our reception. Any recommendations?

Rachel, Nov 1, 2024 12 5,951
Valerie
Singing a song in Spanish to surprise my groom (plus Cabo Mexico vendors list and wedding pics!)
Valerie, on May 3, 2023 at 3:33 PM

Still on a high after our wedding last weekend, which was nothing short of incredible! Just reliving the moments over and over again through pictures and videos, and wishing the night had gone on...

Elizabeth, Oct 30, 2024 11 146 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...

Michael, Oct 28, 2024 3 105
Lisa
Sweetheart Table or Head Table?
Lisa, on March 20, 2024 at 12:21 PM

Which seating arrangement are you choosing for your wedding: a sweetheart table (just you and your new spouse) or a head table (you, your new spouse, and wedding party members)? Or maybe even a...

Livingbestlyfe, Oct 24, 2024 186 3,334 3
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?

Livingbestlyfe, Oct 23, 2024 9 206 1
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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...

Michael, Oct 21, 2024 1 40
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 3,464
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 4,952
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 4,639
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 7,653 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 3,866
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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 2 112
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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 66 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 2,235
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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 83
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