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These 10 Wedding Food Station Ideas Will WOW Your Guests At Your Wedding Reception

When brides used to research wedding reception menu ideas, it used to be all about food. The wedding food you serve at your reception is still important, but there has been a popular trend among the bridal community that’s taken off in recent years. Have you thought about how your wedding reception food will be set up? That question has led many brides to learn about food stations and why they’re so great for weddings. Wedding food stations are an easy way to create an appealing display for any kind of food, which makes them fun to work with. Read

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The Do’s and Don’ts Every Groom Should Know About

Your wedding day is very special and it is in every groom’s best intention to have the day move on smoothly. However, not so many couples manage to keep it that way. As every wedding planner will tell you – always prepare for a hiccup. But one thing that they won’t tell you is that some hiccups may be so dire that you’re forced to run very late or postpone the wedding altogether. Imagine a late cake delivery. Or undelivered groomsmen suits. These can send the whole event into jitters. But not if you do what’s right, and avoid the

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Getting Ready Together: Tips for the Bride and Groom

Photo provided by Studio Negarin from Pexels You’ve finally decided to take the next step in your relationship and get married! There’s a lot of time between the start of your engagement and when you walk down the aisle, and it makes sense that the two of you would want to spend as much of that time with each other as possible. Here are some ways that you can prepare for your wedding together as bride and groom. Create a Wedding Checklist There are a lot of moving parts to a wedding, which makes it easy to lose track of

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Selecting Your Wedding Party

Your wedding day is one of the most awaited and memorable days of your life. Where we have a lot of plans for each and every event at the wedding, it is equally important to look for someone who will help you and stand by you in making your day perfect. How to choose someone on you will be dependent on is a daunting task and requires proper planning. The decision is totally yours, but below are some tips which you can consider to make an easy and wise decision. The very first step is to decide about the people

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5 Unique Themes for Holiday Parties

Tis the season! As you prepare for your holiday office parties, or parties spent with family and friends, it’s always fun to focus on a theme. And is there a better season than the holidays for fun themed parties? Here are just a few we like: A Christmas Story Perhaps the best holiday movie (are we biased?!), this movie lends itself perfectly to a 1940s theme party. You can easily place traditionally decorated Christmas trees throughout the venue and as an added bonus, make sure to include a leg lamp! Guests will love taking photos with that unique prop. Once

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Creating Your First Wedding Budget

Creating a budget for your wedding can be very overwhelming. We are sharing a few simple tips we recommend, to help relieve a bit of budget planning stress. Decide On Your Total (realistic) Budget Weddings are very expensive – we all understand that. In Chicago, the average cost is around $30,000. That doesn’t mean that if your budget is $10,000 you cannot have the wedding you’ve always dreamt of. It just means that you need to stick to your budget even more closely. Realize that at least 50% of your budget will go towards the venue, food and drinks. If

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