Wedding Reception Ideas - WINNERS CHOSEN Post # 5, 3, 19, 12- SEE LAST POST

[shashabell]

Great ideas. Keep them coming. I will choose 3 winners tonight at 9pm.

Just an FYI - the $10,000 place was a golf course clubhouse and was for 100 people. Totally outrageous. Another banquet hall minimum was $6500. Prices for catering are out there also at minimums of $50 a head.

Also, found the prices go down drastically(over half) if they marry Sunday - Thursday.

I love the garage sale idea - I will have to start of list of what we are looking for. So glad we have a year to collect all the decorations and such. Also, yesterday I was clearing out my storage of vases and almost donated to goodwill then realized we could possibly use them for the wedding. I have to change how I look at my "junk" now.

Look for Christmas decorations like those long swags or ropping. kwim? Sometimes you can pick off the "Christmas" decoration part and have nice long green swags that will look pretty on the edge of the bridal table.

[rbunnymom]

My SIL is getting married at the end of this month in an orchard... They got a great deal for that and are having reception outdoors...Last year my BIL had his reception at a beautiful little farm with a gorgeous pond (no animals!) and they got married on a Sunday and it was a bit cheaper because of that...Both of these places were in the $1500 - $3000 range. Best wishes to them and you!!

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[rbunnymom]

We had our reception at a coffee shop, maybe not big enough for yours. It was really nice! The coffee shop was decorated in red and white, which happened to be the colors of my wedding. We bought little bud vases from the dollar store and put 1 red and 1 white gerbera daisy in them with a ribbon on it and used those for decorations.

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[rbunnymom]

I second looking around town for non-traditional places. Let everyone you know locally that you are looking for alternative places. The theatre that I volunteer for has a lovely courtyard between the entry and the auditorium. Its decorated to look like an old world European street. People rent the room for smaller sized (50ppl maybe) receptions and its cheap ! Ask around - I bet you have places like that in your city.

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[rbunnymom]

For decorations, I would suggest looking around at garage sales. I always see tons of bud vases,baskets, flowers, and candles.

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