| Wedding Receptions are often the most tricky | | | | normally pay a professional to do. I recently |
| part of the wedding ceremony when it comes to | | | | attended a wedding party where the youngest |
| planning. The ceremony itself is, in most cases, | | | | daughter had made the entire wedding cake |
| pretty straightforward. You walk up the aisle- say | | | | herself- she is not a professional cake maker. The |
| the vows- exchange the rings-kiss- done. But the | | | | result was stunning. The cake was fashioned with |
| wedding reception is the section of the evening | | | | love and care, and had a professional finish |
| (or day) when the entertainment needs to | | | | without looking generic in the slightest. She had |
| be...well...entertaining. Many guests (aside from | | | | also made place mats made out of biscuits |
| close family obviously) enjoy attending weddings | | | | decorated with royal icing. It was a lovely, homely |
| for the party and booze they will be plied with | | | | touch. You needn't stop at the food preparations. |
| once the main event has happened. It's the thing | | | | Why not get in some musical friends to sing a |
| that they most look forward to above all else- | | | | four part harmony, or if you know any jazz |
| the good food, nice music, in-appropriate flirting | | | | musicians, get them to come along and do their |
| with the bride's maids and groom's men. That is | | | | business. You could also get family and friends to |
| why the more wedding reception ideas you track | | | | sort out the decoration at you wedding reception. |
| down and research, the better. | | | | Why not strap some bunting up to give it that |
| One of the key things that every bride desires is | | | | communal- Vicar of Dibley- feel? You could also |
| a unique wedding. Not one that has been copied | | | | customise your own dress, getting family |
| and pasted from millions of others across the | | | | members to stitch different bits. Not only is this |
| country- a "cookie cutter wedding" as Miranda in | | | | more economical, it weaves in a bit of magic to |
| SATC once commented. No. The best kind of | | | | your special day. You can guarantee a unique |
| wedding is one that can't be mimicked. | | | | wedding with these wedding reception ideas, and |
| A good way of achieving this one-of-a-kind feeling | | | | remember, if things o wrong, that's all part of the |
| at a wedding, is to get the whole family involved | | | | fun. You are making memories after all. |
| in the process, doing the things that you would | | | | |