Discussions from Wedding reception

We are having our reception at Cammidge House, a heritage house we are renting for the day, and I would like to know how to handle the serving of the alcohol. If we can't just buy our own and let...

Hello Ladies! I met with a bakery in Ontario yesterday to discuss wedding cake and the price I was quoted absolutely SHOCKED me. The cake we envisioned is very simple, two tiers, 8" with 6" on top....

Has anyone seen the new set up on the Kelly Clarkson Show? Imagine all these giant monitors each for a special guest to be there "in-person" for your big day. You can see them and they can dance along...

If covid persists, we're cutting our open bar (no point since it'll be a shorter party, there's no dancing and cocktail hour). We're debating if we would prefer bottles of wine at the table so guests...

We are 21 day’s away (hopefully anyway!). I was about to pay the invoice for my florist as it is due this week and there is an option to leave a tip. I hadn’t even thought of this and now unsure what...

Hi everyone! I have the most ridiculous question. We have booked a photographer for full day photography (getting ready all the way through to one/two hours into dancing aspect of reception). My...

What are people’s thoughts on a toonie bar? If you did a toonie bar was it a success or a fail

We had a beautiful Banff wedding planned for this winter. We cancelled with the intention of rescheduling. That lasted for about 2 days before we decided just to get married. We planned everything in...

I need some advice has anyone chosen a venue that is 2 or more hours away how do you go about catering etc do you find a local caterer or one that will drive to the location this also goes for...

Hi everyone - I am doing my seating chart by table number. Does each separate section need to be in alphabetical order? Is it alpha order by first or last name?

Hi guys! For those of you that chose not to do the traditional bouquet and the garter toss, did you find an alternative? What was it? I’m trying to find something different before deciding to just let...

Hi Everyone! I was just curious if others included a plate count for their photographers and DJ. I was going to give them a tip but I wasn’t sure if the standard is to also feed them.

Hey all! My finacee and I have no idea what to do for wedding favours. My sister gave out sunglasses at her wedding, which nobody took. Another friend had little bookmarks printed up, which were more...

Hi everyone, We’re planning a 100% vegan wedding next year and we were wondering if anyone has any tips or suggestions regarding catering, cake etc . We are not sure if we should have it buffet style...

So, what’s everyone doing for a seating chart? I have a limited time frame.

My wedding is coming up super fast and due to Covid I feel like I’m really planning it all in 1 month. We had hired a DJ but here in Ontario there is no dancing so we decided to only have him for the...

Am I the only one who thinks catering is a waste? I think I'm going to just order a ton of pizzas from a gourmet pizza place because pizza is a very meaningful food to my fiance and I (we eat it about...

Hey Everyone!! If you are trying to keep costs down, how are you going about a DJ? I have the option to just rent the equipment and do our own music or get a DJ with that too... what would you do?...

We initially were thinking about doing a $2 bar, so our guests would pay $2 and we would cover the rest. But with the uncertainty of who will drink and who won’t and how much they will...

One of the final details that we had to organize for the wedding was how we were going to seat guests. We knew we wanted to assign tables, but let guests choose their seats at their assigned table....

Hey Everyone! I’ve only been planning my wedding timeline for a hot minute now, (been engaged for only a month), and I’ve always imagined having a later ceremony/reception, but I was met with a lot of...