sparkler
 We are giving everyone sparklers to light as we leave the Reception. This is where I bought...
hanging green amaranthus for centerpieces or aisle
 I am going to make my own centerpieces to save money. I've already bought the vases. They are ...
garden room outside
 Not really great pictures, but this is the outside area of my reception site. Those are grape ...
not my
 So because of budget concerns and a huge guest list, we have a few options for our wedding. We...
Luminarias
 We've officially started... we booked our venue last weekend. After all the researching and vi...
 Finally we finished the place cards. We continued the butterfly theme -- from the invitations ...
Surf-turf%20plate
 We're planning on having a seated dinner for the reception seeing as we're only looking at hav...
 My Mediterranean style wedding reception venue
jeweled cake stands
 I can't wait to make one of these!! I'm using them as a favors display for my wedding but they...
putneyland2
 A friend of my parents has offered to let us use her land (open meadows on the St. Lawrence ri...
drink
 **Sealed with a Kiss 2 oz chocolate liqueur such as Godiva or Crème de Cacao 1.5 oz vodka ...
raspberry_tartufo
 So my mom and I went to check out the other reception hall option. My FI decided he didn't lik...
lemon
 I know I have posted some of these previously....I am just trying to sort through all of my op...
Fairmont sign
 I have no idea. That's the short story. The long story is too many ideas. We though...
dj
 I've finally narrowed down all the DJ's I have gotten quotes from, to two. One is $550 plus ta...
 Just for fun...what songs will you blacklist at the wedding reception? For us it's definitely...
disposable cameras
 We are going to have a disposable camera at each of the reception tables for the guests to pas...
Villa Rissi #1
 So I think we have found a new reception hall!! It's not really a hall, it's an italian restau...
8246
 I'm trying to figure out how I want the reception to look. My colors are going to clash with t...
this is how i feel :D lol
 Alright, I have been AGONIZING (and not exaggerating lol) over which reception hall to pick an...
images
 so after three months of an engagement and several long phone calls and headaches, we finally ...
perfect idea board
 So i have been on google a lot lately looking for some inspiration. I needed to make sure that...
Matchbook mints
 I have searched and searched for damask everywhere! It is so hard to find. Etsy.com has some g...
Our Venue!
 First post! What better way to start off than with the location at which I will begin my marri...
JUST LIKE THIS
 If I had to chose 2 themes for my wedding, they would be RED (of course) and LIGHT!!! I hav...
jeffhawkins
 We just made our first deposit. I'm so excited, one thing to check off my list, a million to g...
ballroom
 This is why its a good idea to keep a good relationship with your venue coordinator and to ask...
My brother and his wife. Aren´t they lovely?!
 I just wanted to share these pictures of my brothers green wedding!!! He got married last mont...
Russo's Ballroom 1
 One more thing done! After looking all over St. Louis and only finding things we can’t afford,...
Front
 Since I am paying so much for my wedding gown I did not want to pay too much for the reception...
The finished product
 So I just got these coloring books done. Let me know what you think. I think they turned out w...
edible arrangements
 We are having a buffet style dinner for my wedding reception. So, I was thinking that it would...
guests having fun
 So as I was reading FUTUREMRSJ's reception blog, her mention of not wanting the guests to thin...
Ceremony Site: The Villa Garden
 I knew from the very first where I wanted the ceremony and the reception to be. A friend of my...
ceiling pic
 I am having the reception in the gym directly after the wedding at the church, I want to decor...
disposable camera
 we are going to put disposable camera on each table so that the guest can take pictures of the...
Matchbooks
 We decided from the begining that I would not spend money on personalized stuff...napkinks, ca...
Floating candles and flowers
 I love love love these! I knew I wanted to incorporate something with candles, but I didn't re...
hall4
 The reception was something that we were definetly having trouble nailing down. I originally w...
DSCF3870[1]
 this is something like what I want my reception to look like, It's tiffany blue but it's organ...
flanders
 Hugo and I went to visit several locations for our outdoor ceremony and reception. We wanted s...
Candy Take Out Top Side Front
 I've been super busy these days but I still have time for some DIYs. I started and have about ...
frames
 I will paint these frames black and have the word "love' inside of them in diffrent languages....
ceremony-&-reception
 these were pretty quickly thrown together throughout the day.. some of the stuff is the same f...
Présentation1
 This is the place we chose for our wedding reception. It's the Parc Aquarium de Québec. ...
black linen
 Our reception will be very classy we will have black linen, our center piece will be one large...
Blue Lagoon
 We are going to wellcome our guests with blue coctails at the start of our reception after the...
crowne plaza deck
 ~Our reception will be held at the Crowne Plaza. It is definitely the nicest place around (bel...
Damask Lanterns
 I've been on a total shopping rampage. I've bought soo many things in these last few days. ...
