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Wedding planning
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Wow, that is an amazing venue! The carvings are incredibly cool. Having it in the round will be intimate. Sounds great. The setting is just beautiful.
There are bugs here, but they are not terrible. Citronella and spray work good enough. I might invest in a bug zapper for the yard too. Hmmm...Food for thought.0 -
Depending on the bugs there's a mosquito deterrent (mosquito beater) that we use at my parent's place that you just sprinkle on the ground I think a few hours before the event. It might be helpful as less visible solution if folks don't want to be constantly inhaling citronella candles or geraniums or spraying bug spray on their fancy clothes.0
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Sounds great.0
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Ok, so because my fiancé has family in the restaurant industry in this town I recently found out his brother is going to cover ALL the food costs for the wedding as our wedding present! I about FELL OVER when I heard this!
We've opted NOT to have a sit down dinner at the reception because we anticipate around 250-350 guests and are having a later Cocktail reception so only appetizers and desserts.
However, we ARE having a sit down dinner for the Welcome/Rehearsal dinner which will include family, wedding party and traveling guests...we're guessing about 100 and BOTH events will be covered by this GENEROUS offer! I'm so flippin' happy, this is a HUGE chunk of our funding that is now covered.
So here's my quandary...I'm not too particular about the menu at the reception, what types of appetizer's would you guys recommend?0 -
woah, that's amazing. We found food t be the biggest cost!! especially in the UK, cheaper in Italy where we're going! I like sushi and I've seen some amazing sushi appetisers, but its not for everyone I know.0
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I am getting married in our local church. My fiance requested it as it is the place where his nan and grandad and his mom and dad got married. His grandad is buried in the church yard. Its a very beautiful place. We are having the "formal" reception in the garden and its a cream tea (scones, finger sandwiches, tea, pimms etc) then we are having the evening in the village hall with a band and dj and buffet.
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fitfor30th wrote: »woah, that's amazing. We found food t be the biggest cost!! especially in the UK, cheaper in Italy where we're going! I like sushi and I've seen some amazing sushi appetisers, but its not for everyone I know.
Actually I love Sushi, I wonder if they can include one! I'll check on that one for sure! Great idea!
@Chezzie84 I love the idea of finger sandwiches too! Perhaps with a bit of an Alaskan flavor
I have to ask, what are pimms? I know I've heard of it before, but can't remember...I guess I can go Google it 
Your fiancé's church and both reception venues sound lovely! 0 -
I know this reply is way late, but I'm also having appetizers and desserts w/ an evening wedding. I'm a part owner of a restaurant, and we do catering, so I'm buying the ingredients and paying to staff to make food. Appetizer and light desserts to consider:
cream cheese covered in hot red pepper jelly to serve on crackers, or cheese ball or baked brie loaf, cheese quesadilla triangles, spanikopita, spinach and artichoke dip in phyllo cups, baked pita brushed with oil with olives and hummus, redskin baby twice baked potatoes, stuffed pepper poppers, chicken satay skewers or chicken strips, meatballs, mini ham biscuits or rolls and spiral ham, shrimp cocktail, crab cakes, crab dip, wings, stuffed mushrooms, pigs n a blanket, bruschetta, chocolate dipped strawberries, pinwheels, chicken salad on mini-croissants, mini-quiches, fruit tray, veggie tray, fruit tartlets, cake pops, brownie bites, cocoa dusted truffles, mini-cookies, cream puffs, cannolis, cheese cake bites, chocolate mousse in shot glasses...
I think the cream tea idea is splendid and should look beautiful. I hope we get to see pictures!0 -
That's a HUGE help. Another late response, but will go ahead and put my two sense in. I think variety is probably your best bet (although I love your idea of incorporating local flavors; maybe add flavors tied to trips you have taken/plan, trip around the country/world to have different taste profiles). If you love sushi, including it is awesome, but also recognizing that it's not everyone's cup of tea so you probably don't want JUST sushi. I would make sure you have at least some vegetarian options (maybe a couple vegan?). With a large group, not sure if you know everyone's food allergies/cultural or religious based restrictions so may be another thing to consider of having some things dairy free, nut free, maybe gluten free?
Everyone else's plans sound awesome too. Based on cost and some family connections, we're having ours in an Italian banquet hall so food is going to be a bit out of control (cocktail hour with tons of food, then a plated dinner including pasta course and entree, then about 4 different dessert presentations). I think Liz provided a pretty awesome list. A few others might be mini-eggrolls/spring rolls, potstickers, oysters, mussels, fried calamari, flatbread/thin crust pizza squares, mini tacos/taquitos, samosas, gazpacho or hot soup shots, lemon bar bites. If your fiance's family is in the business, you can also ask them for a selection of they types of stuff they normally do and then just pick your favorites or pick a few in each category.
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GREAT ideas! Love the list! that helps SO much! THANK YOU!0
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Hey all - April 2016 bride here - most things are done - just the fiddly finer details things are left to do.
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Hey Rach! Any tips for those of us still figuring stuff out? What are you doing? What are some of the details still being worked out (that some of us further out might even not know we'll have to do). Welcome again.0
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I'd love an outdoor, festival themed wedding, barefoot with flowers in my hair and a bonfire. I'm in Ireland though so no matter what time of year we have our wedding its most likely going to be lashing rain and stormy.
My fiancé is into the whole silver service 6 course meal though.
I'm hoping to find a compromise! I'm into laid back and casual, he's into formal, traditional fine dining. Hmmm...0 -
Hey Gillian, welcome to the group. That is a tough one. Is it possible you can try for the outdoor ceremony and then have the reception with an indoor space for the nice dinner, but also some outdoor space if it's nice that people can go out if they like? Or would he be open to he can have the nice formal dinner for the groom's/rehearsal dinner (not sure if that's a thing in Europe) and then have the wedding a bit more casual? Good luck!0
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Yes, I agree about a formal rehearsal dinner and a casual reception. It will be a smaller, more intimate setting with the people who matter most in the wedding. Also, this means he'll have to foot the bill for his expensive tastes. Instead of you paying for something that isn't what you really envisioned for your reception. 0
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