Choosing Your Wedding Reception Food

Something that people often remember when they go to a wedding reception is the food, whether it's good or bad. Something to consider when you are choosing your wedding menu is your guests.

Yes, it's your wedding but you are spending a lot of money so you want people to like what is being served. Here are some tips so that people enjoy your reception food.

 Give them a choice -

It's always a good idea to offer your guests a choice on what they would like to eat for your wedding reception People may have food allergies, so this way they can choose what they would like to eat. Two choices is enough.

Keep it simple -

Just because it's not something fancy, it doesn't meant hat it won't be good. If they are faced with something that they aren't sure what it is, they may be reluctant to eat it so don't go for things that people can't identify.

Keep it clean -

Everyone at your wedding reception is going to be wearing their best clothes. You want to stay away from food that is very messy or could cause stains that will be hard to remove.

 Remember, you are going to be wearing a white dress. The last thing you will want is to have something spill on it that may ruin it, or will be very noticeable.

 

Think about what you have had in the past at wedding receptions, and what you liked or didn't like about them. That will help you plan your own wedding reception menu.

Wrapping Your Wedding Favours

For many couples one of the most tedious aspects of planning a wedding is wrapping the wedding favours. This is especially true if you are planning to have a large wedding reception with many guests in attendance. Wrapping wedding favours for hundreds of guests can be very time consuming. Therefore couples should plan on purchasing their wedding favours well in advance to avoid having to wrap the favours at the last minute. In general you would ideally want your favours to arrive 2-3 weeks before your wedding date to give you plenty of time to get them wrapped without feeling stressed. Orders involving personalisation should be ordered even earlier because these will take significantly longer to arrive. This article will offer a wide range of advice on wrapping wedding favours including advice on how to wrap favours and tips for making wrapping wedding favours a lot more fun.

Our first tip for wrapping wedding favours is to make sure you factor the cost of wrapping the gifts into your overall budget for wedding favours. This is important because it can add a significant amount to the cost of the favours. Most wedding favour distributors can ship the favours to you already wrapped but there is likely to be a costly fee for this service. It is far less expensive for the couple to wrap the gifts themselves. The most common theme for wrapping wedding favours includes wrapping the gifts in white and using ribbons the colour of the bridesmaids" dresses to adorn the wrapped packages. However, some couples opt for white ribbons for a more monochromatic appearance. Whichever way you decide to wrap your favours you should try to estimate the cost of wrapping supplies such as paper, tape and ribbons before you purchase the favours to ensure these costs will not put you over budget. This may influence the wedding favours you select because you may be more inclined to select favours which are smaller because they will require fewer additional resources to wrap.

Another tip for wrapping wedding favours is to not avoid this project until the night before the wedding. In the opening paragraph we stressed the importance of ordering your wedding favours early to avoid having to wrap them at the last minute. This is incredibly important because wrapping wedding favours can be very time consuming. If you leave it until the last minute you may find yourself staying up all night to try to get all of the favours wrapped and unfortunately may run out of time and not be able to wrap them all. We cannot urge you enough to purchase your favours ahead of time and wrap them as soon as they arrive. This way you can simply set them aside and will not have to worry about them again until it is time to get them to the reception location so they can be placed at each place setting.

Wrapping wedding favours is definitely not a fun project. It can be very time consuming and can also be incredibly tedious. One way to make the project easier is to enlist the help of friends or family members to help you. If you get together a group of 3-4 of your friends you will find the task of wrapping the wedding favours is accomplished in much less time than it would take you to wrap them yourself. You will also have a great deal more fun because you will be spending time with your friends as you wrap the wedding favours.  

Our last tip for wrapping wedding favours is to keep the wrapping very simple.   You may have ideas about complex wrapping techniques and elaborate ribbons, but this can make the task of wrapping the wedding favours very difficult.   If you spend a great deal of time tying elaborate ribbons it would not make sense to stack the wrapped favours in a box where the ribbons will become crushed.   You would have to find a space big enough to lay each favour out flat.   This can be very difficult and even if you are able to do it, it will likely cause some inconvenience.  Therefore we recommend simpler methods of wrapping and decorating your wedding favours.

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Honeymoon – His Choice, or Hers?

How do you agree on a honeymoon if you want different things? You want to snorkel and jet ski and he wants to camp out. Let’s face it – today’s bride isn’t shy about making it all about her on the wedding day – but when it comes to the honeymoon, does your man have any input – or are you dictating whether you swim in the big blue ocean or hike to the top of Mount Everest?

A honeymoon is often the only vacation many couples take together – because once kids are in the picture, it’s difficult for some couples to find time for a romantic rendezvous.  Or, if you’re a couple always on the go, you may find it difficult to find a honeymoon destination that’s unique and special.

Many couples find they’re polar opposites when it comes to what they want out of their honeymoon vacation.  Some guys want hiking and lots of sun and sports while their brides just want to relax and soak up the sun – or vice versa!