Damask Wall Applique
 I came upon these wall appliques today. They are easy peel and stick on. I bought one for poss...
cake
 I love this cake! It will have clover ribbon of course, with hydrangeas and tulips. I am using...
concorde 1
 This was the first thing we picked out, and probably the easiest to find. We got such a great ...
 I just received these the other day. They turned out great!
the-jefferson-rotunda
 So I finally got an email back from The Jefferson Hotel about their pricing, terms and conditi...
front of the barn
 Ok, Recently I had something happen that all brides fear. My Reception location went out of bu...
 My florist just re-did her website and there are some cool ideas on the slide shows. If you go...
centerpiece - floating-gerbera
 Which one is your favorite??!?!! I'm using gerber daisies! Ok. .so i have my general idea on w...
bridal-party
 i decided, so that i could get a better idea of everything put together i'd make a few inspira...
Our cake
 We found a couple tiers we liked and combined them all for a not so traditional cake, but oh s...
Excuse me......WE'RE HERE & READY TO PARTY!
 I konw you've all seen these. Just re posting pics, have some family and friends checking out ...
 The most frustrating thing now is finding reception ideas. My colors are red and gold. The ...
d0218_IMG
 This is where my FI and I have decided to have our ceremony and reception. We went and had a ...
heart-shaped cookies 01
 I am going to take one kind of these cookies to the favor box you can see below in one of my p...
157412235_3c1db7a740
 Ok so I think I'm really gonna go with paradise islands for the names of the tables. I've done...
643table_number
 Hi, my fiancé and I are thinking of having names for tables instead of numbers. The trouble i...
jacket
 Okay so it's getting closer.....now I am looking into the finer details. Napkins and how th...
 Okay so I decided that for a little under $1400 I will get all the following including the cos...
Fake Cake Form
 Because our ceremony site includes photography and our budget is so limited we're not going to...
Wedding site
 Soooooo i'm happy to say that we have our wedding & reception site. This was our first & only...
tables3
 This is where we are going to be having the wedding and the reception. I don't think we are go...
 So, to give credit where credit it due, I am totally and completely 100% stealing this idea fr...
547018
 I found the perfect table number holders. I have been looking and looking. I got these tab...
 For our ceremony and reception we didn't even really have to think about were to have it. I'm ...
dance canopy
 yeh, so i tried looking for SOOO many places, but for the big wedding I had in mind, I didn't ...
music-notes
 Are some songs that we have picked for our ceremony and reception...let me know what you thin...
With Included Bow
 I LOVE free samples! If you didn't know, I've been waiting on a chair cover sample for a few w...
fruitshot
 So for the reception treats we have decided on having a huge fruit and vegetable bar as well a...
simple seating
 Just wondering if anyone knows of a good program we could use to do our seating charts??
reception
 Ok so my fiance and I are very relaxed people, so our reception is reflecting that. The recept...
out_gazeboclose[1]
 Our wedding ceremony will be in the backyard/forest area behind this historical mansion. There...
blue.tablecloth
 We've picked out some table linens already, which are similar to this photo. They're dark blue...
I Do Letters 3
 Since I've been sick all weekend I decided to tackle another DIY project. I painted my I DO...
 As I said in my previous post, we knew the month when we wanted to have our wedding, so the de...
LEI Event Center
 In the two years before we got engaged, Ryan and I had something like 15+ weddings that we wer...
martini
 So I'm trying to set a mood with the music I'm using as at the wedding social we had in April ...
for adam3
 Black and White with touches of Yellow, only in the flowers. Since we're having an Autumn wedd...
Dillard Noble Dispenser
 We're planning on having a bartender/server or 2 at the reception but I LOVE the idea of servi...
Yummy!
 My mother (a cook and restaurant manager) and brother (a chef) have offered to purchase and pr...
Place Card Finished - Damask and Tiffany Blue
 Last week I began my journey onto the fabulous and chic place cards I've been obsessed about. ...
tre1
 For the Reception Tables I am going to have White Table Cloths with Black overlays. On each Ta...
Lewis Ginter Botanical gardens, Richmond VA
 I did a progress post on my planning blog on LJ just for the hell of it and realized that whil...
Head table option
 I found this picture the other day and absolutely fell in love with the idea. I showed my fian...
Main Entrance
 Because we're having a "destination" wedding in Pigeon Forge, TN we wanted to find a reception...
This is IT!
 I'm not exactly sure what route I want to go with the table linens. We're only having about 7-...
centerpieces?
 I'm super excited about our Party! I call it our party because it really doesn't qualify as a ...
centre
 This is the community in Calgary where Keith and I first lived. The hall is perfect lots of wi...
 I'm not too worried about ceremony music- I'm thinking about keeping it really traditional- th...