Planning a signature cocktail or two for your wedding reception can save you time and money. You can pick one or two of your favorite cocktail recipes to serve your wedding guests. Or pick a cocktail that represents your tastes, and one that represents your fiance.
When you pick one cocktail to serve you can make the drinks in larger batches, and you don’t have to stock your bar with several different types of alcohol. A couple big bonuses when you’re trying to stick to a budget, and you have so many other things to plan and keep track of on …read more

When you’re planning your wedding one of the questions you have to answer is, do you want to have live entertainment in the form of a band, or a string quartet for example. Or do you want to hire a DJ and have him spin some tunes all night long. There are several things you should consider when you’re making your entertainment decisions.

What is your entertainment budget?
What type of music do you and your guests enjoy listening to?
Do you have a favorite band or type of music you’d like to feature at your wedding reception?
Speak with friends (especially friends who …read more

One of the more important parts you have to really plan for is the food you’ll be serving the guests during your wedding. We’re talking about budget planning, scouting for caterers or hotels, food-tasting and planning the menu. There are two major considerations: how much money you’re willing to spend per head and if guests will enjoy the food.
Today, I’d like to highlight 5 Brilliant Tips to Maximize Catering on your wedding; accommodating both budget and food choices that your guests will appreciate:

Ask caterers and hotels for a whole range of menus for different budgets so you can plan your …read more

It’s actually pretty interesting to observe how other countries put together weddings. One of the more interesting places would be my home country the Philippines. I noticed that the it’s quite common to opt to go for hotels as venue for the wedding receptions and to cater to this market, hotels actually offer out-of-the-ordinary wedding themes to help the bride and groom organize a memorable wedding celebration.
One example is the Cherry Blossoms theme available at the Diamond Hotel.
According to Wedding Fact Sheet, this particular wedding theme “portrays the soft side of Japanese pop art and natural elements. The effect is …read more

Are you a Pulp Fiction fan? You can incorporate your favorite movie into your wedding by dancing the first dance to “Pumpkin and Honey Bunny” (dialogue)/”Misirlou” performed by Dick Dale & His Deltones.
Make sure you get dance choreographed to like this couple here:
What the couple did was they started out with a slow song (a different one) and then broke out into the funny dance ala Uma Thurman and John Travolta. I loved the audience reaction the best though. Everyone was clapping and having a lot of fun cheering the couple along. So cute!
There are other great songs that you …read more

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about 5 ways to get your groom involved. One of the tips I suggested was:
3. Highlight your Groom at the Wedding — I know that any wedding is really a bride’s special day but let him feel special too. If he’s a good writer or orator, let him have a portion during the wedding reception for him to share his thoughts about being married or perhaps he can read a poem he wrote for you? If he’s a singer then let him sing a song for you at the wedding!
One of our …read more

The first thing I notice whenever I walk into a wedding reception is the table centerpiece. The wedding centerpieces usually create the atmosphere of one’s wedding celebration.
There are a lot of creative ways you can make an impact in the kind of wedding centerpiece you choose:

To keep guests interested and created a creative atmosphere – Use wedding centerpieces that have variations in height, color, and materials
You can have 2 to 3 designs that you can scatter around the room. One table may have a single flower arrangement while the other table may have a topiary and the third may have …read more

Summer weddings are almost drawing to a close. Time to plan for autumn weddings. Fall is one of my favorite seasons. It’s not too hot and not too cold too!
The other week, I’ve given you ideas on autum wedding favors so this week, we’ll focus on ideas for your autumn wedding reception:

Umbrella Votive Holder-2 Piece
– What about candle centerpieces for the tables at the wedding reception? I suggest this votive holder with realistic textured metal leaves intertwine in two sections to circle your umbrella pole forming a unique votive centerpiece for your table. This is perfect for weddings where …read more

As a request from some of our readers, here I am featuring the 5 most popular blog posts relating to planning a Black and White wedding theme that you might like to visit (or re-visit) to inspire you with ideas for your own weddings!

1. Black and White Wedding Cake – I featured gorgeous photos of black and white wedding cakes!
2. Black and White Wedding Theme: Lollipop Invitation – Lovely black and white wedding invitation for your chosen theme
3. Wedding Favor Idea: Black and White Formal Affair Favor Boxes

4. Black and White Wedding Gown
5. Black and White Wedding Reception – …read more

When we were planning for our wedding, I wanted to have a wedding outdoors. Well, if not the wedding ceremony outdoors then at least, I wanted to have the wedding reception held outdoors.
Unfortunately for me, the wedding month we chose (July) was the rainiest month in the tropical country of the Philippines. My Mom was able to persuade me hold the weddings indoors.
No regrets though. The week leading up to our wedding saw the heaviest downpour that we saw in Manila so I was thanking my lucky stars that we chose to hold the wedding indoors. At the wedding day …read more