Wedding reception
Join groupThe wedding reception is where the party really starts. It’s where you and your guests will celebrate your “I dos” with drinking, dancing, mixing and mingling. Find out how to choose the best venue for you, how to decorate it, and of course, how to choose the menu.
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Golden oldies and crooning country ballads seem to dominate the dance floor!! What kind of song did you pick for your first dance? A sultry slow jam? A Motown favourite that lets you show off your...
Hi fellow brides/grooms Just wanted some advice-my fiancé and I are currently planning our wedding for 2021. We’ve seen a few venues and they are sooo pricey 😔 We visited a food hall, it’s basically a...
Hellllo WW! I've finally booked a time to have my demo floral/decor set up at my venue in a few months! Starting to feel real! I had a vision in my head of my floral centrepieces, but my floral/decor...
Hello Everyone, My Fiance and I have decided against throwing an evening reception for all of the guests since at our wedding there is food (breakfast & lunch), desert (no cake though) and drinks...
I need help finding a first dance song! I loved from the ground up but that was my best friends first dance song so I want something different, I want something slow and preferably country - any...
Just wondering if people have found that one is cheaper than the other most times
I’m uncertain what to do, and what’s appropriate. Our wedding date is our 10 year dating anniversary March 14th 2020. Just to put you in context; we chose 10 years because it’s special to us, not...
Hello everyone! This week we are discovering "What's Your Wedding Style" through a series of questions. So... Will your food be served buffet style or plated? What about family style, or stations?...
Hey! Has anyone come across any wedding venues in Ontario that are open later- like until about 2am? Thanks, Katie
This is probably just going to be me venting, but I recently found out the venue I booked for my reception serves awful overpriced food and are extremely hard to work with. They also have a rule in...
I am looking at decorations for my September wedding and trying to decide what to do for table decor. I had an idea today that it might be nice to do alternating table cloths in the same colour (navy...
All right ladies... snap me with inspo pics or your own wedding cake 😃
Has anyone done, or is doing brunch for the reception? Our wedding is saturday afternoon, and reception is sunday morning/afternoon. I'm a little nervous about this decision, we did it to save cash....
Any good suggestions for store or websites to prepare wedding favours for approximately 90-100 guests?
We recently got contract for our wedding venue (which also does the catering). While reading the terms and conditions I found that they mentioned that they will no longer be liable for any food...
Hi everyone, My partner and I are in the midst of trying to pick a venue, but I am changing my mind every hour and it's driving us both nuts. Money is playing a huge part in this - the venue I love is...
So 50-55 people wedding reception, Im doing a big old pig and some roasts but i need plain and simple sides to go with it. There is no selection so I need to make it versatile. this is driving me nuts...
Hey everyone, I am starting to get some finer details together but I feel like I’m missing things ! We’re having a beach wedding in Mexico, ceremony in a gazebo, cocktail hour at the beaches bar, and...
Tossing the bouquet to the single ladies at your reception is a tradition that has been cooling off in recent years, but some people can’t imagine a wedding without it! Are you still tossing the...
Who has ideas of a wedding backdrop for behind the sweetheart/King's/head table?
Hey everyone!! I’m in need of some advice. My fiancé and I have been starting the search for the perfect venue. So far everything we have considered has been packages- price is all in one type deal....
Hey there brides! I am newly engaged and playing out reception ideas in my head. Have any of you decided to do a morning ceremony with a Brunch-type reception around 11:30/12:00pm until early...
Hi! We're getting married this summer in a very intimate ceremony in Croatia this summer (only our parents will be there) and coming back home in Montreal we're having a little dinner celebration. I...
Hello! I'm trying to find a good price for the decoration of the wedding, I'm not very good manually and also I want something simple with natural floweis but all the florist are so expensive... I...
Hello Wedding Wire people! When FH and I started talking about our dream wedding, it became quickly apparent that having the most delicious food would have to be a major party of the day! We even...
Hi everyone! With a wedding of about 180 guests, should our wedding cake be big enough to serve all 180? My future mother in law said no more than 60 guests will eat wedding cake. What is your advice?...
My fiance and I are getting married October 10 of this year in a small country church in southern Saskatchewan. We're trying to keep our theme 'Prairie Saskatchewan" without it being too country. My...
Hi ladies! I had a friend place her cake on a wine barrel instead of a table. Also, a person on another forum, shared that she put her cake on an urn. Please share ideas of an object I can put a cake...
FH and I have hired a local baker to make our wedding cake, but the trouble is we can't decide on a flavour combination! She basically told us any combination we come up with she can do. What are your...
Hello everyone, My fiancé and I are planning a trip to Ireland this year. Although we envisioned being married in September in my hometown, we’d love to elope in Ireland while we’re there and simply...