Believe it or not, there are ways to make sure both of you get what you want out of your honeymoon, but you have to be willing to compromise a bit.  For instance, if the two of you go on a cruise, you will probably be docking at various ports.

During the time you’re docked, you and your new husband can participate in the activities offered by the locals – such as hiking tours or extreme sports.  While the ship is at sea, he can agree to lounge by the pool with you or enjoy the fine dining that makes your honeymoon romantic.

Even if you’re honeymooning in the snow-frosted mountains, it’s possible for one of you to participate in the activities while the other relaxes.  Or, take turns doing what the other person wants.

Marriage is all about compromise.  The world is too big for any couple to disagree about where to honeymoon.  Out of all of the exotic and affordable places on earth, you’re bound to find at least one spot that offers something both of you want to experience.

If you can’t figure it out yourself, find a travel agent who isn’t pushy and who will listen to each of your needs and then create the perfect honeymoon package that excites both of you.

Wedding Diets – Is Trying to Fit Into that Wedding Dress Turning You Into Bridezilla?

There's a common problem many brides have when the engagement has happened and it's time to get ready for the big day - dieting.  You may be a seasoned pro at dieting, or a novice, but one thing's for certain - nobody likes wedding diets. 

Eating healthy may make you feel better physically, but let's get real here - who really eats healthy when they're dieting for a due date? Instead, you probably put it off until the last minute (or never fully commit until you're panicked) and then you follow some insane crash wedding diets that have you feeling weak, irritable, and unable to concentrate on all that you have to do.

In a perfect world, brides wouldn't have to worry about fitting into that teeny tiny wedding dress.  But this is your one day to be a princess, and all eyes will be on you, so you want to look gorgeous – even if it means going on dozens of insane wedding diets. 

Before you start eating cabbage soup for a month or living on a combination of water with pepper and honey, get real about what you can reasonably achieve before your big day with wedding diets.  

You don't want to cut your calorie intake too drastically or deprive yourself of all things good because the planning process should be fun, not hazardous to your health or detrimental to your mood like many wedding diets can cause.

Some brides have quite a few pounds to lose, so they start wedding diets where they’re eating no more than 800 calories a day, and are running 5 miles and strength training. They get depressed and start snapping at everyone.

Then one day they call their wedding planner in tears because their fiancé has had enough - saying if she doesn’t quit these wedding diets, they’ll be through.  Their dress is already ordered and is still a size smaller than what they are at that moment.

If wedding diets have done this to you, find a good seamstress who works with the material and let it out so that you can fit into it as is.  No, you won’t lose the weight on your wedding diets, but you’ll gain a marriage and many women would envy having a husband who was that supportive in wanting you to take care of yourself and not pressuring you to look like Barbie.

Don't overdo it on the wedding diets.  If you simply must achieve an unrealistic goal, then push your wedding date back so that you can do it without hurting your mind, body, and spirit. If you insist on ignoring this advice, then make sure you add a ton of pampering for yourself to combat the side effects of wedding diets. 

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Don't Forget It's Your Wedding Day

Your wedding day was meant to be the one true day where the world revolves around you - at least that what we grow up thinking, imagining the whole Cinderella ball with our dream dress and Prince Charming.

Unfortunately, what often happens is a bride allows too many cooks in the kitchen and suddenly it's someone else's dream coming true and the wedding day dream is dashed.

It's not your fault. Planning a wedding (even if you have the help of a professional wedding planner) is a daunting task.  You have to think of yourself, your guests, your wedding party, the vendors, expenses, and a slew of other things for your wedding day.

You need help - a bride can't do it all herself and keep her sanity.  But sometimes, others will cross the line and almost intimidate you into doing what they want - not what you wanted for your special wedding day.

Maybe it's a pushy wedding planner talking you out of every decision you had planned for the last 15 years since you were a teenager.  Or it might be your own dear mum - shaking her head and frowning when you tell her you want a trendy colorful wedding dress instead of traditional white on your wedding day walk down the aisle.

It can take all of the pleasure out of planning your wedding day when other people disapprove of your plans. But you have to bolster yourself against the frenzy of opinions that will be bombarding you and learn how to do it without getting yourself worked up.

If you wind up with a professional who isn't allowing you to express your creative dreams, think about finding another one - or have a heart to heart with her and let her know that you appreciate the expertise she brings to the table, but you know what you want on your wedding day and you just need her help carrying it out.  She won't want to lose a client - so when you state it flatly, with a smile on your face - she should step in line.

What often happens, though, is that a family member or friend becomes the overbearing element in your wedding day planning - and you feel awful at the thought of having to put them in their place.  You worry that feelings will get hurt or even worse - an argument will ensue - and this is supposed to be the happiest time of your life!

Here's how to deal with overbearing family members: "Mum, can we talk a minute? You know I respect and value your opinion more than anything in the world.  But ever since I was a kid, I've had this idea in my head of how exciting it would be to plan my wedding day.  I know you're probably able to spot all of the errors I'm making, so I know it's frustrating for you when I go my own direction, but I really need your support so we can just have fun doing this without arguing over the details."