Archive for July, 2008

Choosing the Foods for Your Wedding Reception

With food prices climbing higher these days, choosing a catering option that fits your budget can be difficult. Of course, the price can be seriously skewed by the selection of foods you provide for your guests. While it may be tempting to go for exotic options and palate testing dishes for your catering, the most successful (and most economical) catering options at a reception may be simple “comfort foods.”

Many caterers are opting to provide, and pushing their customers to choose, simple foods that people would feel fairly comfortable consuming. Chicken and beef dishes combined with mashed potatoes, corn, and other light vegetables are highly popular combinations for many weddings. Caterers are also doing away with providing massive amounts of appetizers for wedding receptions, cutting down on the amount of food wasted or ultimately taken home and thrown out.

If you’re budget conscious or know a few good cooks, a pot luck reception can also be a great way to add meal diversity at a low cost. Ask a few friends and family to make their best dishes and make them available for the guests. The cost may be little, but the food may very well be the hit of the reception.

Silk Flowers Are Just As Pretty

To buy real, living flowers from a boutique for your wedding is so expensive these days – and how long will the flowers last; a week at the longest, maybe two with exquisite care. But who needs the real thing when there are so many types of silk arrangements available today at flower shops, gift stores and convenience stores all around the nation.

You can get a silk flower that mirrors nearly any other flower that one could grow from the ground – the same sizes and colors are all readily available, depending of course on the specific shop you are browsing. But with the use of the internet, you really can find any type of imitation with little to no problems at all.

Not only are the far less expensive than their living counterparts, silk imitation flowers will last forever – what a perfect way to keep your wedding memories alive for years to come. And while you are spending the greatest years of your life with your loved one you can decorate your house or bedroom with some of the pieces, as an everyday reminder of your love.