After the bride's dress, food is one of the most important details of a wedding. What you choose to feed your guests should fit within your budget, express your tastes and be enjoyable to your friends and family. When estimating your food costs for a party of 150, consider whether or not you will have a hors d'oeuvres reception, buffet with no cocktail hour and a limited bar, or a sit down dinner with an open bar and hors d'oeuvres distributed among the guests as they mingle. Make decisions that fit within your budget and the time of day you are hosting your wedding reception.
Figure How Much Food for a Wedding
Just under half of your total wedding budget will go to paying for your reception, according to OneWed.com. And a hefty chunk of that cost will be for the food. Although you don't want your guests to leave with hungry stomachs, you don't want to spend more than necessary. Because feeding your guests can be expensive, determining an appropriate amount of food to purchase can help to keep reception costs down.
Make Your Own Wedding Planner and Organizer Binder
Why spend $20 or more on a wedding planner when you can make your own for the cost of supplies? Beside, those pre made planners are generic and you'll end up changing things around to suit your specific needs anyway. Some binders do offer advice, but no better than what you'd get looking at all of those bridal magazines and online wedding sites.
De-Stress Before a Wedding
The time before a wedding can be very stressful for even the most calm and collected person. That amount of stress can get out of control and begin to affect other areas of your life if you don't take time to release and decrease it. In all the fuss of your impending wedding, make relieving stress a top priority to avoid disruptions to your life and possible damage to your personal and working relationships. Follow these tips to de-stress before your big day.
Plan a Wedding in 60 Days
On Christmas Day 2007, my boyfriend and I decided to get married on the eighth anniversary of our first date---February 29, 2008, which meant we had about sixty days to plan a wedding. People thought we were crazy, but we managed to put together our perfect wedding. So, if you find yourself planning a wedding in 60 days, take a deep breath and relax. it can be done.