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We are getting invited to more and more "potlucks" lately. I was just wondering how you all felt about them?

Here’s my beef with them. I understand the need for a potluck with a 4th of July cookout and co-worker birthdays, etc. But I’ve been invited to these potlucks: kid and adult birthday parties, baptisms (parents didn’t even supply the cake!), Thanksgiving (we were asked to bring the cooked turkey) and wedding receptions (with a list of where the bridal party was registered too!).

I was raised to host your own party, if you couldn’t afford what you wanted a) simplify or b) don’t do it.

Also, what do you do when you have to leave the party? Take your platter with the food or leave the food with the host in another container? What if your food/drink hasn’t been used?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Me and my fiance decided to have a cupcake tier and a mini. cake on the top. The thing is we are making it ourselves. The baking part will be easy but decorating is another thing. I want to have flowers or maybe butterflies. Especially since the place we are getting married is famous of monarch butterflies. We have thought much about the decoration of the cake and cupcakes. But I have no idea where to start. I know it would be hard to do, but I want it to look somewhat professional. Any one knows a website that shows how to make fancy looking flowers or any kind of fancy cake/cupcake decorations?? Or maybe can just explain how to do the fancy looking decorating?

Like how much you should spend on each part? Total budget (not including dress/tux) is around ,000 and we will have around 75-100 people. We are looking at a venue that is ,500 and includes the food, DJ, flowers, bar service (but no alcohol, we supply our own), and cake. Can we get the other things we need and still be around k (photographer, alcohol, favors…what else am I missing?) or do we need to choose a cheaper venue? It is a castle and really unique, so there really isnt an alternate venue that would be similar, but I would consider other types of places.
this budget is not including attire, rings, honeymoon, bridal party gifts we are paying for these items ourselves, may parents are giving us the k

my fiance and I are thinking of of a theme for our wedding..
these are just "ideas", nothing concrete yet.
how can we merge our two cultures in the wedding, seeing as we don’t want one culture to dominate the other(in theme and decorations), in front of our family and friends.
my fiance and I are very much deeply rooted in our cultures.
We’re Egyptian and Mexican.
any theme suggestions?? decorations???
Thanks for your input.

Hi everyone I am getting married june 2010, I was wondering will it be better to cater food for at least 60-80 people or will it be easier to cater my own wedding. My FH and I are at war LOL with this issue. Catering can be expensive. But will people really put the time and effort into making food for our wedding. And is it tacky to ask people to make a dish for our wedding. We would like our guest to enjoy a day of relaxation and have fun, not have to woory about a week or so to do the preparing. And how early will I have to prepare food to cook for all of my guest. Here is my list and let me know what you think,any suggestions will be appreciated.

Meat:
Baked Ham
BBQ Chicken
Baked Chicken
Pot Roast or Sliced Turkey with Gravy
BBQ Ribs
Fried Chicken
Turkey Wings

Side Orders:
Rice & Peas
Yellow Rice
Macaroni & Cheese
Tuna Macaroni Salad
Potatoe Salad
Tossed Green Salad
Collard Greens
String Beans
Cabbage
Corn On Cob
Corn bread
Lasanga Or Baked Ziti
Dinner Rolls
Veggie& Fruit trays

Along with drinks,cake. Is my list too much should I add or subtract and how many long shallow pans to make of each.Thanks again.

Our original plan didn’t fall through and now my fiance and I are trying to find a cake vendor at the last minute for our upcoming wedding. The only thing is, we didn’t have to pay anything for our original idea and we hadn’t put much aside for it in our budget. Everyone said I should stay away from making my own wedding cake, but then I heard about cupcake wedding cakes.
Am I naive to think that I could probably easily pull this off? I would just need to make cupcakes, decorate ‘em and make a small slab cake for the top. What sort of things do I need to consider/plan on buying? Anyone recommend NOT doing this?

Where and what hotels in Miami have a great Beach to have a small wedding ceremony? I will be getting married at the end of June but I am so confused on hotels in Miami?

What are the requirements for NYC residents to get married in Miami?

Does anyone recommend a Hotel that does a beach weeding on their property?

What about wedding cakes in Miami: does anyone recommend a wedding cake designer (Bakery) in Miami??

Does anyone know how should i begin to arrange the beach wedding with a hotel? should I question the wedidng policy of the hotel? Or what should I do?

When I got married a few years ago, it was an at-home wedding.

It was in my aunt’s house and at Christmas time. I have always admired how she decorated her home.

After the wedding, there were several comments made about how much my wedding cost her and my other aunt.

My husband and I paid for the cake, flowers and rings. The only clothing purchased was my outfit () and my MOH (). She choose to purchase an outfit for her daughter to be a bride’s maid (without my consent because the 6 year old was jealous).

The second aunt paid for the food. I went shopping with her and kept the cost down ().

All the other things (painting her kitchen, wallpaper, stenciling the walls, wall sconces and candles and more floral decorations) was their ideas and she, of course, kept them. There was also more decorations bought for her new 12 ft. Christmas tree.

The total comes to over ,000. They say that was the cost of my wedding. I say that was the cost of her re-decorating
her home.

(P.S.) My aunts stepped in because they promised after my mother died that they would give me my wedding.

I did not ask all the re-decorating. It was a family only wedding (around15-20 people). None of the flowers, decorations, or even the leftover food came to my house.

I loved my wedding but 7 years later I still hear about how much my wedding cost. Yet, I know for each of their daughters’ weddings cost about ,000 to ,000. It’s not the money ( and I know I am not their daughter so it is not the same). It is the comments that mine cost so much.

Who is right? Was the re-decorating part of the cost of my wedding or was the wedding an excuse to re-decorate?
Can the re-decorating be defined as a legitimate part of the wedding budget?
As to was she intending to re-decorate-yes and no. She wanted to and had been picking out paint and wallpaper samples for a year before I met my husband.

As to why it is still an issue- because it is with the aunts. As recently as this past weekend, one aunt listed all the things they paid for and how much it cost them. The general topic of weddings can not come up without hashing it over again but it is never mentioned how much the other weddings cost them. I feel defensive every time this happens which is about once a month.

The party is at my mother in laws house and its casual, we are having food, drinks, and we will do a toast and cut our wedding cake. Do we need to wear our wedding attire? It’s all white and its getting chilly.

at decorating cakes with marzipan and sugar paste i just didnt know royal icing went onto marzipan, are all wedding cakes and christmas cakes supposed to be like that? if someone orders one from me should i do it with royal icing or just marzipan and sugar paste as i would normally?