Wedding Reception at home..???

cherylelizabeth1

We are getting married this may and are doing similar. Our house isnt big enough to have the whole reception there but we are getting married at 1.30, have booked a private dining room at a nice restaurant for an afternoon meal, no hire fee for the room and we havent booked as a wedding party, just a table of 30 so our cost is very low. We are then returning to ours for tea party/cake/drinks etc, am very excited about this part, mostly the food!
For the dresses you are looking at, try honey pie boutique and kitty and dulcie. I was going to get mine from honeypieboutique but instead i found one in the debenhams sale down to £20, bargain!
Definately make sure you have the wedding you want, I couldnt bear the thought of being tied down by traditions, weddings these days are so expensive!

ska_lover

tubie22 wrote: »

Sounds amazing! Love

Gloomendoom

ska_lover wrote: »

Thanks chick, I have had so many people roll their eyes at my outfit plans. I really do try and let it not bother me though, as if I make an attempt at being girlie, it just wouldn't suit me at all - and I would feel uncomfortable.

Sounds awful to me... but you have to be comfortable.

My wife wore Crocs.

PinkPrincess83

ska_lover wrote: »

Thanks chick, I have had so many people roll their eyes at my outfit plans. I really do try and let it not bother me though, as if I make an attempt at being girlie, it just wouldn't suit me at all - and I would feel uncomfortable.

I had the tradtional full length wedding dress but my Mum rolled her eyes at my shoe idea- I wanted hot pink heels, this made me more determined to go for it!!:rotfl: And when people saw them in the photo everyone has said how 'me' that was. Go for whatever you want, the most important thing is you feel comfortable and you feel like 'you'.

catkins

I think it's a brilliant idea. I have been to lots of weddings over the years - large and small, expensive and not so expensive and one of the best was a friend who had the reception in her house and garden (a small terraced house and small garden).

Lots of her friends and family helped with food and then with the clearing up. I think there were about 30 to 40 guests. The atmosphere was great and because the weather was good we could use the garden.

Some of the worst weddings I have been to have been the flashy expensive ones. Often the sit down meal has been horrible and at one reception there was not enough food for all the guests. Personally I am not keen either on weddings where you have to pay for your drinks although I do appreciate the drink works out expensive. Me and OH paid for all the drink even though we had hardly any money and the wedding/ reception was done cheaply. I went to a wedding 16 years ago that cost over £10,000 which was a lot to pay for a wedding then. The couple had spent a fortune on hiring a room at a posh hotel and having all the plates made with their initials. Also I have never seen so many flowers in a room and yet we all had to pay for our drinks.

Georgiegirl256

tubie22 wrote: »

You're wedding sounds awesome If it was perfect for you then it was PERFECT!

P.s. I'll be wearing converse under my dress, which is a 50's style below the knee petticoated little number. I don't do heel, so why change that for a day that's meant to be personal to me? Just for the sake of other people? DON'T THINK SO!

Snap!! I'll be wearing Converse with a 50's style dress too! I don't do heels either!

I like the sound of a reception at home too, nice and informal and relaxed.

Georgiegirl256

ska_lover wrote: »

It is this august, and hoping for a look a bit like -50s tea length dress - with lacey cap sleeves (don't do sleeveless as feel to naked and spend day pulling up front of dress), with a bright purple underskirt poking out, back seam tights and white patent docmartens or converse - I have only wore heels once in my life and nearly fainted from the agony of it. Ive been looking on ebay etc, and love the idea of buying cheap or second hand x

I got some DM's too, in white and I was going to wear them, but decided on Converse once I decided on the dress. I love my DM's, Biker Boots, trainers etc :rotfl: