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.

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.

You see when they go married back in 1980, the tradition of wedding favors was not widespread.  At least not in the Midwest where they lived.  So now I’m to tell them when the tradition really started to pick up steem.  But to be honest, I’m not sure.  What I can tell you is that wedding favors have been an important part of wedding ceremonies and receptions for well over a decade.  But when they became commonplace?  That will require a bit of research.

Here’s another great wedding dress idea. Use silk that doesn’t kill the silk worm. You can find (you have to look a bit) for 100% organic peace silk organza. It’s important that it’s peace silk as that’s your guarantee that no worms gave their lives for your dress. Silk needs so little but consider an embellishment of hand stitched embroidery also of peace silk.

Finally, definitely not least and most economical is to use a used or borrowed dress. If you happen to be the same size (or close to) your mother’s size and liked her style, you can often have it just slightly updated and sized just for you for a very small investment. Now that’s a great idea and is eco friendly to boot!

Signature Weddings accomplishes this by

• using only the best quality fabric
• washing and pressing all chair covers and linens after every event
• ensuring that there is a uniform appearance throughout so that the look is perfect every time